Established in 1968 by former Control Data Employees, Minneapolis based Data 100 was a commercial maker of IBM compatible computer peripheral equipment during the late 1960s and 1970s. It specialized in remote access workstations with card readers and line printers, compatible with the IBM 2780 and IBM 3780 series. The European factory was located in Hemel Hempstead, England, where assembly, integration and distribution was carried out. Later this operation was relocated to Cork, Ireland. The company was purchased by Northern Telecom (which later became Nortel Networks) in 1978 and merged with Ann Arbor, Michigan based, Sycor Inc. The company name remained in Europe till the early 80's