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products created as a spin-off from

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's terminal division in January 1983. The name refers to the

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terminal, which division management felt the parent company was not properly marketing. The company sold a variety of terminals, adding other

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s with their purchase of

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in 1984. The new company quickly ran into financial difficulty and sold 49% of the company to its primary

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ese manufacturer, ADI, in March 1986, followed by a majority purchase by ADI in 1988. By the early 2000s their primary products were

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-based

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terminals. The last updates to the company web page were in 2003.

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