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Visual Technology, Inc.
Visual Technology, Inc., was an American computer company active from 1978 to 1993 and based in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It produced a wide variety of Intelligent terminal, smart terminals compatible with a wide variety of terminal protocols—mostly those of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)—as well as selling terminals with their own bespoke standards. Toward the end of its existence, it focused on the production of X terminals. In 1993, Visual Technology was acquired by White Pine Software. History Foundation (1978–1981) Visual Technology, Inc., was founded in 1978 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, by Tom Foley and three others. Foley, the company's principal founder, had worked as an engineer of computer terminal at various electronics companies, since around 1969. . Foley founded Visual Technology in a dilapidated mill in Tewksbury, raising US$600 thousand in venture capital to renovate the mill and deliver the prototype for its first terminals—the Visual 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Tewksbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its population was 31,342 as of the 2020 United States census. History Tewksbury was first settled in 1637 and was officially incorporated on December 17, 1734, from Billerica. The act that made this was the act of ANNO Regni Regis GEORGII Secundi Octavo. It states residents were not close enough to middle of town so they broke apart. There is no evidence that the town was named after Tewkesbury, England. The most probable reason for the adoption of the town's name was in honor of George II of Great Britain, who from 1706 to 1714, held the title of Baron of Tewkesbury. Still, Tewksbury, Massachusetts and Tewkesbury, England kept connected through a local committee called the Twinning Committee. Tewksbury also owned a section of Lowell, but not much is known on the topic aside from it being the lands east where the Merrimack River and Concord River meet, referred to by Tewksbury citizens as Belvidere. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
