| Industry | Timesharing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1969 |
| Defunct | 1975 |
| Fate | Acquired by Automatic Data Processing |
Cyphernetics Corporation was a commercial timesharing company founded in March 1969 and based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[1] The company had a sales offices in most major American cities and many international locations, providing communications and technical support for clients.[2]
As was the case with a number of commercial timesharing operators in the 1970s, Cyphernetics utilized the DECsystem-10 computer systems from Digital Equipment Corporation.[3] Cyphernetics developed many products that were well ahead of their time, and whose concepts are contained in many of the most important PC applications, even today. Cyphernetics had an email system (called UTI:MEMO) in the early 1970s, as well as word processing (Cyphertext),[4] spreadsheets (Cyphertab),[5] project management, and time series data storage and analysis (TSAM).[6] Despite comparatively weak CPUs, very limited memory and storage, and slow communications networks of the time, most modern PC applications were functional on the timesharing network at 300 to 1200 baud while running on a processor (that was much less powerful than a desktop PC is today) shared by over 50 simultaneous users.
Cyphernetics was purchased by Automatic Data Processing in 1975 and renamed ADP Network Services.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ Staff writer (March 27, 1969). "Time-Share Company Is Formed". Detroit Free Press: 55 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 10-K Transcript. Vol. 125 (Combined ed.). New York Stock Exchange. 1975. p. 179085 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whalen, Thomas (October 31, 1977). "Unit Moves Gradually to Data Base Integration". Computerworld. XI (44). CW Communications: 26, 28 – via Google Books.
- ^ Staff writer (May 10, 1972). "Automated Total Text Processing Available on Time-Sharing Net". Computerworld. VI (19). CW Communications: 13 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bank Data Service Subsidiaries. INPUT. November 1977. p. 128 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Staff writer (November 22, 1973). "Bulletin Board". Electronic Design. 21 (24): 278 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Staff writer (July 10, 1975). "Business Briefs". The Herald-News: 39 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Staff writer (March 22, 1977). "Moving Up". Dayton Daily News: 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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