GammaLink
Appearance
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Computer |
Founded | c.1984 |
Founders |
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Defunct | June 1994 |
Fate | Acquired byDialogic Corporation |
Products | GammaFax |
GammaLink Inc.was an American computer hardware and software company founded in the 1980s inSunnyvale, California,byHank Magnuskiand Michael Lutz.[1]The company was the first to invent PC-to-fax communications technology,GammaFax.[2][3][4][5]
The company was sold toDialogic Corporationin 1994,[6]which in turn was bought byIntel.[7]It was then bought byEiconand subsequently acquired by Open Media Labs, which now functions as Dialogic Media Labs.[8]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^Bhide, Amar V. (2003).The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses.Oxford University Press. p. 88.ISBN9780199883578.
- ^Kanzler, Stephen.Firm Offers Link Between PC and Facsimile Machine,PC Week, November 26th, 1985, p. 10
- ^Dix, John.Gammalink's micro-to-facsimile transmission product debuts,Computerworld, December 9th, 1985, p. 19
- ^Hindin, Eric.Gamma Technology Unfolds Software To Link IBM PC With Fax Machines,Communications Week, December 16th, 1985
- ^GammaLink fax board enshrined at Smithsonian,Infoworld, July 20th, 1992, p. 25
- ^Staff writer (June 8, 1994)."Dialogic Completes GammaLink Acquisition".The Record:C3 – via Newspapers.com.ProQuest424553267.
- ^Staff writer (August 10, 2006)."Intel sells some assets to Eicon Networks".Calgary Herald:D3 – via ProQuest.
- ^Staff writer (March 7, 2008)."Dialogic Purchases OpenMediaLabs".Wireless News.Close-Up Media – via ProQuest.
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