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| Adobe | - maker of Photoshop and the Postscript standard |
| AMD | - maker of x86 compatible chips |
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| Apple | - maker of Macintosh computers and the Quicktime standard |
| AT&T | - US telco |
| Autodesk | - the maker of the de facto standard CAD software AutoCAD |
| Be | - maker of the PowerPC-based BeBoxes and the BeOS |
| Bellcore Labs | |
| BSDI | - makers of the BSDI Unix |
| Borland | - maker of compilers and other programming tools |
| Canon | - maker of Bubblejet printers, scanners etc. |
| Cisco | - maker of routers and other networking hardware |
| Citrix | - maker of the Windows NT client/terminal software WinFrame |
| Claris | - the software company which is an Apple subsidiary |
| Corel | - makers of CorelDraw and now also PerfectOffice |
| Cray | - well-known maker of supercomputers |
| Cyrix | - another maker of x86 compatible chips |
| Data General | |
| Diamond | - makers of graphics and other expansion cards |
| Digital | - a large company with diverse interests in software and hardware |
| Epson | - maker of printers, scanners etc. |
| Fujitsu | |
| GNU | - the GNU project to develop a free Unix and software |
| Gravis | - makers of joysticks, gamepads and the GUS sound card |
| Hewlett-Packard | - best known for its printers but which also sells PCs and Unix workstations |
| Hitachi | |
| Honeywell | - best known for making keyboards |
| IBM | - the huge sprawling company with interests in basically everything |
| Intel | - the makers of the 80x86 and Pentium* chips |
| Intuit | - maker of the money management software Quicken |
| Kinetix | - the Autodesk spinoff now responsible for 3D Studio MAX |
| Lotus | - makers of Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus notes and other software |
| Micrografx | |
| Microsoft | - the company which made MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and MS Office |
| Motorola | - one of the members of the PowerPC alliance |
| NEC | - company best known for its monitors |
| Netscape | - company best known for Netscape (Navigator) |
| Novell | - makers of the PC network OS Netware and NDS |
| Oracle | - makers of the Oracle database software |
| Quarterdeck | - memory manager and utility software company |
| Silicon Graphics | - makers of Unix workstations which crunch through graphics |
| Sony | - consumer electronics and software company |
| Sun | - makers of the SPARC chip spec, Solaris OS and Java language |
| Symantec | - maker of Norton Utilities and other utility software as well as compilers |
| Tandem | |
| Texas Instruments | - maker of DSPs, printers etc. |
| Xerox | - best known for photocopiers |
| Xerox PARC | - the famous research lab where the mouse, GUI and Ethernet were invented |
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| Activision | - makers of Mechwarrior II |
| Bethesda | - makers of Terminator: Future Shock |
| Bullfrog | - makers of Syndicate, Magic Carpet and Theme Park |
| Creative Labs | - makers of the Sound Blaster* sound cards |
| 3DO | |
| Electronic Arts | - maker of many sports games...also the biggest game publisher |
| Epic Megagames | - maker of lots of cool games |
| Gravis | - maker of joystics, gamepads and also the GUS soundcard |
| iD Software | - maker of Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM and Quake...but also Commander Keen! |
| Interplay | - mostly a game publisher |
| Konami | - maker mostly of arcade games and conversions of those games |
| Lucasarts | - maker of the Monkey Island games, Sam'n'Max, X-Wing and TIE Fighter |
| MacPlay | - this one's only here because Page demanded it...I have no idea what they do. |
| Microprose | |
| Namco | - maker of arcade games and their conversions |
| Nintendo | - maker of the Mario* games and Nintendo 64 console |
| Origin | - maker of the Wing Commander and the Ultima series |
| Papyrus | |
| Sega | - makers of the (now defunct) Saturn console as well as arcade games |
| Sierra Online | - makers of the Space Quest and Quest for Glory series |
| Sony | - maker of the Playstation console |
| Thrustmaster | - maker of joysticks |
| Virgin | - mostly a game publisher, I think |
| Westwood Studios | - maker of the Lands of Lore series |
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Due to the miscellaneous nature of this list, it is in no order whatsoever.
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These mags are listed in alphabetical order.
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