The DG printer warns the user when the batteries get low, after six to eight hours of normal use, or when paper and ribbon are running out. 1985 May 28, Peter H. Lewis, “PERIPHERALS; NEW PORTABLE PRINTERS”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
In the end, DG captured its share of commercial distributed-computing sales, partially through its aggressive selling approach and partially through its technical ability to attract high-profile designers of the most elegant minicomputer systems, like Southern Railway. 2010 June 18, Ernest von Simson, “Field Force and Counterforce: DEC, HP, and IBM in Battle Mode”, in The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 276:
At the time, DG was a player in the multibillion-dollar minicomputer market, part of the late-'70s "Massachusetts miracle" of high tech development. 2000 December 1, Evan Ratliff, “O, Engineers!”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2015: