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SeptemLan Plus and Mcglen expect to complete the merger by October under the name Northgate Innovations with Andy Teng as chairman and CEO. ApMcglen and Lan Plus announces that the merged company will be operating under the Northgate name. October 2000 - Lan Plus begins merger with Mcglen Internet Group. 1997 - Northgate was purchased by Lan Plus. The funding would be from a percentage of computer sales up to a maximum of $3.75 million. DecemAnnounced a reorganization plan with its creditors which paid 19 cents on the dollar to cover $16 million in unsecured debts. The landlord of their Eden Prairie building also canceled their lease and they were planning to move to Minneapolis. Mylex was owed $4.6 million, $113,000 was expected to be paid from liquidation from Northgate's inventories. September 1994 - The company filed for a conversion to a chapter 11 reorganization plan. August 1994 - A chapter 7 petition was filed against the company by creditors. 1992 - Discussed a merger with Everex Systems but these talks ended and a 51% stake was bought by investor group Marjac Investments. 1990 - Announced 486 systems using IBM's Micro Channel architecture and merger talks with CPT. As such, the company's keyboards were often purchased by users of other manufacturers' PCs. #Northgate omnikey Pc
The keyboards were particularly valued for their tactile response and durability, and along with IBM's Model M PC keyboards, were considered some of the best in the industry. The company was known for its quality systems and keyboards in particular, its line of OmniKey keyboards was highly praised. Aside from Dell and Gateway, popular brands of mail-order PCs were Northgate and Zeos.
This was a revolutionary idea at the time, because people wouldn't be able to see or touch their computer before buying it. Consumers were fed up with high prices for IBM, Compaq and other brand-name PCs sold through dealers so they opted to purchase their computers from a catalog. The 1990s were a golden era for mail-order PC business. Northgate Computer Systems, Inc., based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States, was a mail-order personal computer company, founded in 1987 by Arthur "Art" Lazere. A circa 1993 model Northgate OmniKey/ULTRA-T.