Companies in the history of computing

Company name and specialty

3M United Kingdom Ltd

Aardvark Business Computers Ltd

ACT Ltd

Action Communication Systems Inc.

ActiVision - developer/publisher of entertainment software

Amdahl Corporation

Adler

Advanced Micro Devices (UK) Ltd

Adobe Systems, Inc - software developer, co-creator of desktop publishing

Apple - Apple Computer Inc. first company to offer a gui interface to the general public

Apricot Computers plc (UK)

Aston Electronic Developments Ltd

Atari - game consoles

ATT - company that invented the transistor

BCI - telecommunications provider

Bendix

Benson Electronics Ltd

Broderbund - producer of entertainment and education software

Brunsviga

Bull

Burroughs

Centronics Data Computer (UK) Ltd

Cherry Electrical Products Corp

Coleco - toy maker and video game producer

Commodore International - manufacturer of electronic products and the C64!

Compaq Computer Corporation - manufacturer of personal computers.

Control Data Corporation,

Cray, manufacturer of super computers

Data General Corporation - manufacturer of the first mini in 1968

Datapoint Corporation - advanced pioneering in data terminals

Digital Equipment Corporation - computer manufacturer

Disney Interactive - educational/entertainment software designer and distributor

Electronic Arts -  publisher/distributor of entertainment software

Epson - manufacturer of many innovations on computing peripherals and computers

ERA Ltd

Evans & Sutherland - computer graphics

Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation; manufacturer of first mass produced chip

Ferranti

Friden Company

Halcyon International

Hewlett Packard, now incorporates former Compaq and Digital

Hitachi World leading manufacturer in hard disks

Honeywell

IBM - one of the first companies to produce the PC in mass

ICL

Industrial Light and Magic - developer of cinematic special effects

Intel

Interplay - publisher of entertainment, educational, and game software

LucasArts - designs and distributes computer video games and educational software

Maxis, Inc. - developer of entertainment software

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Microsoft, one of the world's largest software manufacturers
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Marconi

Eckert & Mauchley Computer Corporation; possibly the worlds first company that started designing general purpose computers; UNIVAC was their first production type.

Memorex

MITS - one of the first companies to offer personal computer kits based on Intel CPU

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Monroe Calculator Company, electrical calculators

Motorola Semiconductor Products

Nashua Corporation

NCR - manufacturer of digital equipment , national cash registers

NEC

Netscape - developer internet browser

Nixdorf Computers

Novell inc., as the company that developed PC-networks. It also is the company that developed the first common-used Directorysystem for PC-networks and is working on connectivity for several computerstandards.

Olivetti

Olympia International

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Prime Computers

Quantum Corp - manufacturer of digital storage products

Quark - developer of communication and publishing software

Rank Xerox - computer research and development center P.A.R.C.; manufacturer of copier machines

Rockwell International

RoInfo, a consultancy firm and main sponsor of this site

Scientific Micro Systems

Silicon Graphics - manufacturer of high-end computers

SRI International (formerly the Stanford Research Institute); a nonprofit research institute founded at Stanford University in 1946 and independent since 1970. Many key innovations stemmed from this institution: mouse, arpanet, shakey the robot.

Sony - manufacturer of electronic products

South Western Technical Products; made the SWTPc6800 kit

Sperry Rand (UNIVAC)

Sun Microsystems; manufacturer of high performance workstations and servers

Tektronix UK Ltd

Texas Instruments

Timex/Sinclair - manufacturer of watches and miniature computers

Underwood Corporation

Univac ( later Sperry Rand )

Virgin Interactive Entertainment - designs, publishes, and distributes video games and multi-media software

Wang Laboratories - one of the first companies to work with ferrite (magnetic) memory, pioneered in office automation and were for their time too far ahead with some of their concepts of paperless offices.

Xerox - see Rank Xerox

Zilog Ltd