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| founded={{Start date and age|1973}} in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
| defunct={{End date and age|1991}}
| fate=[[Chapter 7 bankruptcy]], [[Liquidation]]
| products={{ubl|Computer systems|Video terminals}}
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In 1988, Wells American introduced a new CompuStar that could take expansion cards of both the IBM PC and IBM's new [[IBM PS/2|Personal System/2 (PS/2)]]. The expansion bus of the IBM PC was a mostly open standard known as the [[Industry Standard Architecture|Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)]], while the PS/2's bus was based on IBM's [[Micro Channel architecture]], a more locked-down, heavily patented architecture devised by IBM as an attempt to regain market share lost through the proliferation and commodification of IBM PC clones. The new CompuStar possessed both ISA and Micro Channel expansion slots.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Shelley | first=Beverly S. | date=July 16, 1988 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121816074/wells-american-is-pinning-its-hopes-on/ | title=Wells American is pinning its hopes on CompuStar | journal=The State | page=7C | via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | date=October 1988 | url=https://archive.org/details/pc_world-1988_10/page/n17/ | title=Wells Clones the PS/2 | journal=PC World | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=6 | issue=10 | page=16 | via=the Internet Archive}}</ref>
The new CompuStar was not enough to reverse the company's fortunes, and in 1990 the company suspended all manufacturing activities and marketing in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal | date=January 11, 1990 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/398139551/ | title=Wells American Cuts Production, Suspends Marketing in the U.S. | journal=The Wall Street Journal | publisher=Dow Jones & Company | page=1 | via=ProQuest}}</ref> In 1991, the company filed for [[Chapter 7 bankruptcy]] and had its assets [[liquidated]].<ref>{{cite journal | date=May 3, 1991 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/398193460/ | title=Wells American Corp.: Company Decides to File For Bankruptcy Liquidation | journal=The Wall Street Journal | publisher=Dow Jones & Company | page=C13 | via=ProQuest}}</ref>
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