Radius

Radius, Inc. is a computer hardware company co-founded on May 19, 1986 by some of the original members of the Macintosh development team, including Mike Boich, Matt Carter, Andy Hertzfeld, Alain Rossmann, and Burrell Smith.

History
The company originally focused on producing Macintosh peripherals and gained attention for its accelerators, and graphics cards, monitors. Its first product, the Radius Full Page Display, was the brainchild of Burrell Smith, who also designed the Macintosh 128K logic board. Apple Computer followed with its own Macintosh Portrait Display, which was introduced on March 7, 1989.

Radius acquired rival SuperMac Technology in 1994 and became the first manufacturer to release a licensed Macintosh clone on March 27, 1995. However, the merged company's business quickly became overextended. Radius sold its license to Mac OS and the SuperMac brand to in 1996 and exited the clone market.

Radius also faced a struggling overall Mac market and sold its display business in August 1998 to Korea Data Systems (KDS), which began distributing Radius-branded monitors and ColorMatch devices through its miro Displays subsidiary the following year. On January 6, 1999, Radius became Digital Origin to focus on the digital video market. The company was finally acquired by and merged into on May 9, 2000.

Products
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Accelerator cards

 * Radius Accelerator 16 (Mac 512Ke / Plus)
 * Radius Accelerator 25 (Mac SE)
 * Radius PhotoBooster (NuBus)
 * Radius PhotoEngine (68040 PDS)
 * Radius Rocket 25i / 25 / 33
 * Radius Stage II Rocket (40 MHz)

Macintosh clones

 * Radius System 100 (80 to 110 MHz 601)
 * Radius System 81/110 (110 MHz 601)
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Color displays

 * Radius Color Pivot
 * Radius IntelliColor Display
 * Radius Precision Color Display
 * Radius Precision Color Pivot
 * Radius PrecisionView
 * Radius PressView

Monochrome displays

 * Radius Full Page Display
 * Radius Pivot
 * Radius Two Page Display
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