Exatron
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Exatron manufactures a complete line of automated handling, testing, programming, and marking equipment for the packaged integrated circuit
industry.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s Exatron manufactured the Exatron Stringy Floppy
tape storage device for microcomputers.
However, since the company's current name is Exatron it is not clear if this name change never took place or if the name was changed back at a later date.
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
industry.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s Exatron manufactured the Exatron Stringy Floppy
Stringy floppy
The Exatron Stringy Floppy is a continuous loop tape drive that was developed by Exatron for use with the Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer, among others, and was launched in 1979. The tape cartridge is about the size of a credit card, but about twice as thick...
tape storage device for microcomputers.
Company history
In Video Games magazine, June 1983, page 49 it says that "Last February the Exatron Corporation changed its name to Entrepo (meaning "a storage place")".However, since the company's current name is Exatron it is not clear if this name change never took place or if the name was changed back at a later date.