Modular Computer Systems

MODCOMP (Modular Computer Systems, Inc) was a small minicomputer vendor

that specialized in real-time applications. They were founded in 1970 in Fort
Florida. In the 1970s and 1980s, they produced a line of 16 and 32-bit mini-
computers. Through the 1980s, MODCOMP lost market share as more powerful
micro-computers became popular, and VAX and Alpha new systems continued to
grow. The company successfully survives today as a systems integrator.

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Many of MODCOMP's early sales were for tracking and data collection
from NASA Space probes, and in the 1980s they provided a network of 250
MODCOMP II systems to control the Space launch complex at Cabo Canaberal as
well as SET at SAIL at JSC until T-30, at which point control was handed over to a
single IBM mainframe. In the 1990s MODCOMP developed a product in the UK
called ViewMax, which was used to connect web-based "front-ends" to legacy
systems. In 1996, MODCOMP had $36.7 million in sales, and were purchased
by CSPI USA.
MODCOMP IV computers were used for the control system of the PAVE PAWS
new radar system built for the United States Air Force Space Command.
Outside of the aerospace industry, these systems were particularly popular with the
oil industry, both in oil refineries and in oilfields, and for general manufacturing
automation. Standard Oil, and Shell oil, made extensive use of Modcomp
equipment in the 1970s.