Qume

Logo of Qume

Qume was a manufacturer of daisy-wheel printers originally located in Hayward, California, later moving to San Jose.^[1]^[2] Around 1980, it also opened a manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico.^[3] It once dominated the daisy-wheel market.^[1] As the market for its printers declined in the 1980s, the company developed a line of computer terminals. It was founded by David S. Lee^[4] in 1973 and was a division of ITT Corporation from 1978 until its acquisition by Wyse Technology sometime before 1995.^[5]^[6] Qume also manufactured floppy diskette drives, particularly 5.25" ones, but it also manufactured 8" diskette drives as well. Qume's diskette drives were included in some IBM PC models, such as the Portable Personal Computer and PCjr.

References

1 2 Wilson, John W. (1997-08-25) [1985-03-11]. "America's High-Tech Crisis - Why Silicon Valley Is Losing Its Edge". Business Week. San Francisco, CA, USA: The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Archived from the original on 2005-03-23.
↑ "Qume joins wonder bread". InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. 1979-01-17 [1978-12-26]: 3. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
↑ Marshall, Matt (2002-12-29). "Evangelist For Latinos". Puerto Rico Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
↑ Comstock, George E. (2003-08-13). "Oral History of George Comstock" (PDF). Interviewed by Hendrie, Gardner. Mountain View, California, USA: Computer History Museum. CHM X2727.2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
↑ "Wyse Technology, Inc. - Company History". International Directory of Company Histories. St. James Press. 1996. Archived from the original on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
↑ Fleishman, Glenn (2006-04-22). "Personal Technology: For Mac users, installing Windows is now a snap". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2017-03-25.

External links

Qume product manuals, 1979-1983
Qume Division - German division of Wyse selling monitors under the Qume brand name

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[Wilson_1985_Crisis-1] 1 2 Wilson, John W. (1997-08-25) [1985-03-11]. "America's High-Tech Crisis - Why Silicon Valley Is Losing Its Edge". Business Week. San Francisco, CA, USA: The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Archived from the original on 2005-03-23.

[Infoworld_1978_Qume-2] "Qume joins wonder bread". InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. 1979-01-17 [1978-12-26]: 3. Retrieved 2017-03-25.

[Marshall_2002_PuertoRico-3] Marshall, Matt (2002-12-29). "Evangelist For Latinos". Puerto Rico Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2017-03-25.

[Hendrie_2003_Comstock-4] Comstock, George E. (2003-08-13). "Oral History of George Comstock" (PDF). Interviewed by Hendrie, Gardner. Mountain View, California, USA: Computer History Museum. CHM X2727.2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-23.

[Wyse_1996-5] "Wyse Technology, Inc. - Company History". International Directory of Company Histories. St. James Press. 1996. Archived from the original on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2017-03-25.

[Fleishman_2006-6] Fleishman, Glenn (2006-04-22). "Personal Technology: For Mac users, installing Windows is now a snap". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2017-03-25.