AM Jacquard Systems, originally Jacquard Systems, was an American manufacturer and vendor of small office computer systems in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The systems were sold with ''Type-Rite'', a
word processing
A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no consen ...
system and ''Data-Rite'', a data management system. They also offered specialist software, Tomcat to legal firms.
The original J100 Videocomputer, a "shared logic" system was joined by the single user J500 Videocomputer.
Jacquard was acquired by AM International, inventors of the
addressograph
An addressograph is an address labeler and labeling system.
In 1896, the first U.S. patent for an addressing machine, the Addressograph was issued to Joseph Smith Duncan of Sioux City, Iowa. It was a development of the invention he had made in 18 ...
, where it was seen to complement their range of
phototypesetter
Phototypesetting is a method of setting type. It uses photography to make columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper.
It has been made obsolete by the popularity of the personal computer and desktop publishing (digital typesetting).
The ...
s. Jacquard then also became the sales and marketing arm for the parent company's Amtext system.
The corporate headquarters were at 3340 Ocean Park Boulevard,
Santa Monica, California
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.
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Defunct computer companies of the United States
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