Rexon
Encyclopedia
Rexon Business Machines, later Rexon, Inc., was a manufacturer of small business
computer systems founded by Ben C. Wang in 1978 in Culver City, California
. It also became a major manufacturer of tape drive
s and related products. At its height, it played a significant role in the development and sale of magnetic tape data storage
products. It traded on the NASDAQ
under the symbol REXN until it filed for bankruptcy in 1995 and was acquired by Legacy Storage Systems, a Canadian company. It was last headquartered in Longmont, Colorado
.
with operating system primitives right in the language. As of April 2010, there are still functional Rexon computers in use in various places worldwide. Computers Now, a Canadian company, specializes in converting Rexon / RECAP software to a Microsoft Windows environment.
, but as of 2007, the Tecmar, WangTek, and WangDAT brands are no longer in use.
Small business
A small business is a business that is privately owned and operated, with a small number of employees and relatively low volume of sales. Small businesses are normally privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships...
computer systems founded by Ben C. Wang in 1978 in Culver City, California
Culver City, California
Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 38,883, up from 38,816 at the 2000 census. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Culver...
. It also became a major manufacturer of tape drive
Tape drive
A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and performs digital recording, writes data on a magnetic tape. Magnetic tape data storage is typically used for offline, archival data storage. Tape media generally has a favorable unit cost and long archival stability.A tape drive provides...
s and related products. At its height, it played a significant role in the development and sale of magnetic tape data storage
Magnetic tape data storage
Magnetic tape data storage uses digital recording on to magnetic tape to store digital information. Modern magnetic tape is most commonly packaged in cartridges and cassettes. The device that performs actual writing or reading of data is a tape drive...
products. It traded on the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
under the symbol REXN until it filed for bankruptcy in 1995 and was acquired by Legacy Storage Systems, a Canadian company. It was last headquartered in Longmont, Colorado
Longmont, Colorado
Longmont is a Home Rule Municipality in Boulder and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Longmont is located in Northern Colorado. Longmont is the 13th most populous city in the State of Colorado. The word "Longmont" comes from Longs Peak, a prominent mountain named for explorer Stephen H....
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Computers and software
Rexon computer systems were based on the proprietary RECAP operating system and ran a dialect of Business BasicBusiness Basic
Business Basic is the name given collectively to variants of the BASIC computer programming language which were specialised for business use on minicomputers in the 1970s and 1980s...
with operating system primitives right in the language. As of April 2010, there are still functional Rexon computers in use in various places worldwide. Computers Now, a Canadian company, specializes in converting Rexon / RECAP software to a Microsoft Windows environment.
Divisions
- Scientific Solutions part of the Tecmar acquisition. Spun off in 1995 as part of the bankruptcy. Focused on data acquisition products for scientific work.
- SyTron - Backup software vandor. Based in Westboro, MA. Sold to Arcada SoftwareArcada SoftwareArcada Software was a computer software company that was formed in early 1994 by the merger of Conner Software of Lake Mary, Florida, and Astora Software, formerly Quest Development Corporation, of San Luis Obispo, California.Conner Software owned the Backup Exec brand of backup software, while...
July 28, 1995. - TecmarTecmarTecmar was an American manufacturer of PC enhancement products based in Solon, OH. The company was founded in 1974 and their first products were data acquisition boards for the first generation of microcomputers. Popular products included the Scientific Solutions LabMaster series of boards for...
- Acquired in 1986. Based near Cleveland, OhioCleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. - WangDATWangDATWangDAT was a magnetic tape data storage company founded in 1988 by Ben C. Wang. This was Dr. Wang's third startup company that he founded that manufactured tape drives. The company manufactured Digital Data Storage drives, which store computer data on Digital Audio Tape media. The company was...
- DAT/DDSDigital Data StorageDigital Data Storage is a format for storing computer data on a Digital Audio Tape .DDS uses tape with a width of 3.8mm, with the exception of the latest formats, DAT 160 and DAT 320, which are 8mm wide...
tape drive Manufacturer. Independently founded in 1988. Acquired by Rexon in 1991. Based in Irvine, CaliforniaIrvine, CaliforniaIrvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
. - WangTek - QICQuarter Inch CartridgeQuarter inch cartridge tape is a magnetic tape data storage format introduced by 3M in 1972, with derivatives still in use as of 2009. QIC comes in a rugged enclosed package of aluminum and plastic that holds two tape reels driven by a single belt in direct contact with the tape. The tape was...
tape drive manufacturer. Based in Simi Valley, CaliforniaSimi Valley, California-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Simi Valley had a population of 124,237. The population density was 2,940.8 people per square mile...
. Founded as a subsidiary of Rexon in 1982. - Factory in Ponce, Puerto RicoPonce, Puerto RicoPonce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
. - Factory in SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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Demise
Prior to its bankruptcy filing, Rexon closed the Solon, OH and Ponce, Puerto Rico facilities. and moved its operations to Longmont, CO. When Legacy acquired Rexon (out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy), it was renamed Tecmar Technologies, Inc. (TTInc) and operated as an independent subsidiary. In 1997, Legacy changed its name to Tecmar Technologies International (TTIntl). In 2000, the assets of TTInc were sold to Overland DataOverland Storage
Overland Storage was founded in 1980 as "Overland Data" in San Diego, California, and is a provider of data protection appliances for midrange and distributed enterprises...
, but as of 2007, the Tecmar, WangTek, and WangDAT brands are no longer in use.