Intertec Data Systems
Company type | Public |
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Industry | Computer |
Founded | 1973Columbia, South Carolina | in
Founder | William Wells |
Defunct | 1991 |
Fate | Bankruptcy liquidation |
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Intertec Data Systems Corporation, later Wells American Corporation, was an American computer company active from 1973 to 1991 and based in Columbia, South Carolina.
History
Intertec was founded in Columbia, South Carolina, by William Wells, a former
Both computers sold steadily well in the first two years, with the company earning $3.7 million on $17.2 million in sales by 1981. That year, the company filed its
In 1988, Wells American introduced a new CompuStar that could take expansion cards of both the IBM PC and IBM's new Personal System/2 (PS/2). The expansion bus of the IBM PC was a mostly open standard known as the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA), while the PS/2's bus was based on IBM's Micro Channel architecture, a more locked-down, heavily patented architecture devised by IBM as an attempt to regain market share lost through the proliferation and commodification of IBM PC clones. The new CompuStar possessed both ISA and Micro Channel expansion slots.[7][8]
The new CompuStar was not enough to reverse the company's fortunes, and in 1990 the company suspended all manufacturing activities and marketing in the United States.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Coyne, Tom (July 16, 1986). "Computer company attempting a comeback". The Times and Democrat: 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 9781349067374– via Google Books.
- ^ Hogan, Thom (April 27, 1981). "SuperBrain Chronicles". InfoWorld. 3 (8). IDG Publications: 35 – via Google Books.
- ^ Staff writer (August 11, 1980). "Multiuser System Accesses Shared Disk". Computerworld. XIV (32). CW Communications: 57 – via Google Books.
- ^ Zientara, Peggy (December 26, 1983). "Intertec unveils portable with 12-inch screen". InfoWorld. 5 (52). IDG Publications: 64–65 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Intertec Data Lays Off More of Its Workers; Number Isn't Disclosed". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company: 1. December 11, 1984 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Shelley, Beverly S. (July 16, 1988). "Wells American is pinning its hopes on CompuStar". The State: 7C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wells Clones the PS/2". PC World. 6 (10). IDG Publications: 16. October 1988 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ "Wells American Cuts Production, Suspends Marketing in the U.S." The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company: 1. January 11, 1990 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Wells American Corp.: Company Decides to File For Bankruptcy Liquidation". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company: C13. May 3, 1991 – via ProQuest.