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Rainbow Computing

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Founded
  
1976

Rainbow Computing was an Apple II retailer and video game software publisher that was established in 1976 by Gene Sprouse and Glenn Dollar in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.

The original store was located in Granada Hills but was eventually relocated to Northridge. The company opened a second location in Woodland Hills, where it operated for nine years until the sale of the company to the Torrance-based Pathfinder Computer Centers retail chain in 1985.

Notable employees and customers

  • David Gordon (customer) — founder of Programma International and DataMost
  • Robert C. McNally (customer) — classic game programmer; founder of The Dreamers Guild.
  • David Mullich (employee) — game programmer and designer at Edu-Ware
  • Gary Shannon (employee) — classic game programmer
  • Sherwin Steffin (customer) — founder of Edu-Ware
  • Ken Williams (customer) — founder of Sierra On-Line

    • References

    Rainbow Computing Wikipedia
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