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3 unusual facts about Centronics


Centronics

After using the proceeds of the sale to purchase Ekco Housewares in 1988, Centronics changed their name to EKCO Group.

Wang spun off the business in 1971 and Centronics was formed as a corporation in Hudson, New Hampshire with Howard as president and chairman.

Centronics Data Computer Corporation continued as a New York Stock Exchange company and soon changed its name to Centronics Corporation in 1987.


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Dot matrix printing

In 1970, Centronics (then of Hudson, New Hampshire) introduced a dot matrix printer, the Centronics 101.

HeliOS

Others include the keyboard, mouse, RS232 and Centronics servers (built into the host I/O server), the null server (like Unix's /dev/null), and the logger server (like Unix's syslog).


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