Apollo Computer
Manufacturer of Apollo/Domain workstations in the 1980s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Apollo Computer Inc., founded in 1980 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, by William Poduska (a founder of Prime Computer) and others, developed and produced Apollo/Domain workstations in the 1980s. Along with Symbolics and Sun Microsystems, Apollo was one of the first vendors of graphical workstations in the 1980s. Like computer companies at the time and unlike manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles, Apollo produced much of its own hardware and software.
Industry | Apollo/Domain workstations |
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Founded | 1980; 44 years ago (1980) |
Founder | William Poduska |
Fate | Acquired by Hewlett-Packard 1989 |
Headquarters |
Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989 for US$476 million (equivalent to $1170 million in 2023), and gradually closed down over the period of 1990–1997. The brand (as "HP Apollo") was resurrected in 2014 as part of HP's high-performance computing portfolio.[1][2]