Company type | Private |
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Industry | Computer |
Founded | 1974Provo, Utah | in
Founder | John McMullen |
Fate | Dissolution |
Headquarters |
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Zeda Computers International Limited, trading as Zeda Computer Systems, was an American computer company based in Provo, Utah, and with overseas office in Nottingham. Founded in 1974, their best-selling computer was the Zeda 580, a Zilog Z80-based all-in-one microcomputer.
Zeda Computers International was founded in 1974 by John McMullen. [1] [2] Beginning life as a electronics research and development laboratory, with few years later the company expanded to full-time production and marketing of computer systems and electronic word processors from within its 7,000-square-foot headquarters. Expansion was hastened after the company earned a contract to design a computer terminal and a data buffer system for a computer peripheral manufacturer out of San Jose, California, in the mid-1970s. [1] [3] In 1976, the company established an overseas sales office in Nottingham. [4]
After Zeda released its first microcomputers in late 1977, the company's revenues soon rose to US$1.5 million. The company's Z80-based all-in-one, the Zeda 580, sold especially well and prompted Zeda's expansion into a 1,500-square-foot building adjacent to its Provo headquarters to where they moved their marketing department. [1] [2] [5] They released a companion dumb terminal, the Zeda 550, in December 1979, allowing two users to operate the computer at once with the computer's special operating system, [6] InfiNet. [7]
Zeda had by 1980 dealer networks in the Western United States, England, Australia, and the South Pacific. [2] That year's summer, the company earned two additional contracts from dealers in Portland, Oregon, and Rantoul, Illinois, to distribute $5.7 million worth of Zeda's 580 systems. [2] [8] The computer topped $1 million in domestic sales in August 1981; [9] in the United Kingdom, the company topped £1 million in sales turnover in 1984. Its Brighton sales office staffed 40 that year. [4] The branch was commissioned by the Peterborough Building Society to transform the bank's Westgate branch into having a computerized open office floor plan. [10]
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Computer |
Founded | 1974Provo, Utah | in
Founder | John McMullen |
Fate | Dissolution |
Headquarters |
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Zeda Computers International Limited, trading as Zeda Computer Systems, was an American computer company based in Provo, Utah, and with overseas office in Nottingham. Founded in 1974, their best-selling computer was the Zeda 580, a Zilog Z80-based all-in-one microcomputer.
Zeda Computers International was founded in 1974 by John McMullen. [1] [2] Beginning life as a electronics research and development laboratory, with few years later the company expanded to full-time production and marketing of computer systems and electronic word processors from within its 7,000-square-foot headquarters. Expansion was hastened after the company earned a contract to design a computer terminal and a data buffer system for a computer peripheral manufacturer out of San Jose, California, in the mid-1970s. [1] [3] In 1976, the company established an overseas sales office in Nottingham. [4]
After Zeda released its first microcomputers in late 1977, the company's revenues soon rose to US$1.5 million. The company's Z80-based all-in-one, the Zeda 580, sold especially well and prompted Zeda's expansion into a 1,500-square-foot building adjacent to its Provo headquarters to where they moved their marketing department. [1] [2] [5] They released a companion dumb terminal, the Zeda 550, in December 1979, allowing two users to operate the computer at once with the computer's special operating system, [6] InfiNet. [7]
Zeda had by 1980 dealer networks in the Western United States, England, Australia, and the South Pacific. [2] That year's summer, the company earned two additional contracts from dealers in Portland, Oregon, and Rantoul, Illinois, to distribute $5.7 million worth of Zeda's 580 systems. [2] [8] The computer topped $1 million in domestic sales in August 1981; [9] in the United Kingdom, the company topped £1 million in sales turnover in 1984. Its Brighton sales office staffed 40 that year. [4] The branch was commissioned by the Peterborough Building Society to transform the bank's Westgate branch into having a computerized open office floor plan. [10]
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