Beehive Medical Electronics

The company was based in Salt Lake City, Utah and manufactured a variety of CRT display terminals in the 1970s and 1980s.

At its peak, Beehive employed 400 people. In 1980, the company opened a plant in Ireland.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in October 1984[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19841005&id=H_oOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5oIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3066,1492711 Deseret News, Oct 5, 1984] and emerged from Chapter 11 in 1985.

Beehive outsourced production to Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG in West Germany in July, 1988.[http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/10403/COMPUTER-FIRM-MOVING-TO-EUROPE.html Deseret News, July 12, 1988]{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in November 1988 and the assets were auctioned off in January, 1989.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002755/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/32479/WHEN-A-GIANT-STUMBLES-THE-FALL-IS-HARD--COMPUTER-FIRM-WAS-ONCE-ON-TOP-OF-THE-WORLD.html?s_cid=s10 Deseret News Jan. 29, 1989 ]

The terminal models included the ATL-008, MiniBee, the SuperBee and the B-100. The B-100 was also provided to original equipment manufacturers for rebranding. The Cromemco 3101 terminal is a rebranded B-100.

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• [http://www.virtualaltair.com/virtualaltair.com/vac_B-100.asp B-100 terminal]
• [http://www.decodesystems.com/wanted.html#terminals Beehive Model I/II/III]
• [http://manx.classiccmp.org/details.php/74,16337 Mini Bee Computer Terminal Illustrated Parts Breakdown]
• [http://manx.classiccmp.org/details.php/74,16338 Mini Bee Computer Terminal Service Manual]
• [http://manx.classiccmp.org/details.php/74,16339 ATL-008 Technical User's Manual]
• [http://manx.classiccmp.org/details.php/74,16340 ATL-008 Maintenance Manual]

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