Bell and Howell "Digital Video Presentation" system

[Jim Battle]

Chuck Guzis wrote:

> 
> On 10/19/2005 at 6:54 PM Fred Cisin wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Anyone  know any more details? Did Bell and Howell ever do any other
>>>computer-based systems?
>>
>>Hell and Bowel made and sold all kinds of AV equipment.  There were
>>several things that they sold that had computers, besides their
>>rebadged ][.
> 
> 
> Didn't they also run a sort of vocational school, Bell&Howell Institute?
> Couild be that some of the rebadged computer stuff comes from their course
> materials...
> 
> Cheers,
> Chuck

No, you are thinking of DeVry, which Bell & Howell owned for a time.

Here is a short history:

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2567.html

My dad worked at B&H in the microfilm division from the early 60s to the mid 
80's.  I did summer programming there on a black B&H Apple ][ for two or three 
years.