Rexon Business Machines, later Rexon, Inc., was a manufacturer of

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computer systems founded by Ben C. Wang in 1978 in Culver City, California. It also became a major manufacturer of

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s and related products. At its height, it played a significant role in the development and sale of

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products. It traded on the

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under the symbol REXN until it filed for bankruptcy in 1995 and was acquired by Legacy Storage Systems, a

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company. It was last headquartered in

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Computers and software

Rexon computer systems were based on the proprietary RECAP operating system and ran Thoroughbred Basic a superset of

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with operating system primitives right in the language. As of April 2013, there are still functional Rexon computers in use in various places worldwide. encompassIT.ca, a Canadian company, specializes in converting Rexon / RECAP software to a Microsoft Windows environment.

Divisions

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- part of the Tecmar acquisition and spun off in 1995 as part of the bankruptcy. * SyTron - Backup software vendor. Based in Westboro, MA. Sold to

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July 28, 1995. *

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- Acquired in 1986 * WangDAT - DAT/DDS tape drive manufacturer acquired by Rexon in 1991 *

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- QIC tape drive manufacturer. Based in

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. Founded as a subsidiary of Rexon in 1982. * Factory in

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. * Factory in

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Demise

Prior to its bankruptcy filing, Rexon closed the

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and Ponce, Puerto Rico facilities and moved its operations to Longmont, CO. When Legacy acquired Rexon (out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy), it was renamed Tecmar Technologies, Inc. (TTInc) and operated as an independent subsidiary. In 1997, Legacy changed its name to Tecmar Technologies International (TTIntl). In 2000, the assets of TTInc were sold to Overland Data, but as of 2007, the Tecmar, WangTek, and WangDAT brands are no longer in use.

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