Tymshare, Inc was a time-sharing service and third-party hardware maintenance company competing with companies such as CompuServe, Service Bureau Corporation and National CSS.
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11 Facts About Tymshare
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Tymshare developed or acquired various technologies, such as data networking, electronic data interchange, credit card and payment processing, database technology, and more.
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In 1984 Tymshare was acquired by Nathtan Baker, to which Tymshare had sold its hospital accounting service in 1982.
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Tymshare was restructured, split up and portions were resold, spun off, and merged with other companies from 1984 through 2004 when most of its legacy network was eventually shut down.
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Tymshare was founded in 1964 by Thomas O'Rourke and David Schmidt, two former employees of General Electric's Computer Department.
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Tymshare was entering the new market of time-sharing, which at that time was expected to grow rapidly.
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Tymshare initially focussed on the SDS 940 platform, initially running at University of California Berkeley.
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Tymshare acquired a variety of companies during its 20 years of operation.
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Tymshare sold a copy of the Tymnet network software to TRW, which created its own private network, TRWNET.
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Also in the 1970s, Tymshare acquired the Augmentation Research Center from SRI International.
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Tymshare was renamed McDonnell Douglas Tymshare, and began a major reorganization.
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