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'''Zip Technologies''' was a company started by former employees of [[McT]], which had made the SpeeDemon accelerator for the Apple II. Zip made the Zip Chip Apple II accelerator while another company started by former McT employees, Bits and Pieces, made the Rocket Chip. Zip successfully sued Bits and Pieces for patent infringement and consequently forced that company out of business. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_accelerators]
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'''Zip Technology''' (Zip Chip, Inc.) was a company started by former employees of [[McT]], which had made the SpeeDemon accelerator for the Apple II. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_accelerators] It was incorporated on October 10, 1986, and headed by J.P. Heyes. [http://california.14thstory.com/zip-chip-inc.html]
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Zip made the Zip Chip Apple II accelerator, and another company started by former McT employees, Bits & Pieces, made the Rocket Chip. Zip successfully sued Bits & Pieces for patent infringement and consequently forced that company out of business. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_accelerators]
  
 
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Online resources

Revision as of 14:03, 23 August 2011

Zip Technology (Zip Chip, Inc.) was a company started by former employees of McT, which had made the SpeeDemon accelerator for the Apple II. [1] It was incorporated on October 10, 1986, and headed by J.P. Heyes. [2]

Zip made the Zip Chip Apple II accelerator, and another company started by former McT employees, Bits & Pieces, made the Rocket Chip. Zip successfully sued Bits & Pieces for patent infringement and consequently forced that company out of business. [3]

Research Methods: Online resources

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