Apparat, Inc.

Apparat, Inc.
Company typePrivate[1]
Industry
  • Computer hardware
  • Computer software
Founded1978; 46 years ago (1978) in Denver, Colorado
Founders
  • Jim Lauletta
  • Clifford Ide
Defunct1988; 36 years ago (1988)
FateCeased operations
ProductsNewDos/80

Apparat, Inc., was an American software developer, peripheral manufacturer, mail order company, and retailer active from 1978 to 1988 and primarily based in Denver, Colorado. They are best known for NewDos/80, an alternative operating system to TRSDOS for Tandy Corporation's TRS-80 line of home computers, sold through their Radio Shack stores. Apparat themselves sold modified TRS-80s through their mail order catalog. The company pivoted to selling peripherals for the IBM Personal Computer in 1982, continuing in this market until Apparat went defunct in 1988.

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