Centronics
Sign in to saveAlso known as Centronics Data Computer Corporation
Centronics Data Computer Corporation was an American manufacturer of computer printers, now remembered primarily for the parallel interface that bears its name, the Centronics connector.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Centronics Data Computer Corporation
- Company.logo
- File:Centronics wordmark.svg
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.fate
- Acquired
- Company.successor
- GENICOM
- Company.founder
- Robert Howard, Samuel Lang
- Company.location
- Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S.
- Company.products
- Printers
- Company.parent
- Wang LaboratoriesControl Data Corporation
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Headquarters
- Hudson
- Parent organization
- Wang Laboratories
- Industry
- information technology
Show 4 more facts
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1987-00-00
- product or material produced
- printer
- Commons category
- Centronics
via Wikidata · CC0
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundations
- Change of ownership
- Printer division sale
- {{Anchor|Centronics 101}}Centronics 101
- Legacy
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Centronics Data Computer Corporation was an American manufacturer of computer printers, now remembered primarily for the parallel interface that bears its name, the Centronics connector.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Centronics” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.