Consolidated Computer Ltd.
Title
Consolidated Computer Ltd.
Consolidated Computer Services Ltd.
Consolidated Computer Inc.
Type
Company
Coverage
Toronto, ON
Ottawa, ON
Begin Date
1968-01-01
End Date
1982-01-01
Location
48 Yonge St., Toronto, ON (1969)
50 Gervais Drive, Don Mills (Toronto), ON (1971)
2421 Lancaster Road, Ottawa, ON (1969, 1977)
Product Areas
Computing
Activities
Designing
Manufacturing
Supplying
Timeline
- 1968 – Founded? (Bateman, “How Toronto Invented the PC, Then Forgot About It”)
- 1969 – Active as Consolidated Computer Services Ltd. at 48 Yonge St., Toronto, ON. Growing based on the sale of “KEY-EDIT systems”, a data-entry system for “preparing data for computer use and replaces the traditional keypunch and keytape machines”, essentially a specialised keyboard system. Expanding from 22 people at the beginning of 1969 to 135 by the end. Has recently opened a new factory in Ottawa, ON. Has established a subsidiary in the US, with sales offices through the US and one in the UK. President is Mers Kutt. (Consolidated Computer Ltd. Annual Report 1969)
- 1970 – Due to “misunderstandings”, the company changes its name to Consolidated Computer Ltd. (Consolidated Computer Ltd. Annual Report 1969)
- 1971 – Mers Kutt is “forced out” of Consolidated Computer Ltd. (Bateman, “How Toronto Invented the PC, Then Forgot About It”)
- 1971 – Company moves to a headquarters location at 50 Gervais Drive, Don Mills (Toronto), ON. (“PH4.1 Attachment 5 - Part 3” Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment: B-15)
- 1977 – Company active as Consolidated Computer Inc. at 2421 Lancaster Road, Ottawa, ON, with sales in the US and in Canada. Also has a subsidiary, CC Consolidated Computer International Inc. at 275 Wyman St., Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Is working on the development of the Key Edit Series 2, Model 2024 with plans to launch it in 1978. Company receives a $1 000 000 loan from the federal government. (Consolidated Computer Inc. Annual Report 1977: 2–3, 13)
- 1982 –Nabu Manufacturing Corp. (Ottawa, ON), which had previously already bought 65.5% of the shares of Consolidated Computer Ltd. from the federal government, negotiates purchase of the remaining shares from Japanese company Fujitsu. The sale price is extremely low as the company is considered insolvent. “The Government lost $125-million in CCI over 10 years before selling its 49 per cent interest to Nabu.” Nabu intends to use the Ottawa, ON plant to manufacture its own microcomputers. (Patterson, “Nabu hopes to make offer for rest of CCI’s shares”)
- 1969 – Active as Consolidated Computer Services Ltd. at 48 Yonge St., Toronto, ON. Growing based on the sale of “KEY-EDIT systems”, a data-entry system for “preparing data for computer use and replaces the traditional keypunch and keytape machines”, essentially a specialised keyboard system. Expanding from 22 people at the beginning of 1969 to 135 by the end. Has recently opened a new factory in Ottawa, ON. Has established a subsidiary in the US, with sales offices through the US and one in the UK. President is Mers Kutt. (Consolidated Computer Ltd. Annual Report 1969)
- 1970 – Due to “misunderstandings”, the company changes its name to Consolidated Computer Ltd. (Consolidated Computer Ltd. Annual Report 1969)
- 1971 – Mers Kutt is “forced out” of Consolidated Computer Ltd. (Bateman, “How Toronto Invented the PC, Then Forgot About It”)
- 1971 – Company moves to a headquarters location at 50 Gervais Drive, Don Mills (Toronto), ON. (“PH4.1 Attachment 5 - Part 3” Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment: B-15)
- 1977 – Company active as Consolidated Computer Inc. at 2421 Lancaster Road, Ottawa, ON, with sales in the US and in Canada. Also has a subsidiary, CC Consolidated Computer International Inc. at 275 Wyman St., Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Is working on the development of the Key Edit Series 2, Model 2024 with plans to launch it in 1978. Company receives a $1 000 000 loan from the federal government. (Consolidated Computer Inc. Annual Report 1977: 2–3, 13)
- 1982 –Nabu Manufacturing Corp. (Ottawa, ON), which had previously already bought 65.5% of the shares of Consolidated Computer Ltd. from the federal government, negotiates purchase of the remaining shares from Japanese company Fujitsu. The sale price is extremely low as the company is considered insolvent. “The Government lost $125-million in CCI over 10 years before selling its 49 per cent interest to Nabu.” Nabu intends to use the Ottawa, ON plant to manufacture its own microcomputers. (Patterson, “Nabu hopes to make offer for rest of CCI’s shares”)
Sources
Bateman, Chris. “How Toronto Invented the PC, Then Forgot About It” Spacing, April 15, 2015. (https://spacing.ca/toronto/2015/04/15/toronto-invented-pc-forgot/) [08-11-24]
Consolidated Computer, Consolidated Computer Ltd. Annual Report 1969 (1970): 10 (https://archive.org/details/Cons2507_1969/mode/2up)
Consolidated Computer, Consolidated Computer Inc. Annual Report 1977 (1978) (https://archive.org/details/Cons2506_1977/mode/2up) [08-11-24]
Patterson, David. “Nabu hopes to make offer for rest of CCI’s shares” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), November 27, 1982.
City of Toronto “PH4.1 Attachment 5 - Part 3” Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment: B-15 (https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131155.pdf)
Consolidated Computer, Consolidated Computer Ltd. Annual Report 1969 (1970): 10 (https://archive.org/details/Cons2507_1969/mode/2up)
Consolidated Computer, Consolidated Computer Inc. Annual Report 1977 (1978) (https://archive.org/details/Cons2506_1977/mode/2up) [08-11-24]
Patterson, David. “Nabu hopes to make offer for rest of CCI’s shares” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), November 27, 1982.
City of Toronto “PH4.1 Attachment 5 - Part 3” Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment: B-15 (https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/ph/bgrd/backgroundfile-131155.pdf)
Collection
Citation
“Consolidated Computer Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/8257.
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