Archive Corp.
Archive Corporation was a computer tape drive manufacturer, based in Costa Mesa, California that was acquired by Conner Peripherals in 1993.
Of particular note are the Archive DDS tape drives produced for Silicon Graphics that could also read and write Digital Audio Tapes.
Prior to this, Archive was a leading vendor of the very popular QIC (Quarter-inch cartridge) format which was a popular distribution format for UNIX workstations and servers. For example, Sun-3 (Motorola 68k family) and Sun-4 (SPARC) software was most commonly distributed on QIC media before the CD-ROM became more cost-effective. Archive was probably better known for their QIC drives.
Acquisitions
- In 1989, Archive acquired Maynard Electronics. The MaynStream brand of tape drives and software was maintained.
- In March 1990, Archive acquired Cipher Data Products for $118 Million. This included Cipher's subsidiary Irwin Magnetics.
gollark: I'm hardly going to scan random QR codes which should be a link *anyway*, especially using the "scan QR code" button which I know is in fact for logging into accounts (although the label could be clearer).
gollark: On the internet, "this person is lying or misinformed" does tend to be the most parsimonious explanation, but I don't really like it.
gollark: ...
gollark: I don't doubt that weird bugs in things exploitable via URLs (which are what QR codes contain, generally) exist, but those are generally considered bad and get patched fast.
gollark: What do you mean "wreck everything"? If you mean that it somehow automagically™ ruins arbitrary computer systems then I really doubt this.
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