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Computer Hardware, Inc. Vertical Systems Willcox Services -- James P. Lennane "After receiving his master's degree in mathematics from the University of Detroit, Mr. Lennane joined the International Business Machines Corporation in 1964, spending two and a half years as a scientific systems engineer and a salesman. He then founded Computer Hardware Inc., which produced clones of the I.B.M. 1130 and 1800 mid-size computers, and in 1973 founded System Integrators, which sold publishing systems to small newspapers using the clone computers. The company broke into the big time in 1980 with a $9 million sale to The Los Angeles Times." CHI built an expansion box for the 1130 (CHI-1114) and an internal core memory add-on (CHI-1106). CHI designed the 2130 and 2131, extended 1130's in '74-'75. An expanded model (CHI-3230) was developed in the late 70's. The assets of CHI appear to have been acquired by Vertical Systems, Inc / Bob Willcox in the early 80's. As of 1976, Willcox was western regional service manager for CHI. An extended version of the 3230 with up to 2mb of memory was developed in the early 80's. VSI designed a follow-on system called the System 85 converting much of the discrete TTL logic to PALs and gate arrays. It is unknown if any of the redesigned systems were ever sold. Willcox Services was still supporting CHI/VSI systems through the late 80's.