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In 1983, Everex shipped its first hard drive, tape backup and graphics products. Seven years later, with an ever expanding product line, annual revenues totaled over $436 million and the workforce topped 2,200 employees. In 1985, Everex began shipping personal computers under private labels, such as the popular IBM-AT-compatible System 1800. Three years later the STEP computer line launched, introducing cutting edge 286 and 386-based computing to a mass audience. In addition to computer systems, high-performance file servers and a UNIX-based operating system (ESIX), the company produced tape drives, graphics boards, data and fax modems, network boards, memory enhancement and desktop publishing products, controllers for disk and tape drivers, and monitors.
1983 - Everex founded in Fremont, California
1984 - First Everex hard disk drive shipped
1986 - 286-based STEP line of computers launched
1987 - Everex IPO under NASDAQ "EVRX"
1992 - Discussed a merger with Northgate Computer Systems but these talks failed.
1993 - Everex files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. They sell their Esix brand to James River Group for $210,000 and their storage division to Exabyte for $5.5M.
1993 - Everex purchased by the Formosa Plastics Group
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1998 - Everex launches FreeStyle, the world's first Windows CE PDA, but abandoned the line later in the year
2007 - Everex launches its first 17" widescreen Vista notebook
2007 - Everex launches low-cost green PC Impact GC3502 running gOS
2007 - Everex announces plans for sub-$300 Linux notebooks
2008 - Everex launches a series of low cost "green" systems, the CloudBook UMPC, the gBook notebook, and the gPC mini Mac mini-like desktop, all running the Ubuntu-based gOS Linux with the GNOME desktop environment. Everex is later acquired by systems integrator Newmarket Technology.
2009 - The US subsidiary of Everex closes its doors, while the Japanese and Taiwanese subsidiaries seem to remain unaffected.
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