Dual Technology Corporation

Dual Technology Corporation


Logo (1998)

Country: Taiwan

Industry: Notebook Computers

Founded: 1982

Defunct: ~2000

Fate: Website went down in late 2000, seemingly just went defunct

Address (former): No. 8, Lane 97, Wu-Kung Rd., Wu-Ku Industrial Park, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, ROC

Website: dual.com.tw, Dual Australia

Welcome to the Dual Homepage on MacDat!

Dual was a Taiwan-based Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) that manufactured laptop computers from 1991 until around 2000, when it seems they went out of business. The company was founded in 1982 and sold mainly telephone and computer accessories until their expansion into the laptop market. They also sold LCD monitors.

Dual placed a focus on modularity in their SKD and PMD Series laptops. Later models, including the AIO, ERA, and VDA Series used all-in-one (3 spindle) designs, many with magnesium case construction.

Each of Dual's three letter series names actually stood for something, and I've managed to dig up what they all were! Here's a list:

I've as of yet been unable to find concrete info on what exactly happened to Dual. Their last product launch was in Spring 2000, and their website was gone by the end of that year. One company history page on the Dual site linked them to Nankang Tire, a Taiwanese tire manufacturing company which is still in business today. The Chairman of Dual was named as being "honorary president" of Nankang Tire in a 2014 article, so I guess making tires ended up being a lot more profitable than making notebook computers.

Model List (Incomplete)

Should be complete from the SKD-4000 onwards, but I'm missing any info on what they made before that (their first laptop was released in 1991).

Dual DU-3000


1992

Dual SKD-4000 (SKD 1)


~June 1993

Dual SKD-4000 II (SKD 2)


~March 1994

Dual SKD-4000 III (SKD 3)


~November 1994

Dual SKD-5


~February 1995?

Dual PentiMedia (PMD-5000)


~July 1994

Dual PentiMedia II (PMD-5500)


1995

Dual PentiMedia 3 (PMD-5640)


~January 1996

Dual SKD-4100


~January 1996

Dual PentiMedia 3+ (PMD-5700)


~July 1996

Dual PMD-6000 (PMD 6)


~April 1997

Dual AIO-6000 Series


~September 1997

Dual MVA-6600


February 1998

Dual ERA-1000


March 1998
No Image

Dual MVA-6670


April 1998

Dual MVA-6690


July 1998
No Image

Dual PMA-2000


August 1998

Dual ERA-2000


October 1998

Dual MRA-2000


October 1998

Dual MRA-3100


~April 1999

Dual VDA-9900


May 1999
No Image

Dual ERA-3100


May 1999

Dual VDA-9570/ERA-3170


October 1999
No Image

Dual VDA-9573/ERA-3173


March 2000


Page last updated: 02/24/2025
Update Reason: added info box

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