GammaLink

GammaLink Inc. was an American computer hardware and software company founded in the 1980s in Sunnyvale, California, by Hank Magnuski and Michael Lutz.[1] The company was the first to invent PC-to-fax communications technology, GammaFax.[2][3][4][5]

GammaLink Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryComputer
Foundedc. 1984 (1984)
Founders
DefunctJune 1994 (1994-06)
FateAcquired by Dialogic Corporation
ProductsGammaFax

The company was sold to Dialogic Corporation in 1994,[6] which in turn was bought by Intel.[7] It was then bought by Eicon and subsequently acquired by Open Media Labs, which now functions as Dialogic Media Labs.[8]

Footnotes
  1. Bhide, Amar V. (2003). The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses. Oxford University Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780199883578.
  2. Kanzler, Stephen. Firm Offers Link Between PC and Facsimile Machine, PC Week, November 26th, 1985, p. 10
  3. Dix, John. Gammalink's micro-to-facsimile transmission product debuts, Computerworld, December 9th, 1985, p. 19
  4. Hindin, Eric. Gamma Technology Unfolds Software To Link IBM PC With Fax Machines, Communications Week, December 16th, 1985
  5. GammaLink fax board enshrined at Smithsonian, Infoworld, July 20th, 1992, p. 25
  6. Staff writer (June 8, 1994). "Dialogic Completes GammaLink Acquisition". The Record: C3 – via Newspapers.com. ProQuest 424553267.
  7. Staff writer (August 10, 2006). "Intel sells some assets to Eicon Networks". Calgary Herald: D3 – via ProQuest.
  8. Staff writer (March 7, 2008). "Dialogic Purchases OpenMediaLabs". Wireless News. Close-Up Media – via ProQuest.
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