Cromemco
Logo used from 1974 to 1983 | |
| Industry | Computer Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | Los Altos, California (1974) |
| Founder | Harry Garland, President Roger Melen, VP R&D |
| Fate | Sold to Dynatech Corporation in 1987 |
| Successor | Dynatech Computer Systems |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Chuck Bush, VP Manufacturing Andy Procassini, VP Marketing Mike Ramelot, VP Finance Brent Gammon, General Counsel |
| Products | Microcomputers |
Cromemco, Inc. was a Mountain View, California microcomputer company known for its high-end Z80-based S-100 bus computers and peripherals in the early days of the personal computer revolution.
The company began as a partnership in 1974 between Harry Garland and Roger Melen, two Stanford Ph.D. students. The company was named for their residence at Stanford University (Crothers Memorial, a Stanford dormitory reserved for engineering graduate students). Cromemco was incorporated in 1976 and their first products were the Cromemco Cyclops digital camera, and the Cromemco Dazzler color graphics interface - both groundbreaking at the time - before they moved on to making computer systems.
In December 1981, Inc. magazine named Cromemco in the top ten fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. In 1987, it was acquired by Dynatech Corporation of Boston.