Videx

For the HIV drug of the same name, see Didanosine.

Videx, Inc., is a Corvallis, Oregon manufacturer of computer hardware such as access control products and data collection terminals. It was founded in 1979 by Paul Davis.^[1][2]

Videx, Inc.

Industry	Electronics
Founded	1979; 46 years ago (1979)
Founder	Paul Davis
Headquarters	Corvallis, Oregon

Its initial success came with the first release of the $345 Videoterm (80 column) display card^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} in March 1980 and the $149 shift and custom keyboard mapping Enhancer II terminal card in November 1981, both for Apple II computers.^[10][11][12] Later, in 1984, it released its $379^[13] UltraTerm expansion card boasting high-definition 96-pixel characters and up to 128 × 32 character display.^{[14][15][16][17][18]} These products became obsolete when Apple released the Apple IIe with most of the 80-column card hardware built-in - only a much simpler and cheaper RAM card was then required.

Videx also produced software, including Desktop Calendar (1984) for the Apple Lisa.^[19][20]

In the mid-1980s, the company started divesting from personal computer products in favor of data collection products, namely barcode readers.^[21]