Private company
Network Computing Devices
Logo: Network Computing Devices, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Defunct Electronics Company
Network Computing Devices (NCD) was a company founded in 1987 to produce a new class of products now known as a thin client. It was founded in Mountain View, CA, and when it closed it was headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. The corporate founders were Mike Harrigan, Doug Klein, Dave Cornelius, Ed Basart, Martin Eberhard, and Kevin Martin.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersPortland1
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Network Computing Devices (NCD) was a company founded in 1987 to produce a new class of products now known as a thin client. It was founded in Mountain View, CA, and when it closed it was headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.2
Products and brands
- software
Listed on Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
NCD purchased PCXware, which made an X Window System for Microsoft Windows.
NCD purchased Z-Code Software in 1994. Z-Code made Z-Mail, a cross platform open standards email client. Z-Mail was later sold by NCD to Netmanage.
NCD purchased TekXPress X-terminals line from Tektronix.
NCD ceased operations in 2004. However, a few of the company's employees have set up a new company, ThinPATH Systems, to provide former NCD customers and others with service, support and products.
From Wikipedia’s article on Network Computing Devices, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaNetwork Computing Devices
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- WikidataQ4045257
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