ROLM Corporation

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  • 1969

Company Description

ROLM Corporation was a technology company founded in Silicon Valley in 1969. The company first produced rugged mil-spec (military specification) computers which used Data General software. The company divisionalized in 1978 becoming Rolm Mil-Spec Computers and Rolm Telecom. The Telecom division spent much of the considerable profit realized by the Mil-Spec Computer division over the ensuing 1980s trying to penetrate the convoluted phone interconnect business. In 1984 IBM partnered with (and later acquired) ROLM Communications in Santa Clara.

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  • Manufacturer:

    Hardware

  • Formed:

    1969

  • Founders:

    Gene Richeson, Ken Oshman, Walter Loewenstern, and Robert Maxfield

  • Company Address:

    Silicon Valley, CA
    United States

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