Multi Purpose Display System (MPDS) Demonstration by Hewlett-Packard (HP), Downsview - 1989


l to r (standing):  ?, ?, ?, Ross Marsden and Malcolm Gissing (HP executives), Howard Ferguson, Gordon Black, John Schneider, (MPDS Project Manager), David Taylor (president, Selena / Northwest Digital Research, manufacturer of the MPDS software).
sitting:  Andy McCullough.

Missing from above:  Bruce Attfield, director AES Computing and Telecommunications Services, who was master of ceremonies.


Project Manager John Schneider and Bruce Attfield

Text below taken from the February / March 1989 issue of Zephyr:

AES and (HP) staff and their associates gather round as Andy McCullough, weather presentation technician, Windsor Weather Office (seated foreground), demonstrates the marvels of the new Multi Purpose Display Station (MPDS). The demonstration was part of a reception and media event organized by HP, makers of the MPDS hardware, at AES Downsview Headquarters, to mark the launching of MPDS and its installation in 70 weather offices across the country.


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