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{{Short description|American computer company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = American Computer &and Peripheral, Inc.
| image = American Computer and Peripheral Former Headquarters Santa Ana 2022 crop.JPG
| image_caption = Former headquarters in [[Santa Ana, California]]
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| products = {{Unbulleted list|American XTSR|American 286|386 Translator|386 Turbo}}
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'''American Computer &and Peripheral, Inc.''' ('''AC&P'''), also written as '''American Computer and& Peripheral''', was an American computer company based in [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]], California. The company was founded in 1985 by Alan Lau and released several expansion boards for the [[IBM Personal Computer|IBM PC]] as well as a few [[IBM PC compatible|PC clones]] before going bankrupt in December 1989. Obscure in its own time,{{sfnm|1a1=Amirrezvani|1a2=Rosenbaum|1a3=Trivette|1y=1986|1p=92|2a1=Shackelford|2y=1986|p=12C}} the company's 386 Translator was the first plug-in board for [[Intel]]'s newly released [[i386|80386]] processor and the first mass-market computing device to offer consumers a means of using the 386 in July 1986.{{sfnm|1a1=Amirrezvani|1a2=Rosenbaum|1a3=Trivette|1y=1986|1p=92|2a1=Chabal|2a2=Ranney|2y=1986|2p=8}}
 
==History==