Anderson Jacobson, also known for a time as CXR Anderson Jacobson and today as CXR Networks, is a vendor of communications equipment. Anderson Jacobson was an early manufacturer of acoustic modems and was spun off from SRI International (then the Stanford Research Institute).[1] In the 1970s and 1980s, the company manufactured modems, some intended for consumers.[2] The company was acquired by CXR Telecom in 1988,[1] [3] at which time The Times was following Anderson Jacobson's earnings reports.[4] The flow of new products continued.[5]
Today the company is a privately owned communication equipment vendor supplying products to Telecom Carriers, Service Providers, and the Defense, Transport and Utility markets. The company is headquartered in Abondant, France.[6]
Anderson Jacobson was primarily a California-based[7] manufacturer of acoustic coupler modems, but they also manufactured printing terminals designed to replaceteletypes.
Anderson Jacobson began early in 1967 as a manufacturer of one of the first acoustic data couplers. This technical advancement was a step beyond directly wiring to phone lines.[8] By 1973, the company hadacoustic coupler products that transmitted at 150, 300 and 1200 baud.[9]
Some of their terminals were CRTs and others were Printer/Keyboard devices.
Among the terminals that were marketed by Anderson Jacobson are:[10]
| data-sort-type="text" | Model | data-sort-type="text" | Type | data-sort-type="number" | Announced | data-sort-type="number" | Price | Image(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="AJ 510" | AJ 510 | data-sort-value="CRT" | CRT | data-sort-value="197905" | May 1979 | data-sort-value="1995" | $1,995 | http://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Anderson_Jacobson_AJ_510 | ||
| data-sort-value="AJ 841" | AJ 841 | data-sort-value="KB/Printer" | KB/Printer | data-sort-value="197302" | February 1973 | data-sort-value="2995" | $2,995 | http://terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Anderson_Jacobson_AJ_841 | printer uses IBM Selectric electric typewriter mechanism[11] |
After the merger, industrial references varied, including "Anderson Jacobson (CXR)" [12]
CXR was purchased by Emrise Corporation an international manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and subsystems and telecommunications equipment.[13] and, in 2016 sold for 690,000 British pounds to its former chairman/CEO.[14]
CXR, described as "manufactures network telecommunications equipment," was still operating as of 2017, albeit not in the areas for which AJ had begun in 1967.[15]