Applied Digital Data Systems

Applied Digital Data Systems

ADDS, or Applied Digital Data Systems was a leading supplier of high-quality video display computer terminals, founded by William J. Catacosinos [cite book
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=F-Y0wdIIucgC&pg=PA240&lpg=PA240&dq=%22applied+digital+data+systems%22+founded&source=web&ots=_kPbGWm1Pt&sig=6aDXpM5dx9FSUJirNOJbWsZ3-uQ
title=Encyclopedia of microcomputers
author=Allen Kent
coauthors=Allen Kent, James G. Williams, Rosalind Kent, Carolyn M. Hall
publisher=CRC Press
pages=240
date=October 1987
isbn=0824727002
] together with "SSDS" ("Solid State Data Sciences") in 1970.

It became a subsidiary of NCR in 1980,which sold the "Mentor 2000" professional computer in the United States in 1986.

The "Mentor 2000" ran at 5 MHz using a Zilog processor, 640KB RAM, and included one 60MB hard disk. It used the Pick operating system and database management system. It was able to manage 16 or 32 video terminals at once.

ADDS (along with NCR) was later part of AT&T, [cite web
url=http://www.thocp.net/companies/ncr/ncr_company.htm
title=NCR Timeline
publisher=NCR Corporation
author=J.F. van Hanswijk Pennink
date=2006-07-16
] then independent briefly before being acquired by SunRiver Data Systems.

See also

*Tandy 10 Business Computer System

References

External links

* [http://old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=882 Old-computers.com — ADDS Mentor 2000]
* [http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal/adds_viewpoint_news.txt ADDS Viewpoint News]


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