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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk14:21, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that the first batch of Action Computer Enterprise's Discovery 1600, one of the first multi-user microcomputers, was delivered to a tobacco-growing business in Thailand? Source: "Along with two fellow engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif., Kwok had been working on a new microcomputer that could serve several users at once. Now he and his colleagues agreed to go out on their own and, with a $50,000 investment from the Chungs, formed a joint venture called Action Computer Enterprise Inc. By February of the following year, the first California-made computers had been shipped to tobacco operations headquarters in Banphai, a small village 400 kilometers from Bangkok. While Kwok Ong and company chairman Herbert Siegel perfected the multi-user technology, Wing Chung turned to marketing Action's Discovery line of computers throughout Asia." Kotkin, Joel (June 1987). "The Chinese Way of Business". Inc. Mansueto Ventures. 9 (6): 66 – via Gale. (subscription required)

Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 07:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.

Overall: AGF on the subscription-required source. BorgQueen (talk) 19:25, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]