Radius, Inc. is a computer hardware company co-founded on May 19, 1986 by some of the original members of the Macintosh development team, including Mike Boich, Matt Carter, Andy Hertzfeld, Alain Rossmann, and Burrell Smith.[1]
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History
The company originally focused on producing Macintosh peripherals and gained attention for its accelerators, and graphics cards, monitors. Its first product, the Radius Full Page Display, was the brainchild of Burrell Smith, who also designed the Macintosh 128K logic board.[2] Apple Computer followed with its own Macintosh Portrait Display, which was introduced on March 7, 1989.[3]
Radius acquired rival SuperMac Technology in 1994 and became the first manufacturer to release a licensed Macintosh clone on March 27, 1995. However, the merged company's business quickly became overextended. Radius sold its license to Mac OS and the SuperMac brand to Umax Technologies in 1996 and exited the clone market.[1][4]
Radius also faced a struggling overall Mac market and sold its display business in August 1998 to Korea Data Systems (KDS), which began distributing Radius-branded monitors and ColorMatch devices through its miro Displays subsidiary the following year.[5][6] On January 6, 1999, Radius became Digital Origin to focus on the digital video market.[7] The company was finally acquired by and merged into Media 100 on May 9, 2000.[8]
Products
Accelerator cards
Macintosh clones |
Color displays
Monochrome displays
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Radius Inc. History, Funding Universe. Archived 2012-10-20.
- ↑ Burrell Smith: Macintosh hardware wizard by Dan Farber, CNET. 2014-01-22.
- ↑ Today in Apple history: Macintosh Portrait Display goes large (and vertical) by Luke Dormehl, Cult of Mac. 2000-03-07.
- ↑ Today in Apple history: Radius kicks off clone Mac era in style by Luke Dormehl, Cult of Mac. 2020-03-27.
- ↑ Radius sells off its monitor business to KDS America, Computer Business Review. 1998-08-10.
- ↑ miro Displays Expands Distribution for its Radius Displays and ColorMatch Products, Ingram Micro. 1999-06-08.
- ↑ Digital Origin Debuts at MacWorld; The Former Radius Inc. Charts New Course for DV Software, Digital Origin Inc. 1999-01-06.
- ↑ Media 100 Inc. Completes Merger With Digital Origin, Inc. by Media 100 Inc., Videomaker. 2000-05-09.
External links
- Radius official website (archived 1996-12-30, 1999-04-17, 2000-03-01)
- Radius Monitors Index (archived 1998-05-29)
- Graphics Card Index (archived 1998-05-29)
- Accelerators Index (archived 1998-05-29)
- Digital Origin official website (archived 1999-10-08)
- miro Displays official website (archived 1999-04-17)
- Radius Mac Clones at EveryMac
- Radius, Inc. at the Internet Archive
- Radius Displays, Video Cards, and Clones at Low End Mac (2015-02-14)
- Radius Archive at Vintage Box
- Radius at the Higher Intellect Vintage Computing Wiki
- Radius (hardware company) at Wikipedia
