Pacific Cyber/Metrix

PCM Systems Corporation
Formerly
  • PCM, Inc. (1975)
  • Pacific Cyber/Metrix (1975–1996)
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputers
Founded1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Defunct2001; 23 years ago (2001)
FateDissolved
Headquarters
Key people
  • Robert Nelson, president
Number of employees
15 (early 2000s)
Websitepcmsystems.com (archived)

Pacific Cyber/Metrix, Inc. (PC/M; originally PCM, Inc., later PCM Systems) was an American computer company based in California. The company was founded in 1975 in San Ramon, California.[1]

A privately held company, PC/M was founded by Robert Nelson and several others, most of whom including Nelson came from the San Ramon facility of Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, a scientific research firm. Nelson was named president and general owner. For the next several years the company developed microcomputers based around the PDP-8–compatible Intersil 6100 as well as CMOS EPROM burners. The company earned profit from the cash flow generated by their products and received no outside venture capital. PC/M moved its headquarters in late 1979 to Dublin, California,[2] where the company spent the remainder of its existence in a 6,000-square-foot facility.[3] The company's workforce was relatively spartan throughout its lifespan, employing only "about 10" in 1979,[2] later increasing to 15 by the early 2000s.[3]

  1. ^ Staff writer 1990, p. 187; Staff writer 1979b, p. 13.
  2. ^ a b Staff writer 1979b, p. 13.
  3. ^ a b Staff writer 2004, p. 851.