| Connectix Corporation | |
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| Fate | Sold Quickcam to Logitech, Sold Virtual Game Station to Sony, sold Virtual PC to Microsoft, discontinued other products |
| Successor | Dissolved |
| Founded | October 1988 |
| Defunct | August 2003 |
| Location | |
| Industry | computer software and hardware |
| Products | Virtual MODE32 MAXIMA RAM Doubler Speed Doubler Quickcam Virtual Game Station Virtual PC Virtual Server |
| Key people | Jon Garber Bonnie Fought Roy McDonald Eric Traut |
Connectix Corporation was a software and hardware company, noted for having released innovative products that were either made obsolete as Apple Computer incorporated the ideas into system software, or were sold to other companies once they become popular. QuickCam is a line of Webcam video camera products by Logitech. Logitech International SA ( SWX: LOGN,) headquartered in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland, is the Holding company for Logitech The Virtual Game Station (VGS was an Emulator by Connectix that allows Sony PlayStation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Microsoft Virtual PC is a Virtualization suite for Microsoft Windows Operating systems and an Emulation suite for Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer MODE32 is a Software product originally developed by Connectix for certain models of the Apple Macintosh. QuickCam is a line of Webcam video camera products by Logitech. Eric Traut is an American Software engineer and Software emulation pioneer Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics It was formed in October 1988 by Jon Garber; dominant board members were Garber, Bonnie Fought (the two were later married), and close friend Roy McDonald. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) McDonald was still Chief Executive Officer and president when Connectix finally closed in August 2003. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
Products
Primary products included:
- Virtual, its original flagship product, which introduced virtual memory to the Macintosh OS years before Apple introduced System 7 (Virtual also ran on a motley assortment of accelerator cards for the original Mac / Mac Plus / Mac SE line, which were not supported under Apple's virtual memory implementation);
- MODE32 software, which allowed 32-bit addressing on "32-bit-dirty" Macintosh systems (later bought by Apple and distributed for free, at least in part to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by customers who demanded to know why their 32-bit 68020 microprocessors could not access more than 8 megabytes of RAM);
- MAXIMA, a RAM disk utility, better than the one that later came with the Mac OS as it saved its contents before and after reboots and also allowed booting from the RAM disk;
- RAM Doubler, the first product to combine compression with virtual memory, a top selling Mac utility for many years (eventually made obsolete as Apple improved their own virtual memory); [There was also a RAM Doubler for Windows 3. MODE32 is a Software product originally developed by Connectix for certain models of the Apple Macintosh. Historically the Mac OS used a form of Memory management that has fallen out of favour in modern systems Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics 1 which increased system resources - using a compression technique - therefore allowing more applications to run]
- Speed Doubler, which combined an enhanced disk cache, better Finder copy utility, and a dynamically recompiling 68K-to-PowerPC emulator, which was faster than both the interpretive emulator that shipped in the original PowerPCs and the dynamically recompiling emulator that Apple shipped in later machines; (made obsolete as 68K applications went away and OS code improved);
- Quickcam webcams (sold to Logitech) - originally the sole design of Jon Garber, he wanted to call it the 'Mac-camera', but was vetoed by Marketing who saw the possibility of it one day becoming a cross-platform product. An emulator duplicates (provides an emulation of the functions of one System using a different system so that the second system behaves like (and appears to QuickCam is a line of Webcam video camera products by Logitech. Webcams ( web cameras) are small cameras (usually though not always Video cameras, whose images can be accessed using the World Wide Web, instant Logitech International SA ( SWX: LOGN,) headquartered in Romanel-sur-Morges, Switzerland, is the Holding company for Logitech Indeed, it was to become the first Connectix Windows product 14 months later, the first of many (RAM Doubler for Windows 3. 1 being the next to take the leap; Kibitzer's note: the Mac QuickCam shipped in August 1994, RAM Doubler for Windows in April 1995, QuickCam for Windows in October 1995);
- Virtual Game Station, PlayStation emulation software (sold to Sony, who bought it only after their lawsuit to stop it failed, and then dropped the product immediately)
- Virtual PC and Virtual server emulation software of x86-based personal computers for the Macintosh and Windows (sold to Microsoft). The Virtual Game Station (VGS was an Emulator by Connectix that allows Sony PlayStation The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console An emulator duplicates (provides an emulation of the functions of one System using a different system so that the second system behaves like (and appears to is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Microsoft Virtual PC is a Virtualization suite for Microsoft Windows Operating systems and an Emulation suite for Microsoft Virtual Server is a Virtualization solution that facilitates the creation of Virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and See also X86 assembly language The generic term x86 refers to the most commercially successful Instruction set architecture in the history of Personal Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer
With the sale of Virtual PC development and support, staff were transferred to Microsoft, including Chief Technical Officer Eric Traut, but not including any of the Connectix board members or Technical Support. A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within Eric Traut is an American Software engineer and Software emulation pioneer Its Macintosh products, including DoubleTalk, CopyAgent and RAM Doubler, were discontinued.
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