Entrex

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Entrex was an American computer manufacturer that was acquired by Nixdorf Computer in 1977 .

Entrex had 70 branches and service bases and, with 600 employees, had sales of around 65 million marks in 1976. The Entrex 480 system was marketed . This data collection system developed by Entrex was the main product of the Entrex company. The system consisted of a central computer unit with hard disk and magnetic tape station . Up to 64 terminals could be connected. The terminals were sold by Entrex under the protected name DATA / SCOPE ™. The Nixdorf 620 data collection system was derived from this . It was based on the developments by Entrex and was sold in Germany from 1974 to 1984. A special feature of this system were horizontally inserted computer boards without frames. The programming of this machine was based on functional sequences that were not comparable with other programming languages ​​used at the time. When media were tapes usual.

literature

  • Entrex Inc., Entrex 480 , original description of the data collection system 480, English ( online PDF document ), University of Auckland, www.cs.auckland.ac.nz

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Computerwoche of April 15, 1977 (accessed on May 17, 2010) ( Memento of January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Computerwoche of May 27, 1977 (accessed May 17, 2010) ( Memento of September 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Programming manual Nixdorf 620

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