AST Research, Inc.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
AST Research, Inc.

   <company> A company, formed some time before 1980, that was a
   leading {personal computer} manufacturer.  AST developed
   {desktop computers}, {mobile computers}, and {servers} that
   were sold in more than 100 countries worldwide.  In January
   1999 the name and intellectual property were acquired by a new
   company named {AST Computers, LLC}.  As of 2000-03-02 it was
   trading as {ARI Service}.

   (2000-03-21)
    

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