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'''Applied Digital Data Systems''', or '''ADDS''', was a leading supplier of high-quality video display [[computer terminalsterminal]]s, founded in 1969 by [[Leeam Lowin]] and [[William J. Catacosinos]]. <ref name = LIFE>{{cite news

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It became a subsidiary of [[NCR Corporation|NCR]] in 1980, which sold the ''Mentor 2000'' professional [[computer]] in the [[United States]] in 1986.

The ''Mentor 2000'' ran at 5&nbsp;MHz using a [[Zilog]] processor, 640KB RAM, and included one 60MB [[hard disk]]. It used the [[Pick operating system]] and [[database management system]]. It was able to manage 16 or 32 [[video terminal]]sterminals at once.

'''ADDS''' (along with [[NCR Corporation|NCR]]) was later part of [[AT&T]],<ref>{{cite web

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then independent briefly before being acquired by [[SunRiver Data Systems]].

However, their version of the Pick operating system, was acquired by Pick Systems Inc, now called [[TigerLogic]]. That version is now called mvBase<ref>[http://tigerlogic.com/tigerlogic/pick/database/mvb.jsp mvBase]</ref>.

==See also==