Laptop Reseller/Vendor List

Please note that any model list on this page may be incomplete. Information on most of these resellers is limited as many were extremely small companies.


United States-based Companies:

Brand Founded Defunct URL Information
5D Technology Unknown Unknown Unknown

Not much currently known.

Model List
5D Model ODM Model
5D-4100 Series Kapok 5400
5D-4100P Series Kapok 5400
5D-4080 Series Dual PentiMedia 3 (PMD-5640)
AAPOGEE Unknown Unknown Unknown

Reseller based out of Monterey Park, CA.

Model List
AAPOGEE Model ODM Model
CD5000 Sunrex HyperBook 370
MN3000 Nan Tan 6500
MD4000 Dual SKD-4000 III (SKD3)

Acom Inc.
1993 Yes www.acomlink.com

Sold the Patriot line. Rebranded laptops from Featron, Chaplet, and Twinhead.

Model List
Acom Model ODM Model
Acom VESA-4000 Kapok 8200
Acom Patriot-2000 Featron FT2000
Acom Patriot-4000 Featron FT-4000
Acom Patriot 4000F Featron FT4000F
Acom Patriot 6000 Featron FT6000
Acom Patriot 8000i Chaplet iLuFA 860
Acom Patriot 8800 Series Twinhead Slimnote 9
Alcam, Inc. ~1997 January 2000 www.alcam.com

An unofficial info page on Alcam notebooks is somehow still online here. The company filed for Chapter 11 on January 28th, 2000.

Model List
Alcam Model ODM Model
FX & XL Series Samsung SENS Pro 500
or
Samsung SENS Pro 520
or
Samsung SENS Pro 600
Designer 400 Clevo 980 (Silver)
Some may be the Clevo 982
Designer 600 Dual VDA-9900
Executive 700 Samsung
Alcom Systems Unknown Unknown Unknown

Reseller based out of Van Nuys, CA.

Model List
Alcom Model ODM Model
486 Soundbook Kapok 9200
Pentium Soundbook Kapok 9600
Multimedia Superbook Kapok 5000 Series

Altima
Unknown Yes Unknown

Fairly large reseller of mainly Twinhead notebooks in the early 90s.

Model List
Altima Model ODM Model
400 Series Twinhead Slimnote 486
486 Series Twinhead Slimnote 486DX2
Traveler Subnotebook Twinhead SubNote

AMBRA Computer Corporation
1992 July 1994 None

Ambra was a subsidary of IBM of all people, targeting the mail-order home market. Their notebooks were all rebadged from ODMs and weren't notably customized at all.

Model List
Ambra Model ODM Model
N75D/N75T/N100T Compal TS30A Series
N450C/N450T Chicony NB9800D
SN425/SN425C Chicony SN8660
NC425SL Acer AcerNote 730C
NT425SL Acer AcerNote 750C

Associates Mega-Sub Systems
~1986 Yes www.amstech.com
www.amsnote.com

AMS sold several laptop lines including the TravelPro, SoundPro, Roadster, Rodeo, and more. Rebranded laptops from Arima, Chicony, Twinhead, and many others.

Model List

See the AMS Tech brand section.

APS Computer, Inc. Unknown Unknown Unknown

Reseller based out of Milpitas, CA.

Model List
APS Model ODM Model
APS Green X751 Alpha-Top GREEN751
APS Green X753 Alpha-Top GREEN753

ARM Computer, Inc.
1990 Yes www.armcomputer.com

ARM Computer sold the "TS" series of notebooks, which came from many different ODMs. They initially seemed to mostly copy Compal's naming scheme, but eventually started selling laptops not made by Compal and kept with the scheme anyway.

Model List
ARM Model ODM Model
ARM TS30M Compal TS30A Series
ARM TS30C Compal TS30C Series
ARM TS30P Compal TS30E Series
ARM TS30CP Compal TS30CP5
ARM TS80CD Twinhead Slimnote 8
ARM TS96CD Compal TS30G Series
ARM TS753CD Alpha-Top GREEN753
ARM TS97MX Alpha-Top GREEN753+
ARM TS759 Alpha-Top GREEN759

Aroma Computer Systems
Unknown Unknown Unknown

Reseller based out of Sunnyvale, CA.

Model List
Aroma Model ODM Model
486 Vesa Local Bus Multimedia Notebook Nan Tan 7500A
Smart Pentium Notebook Nan Tan 7600
MMX Technology Notebook Alpha-Top GREEN753+

Astro Research Inc.
Unknown Yes www.astronote.com

Astro Research was primarily a Dual reseller.

Model List
Astro Model ODM Model
Unknown Dual SKD-4000 III (SKD 3)
Unknown Dual PentiMedia II (PMD-5500)
Power Media III? Dual PentiMedia 3 (PMD-5640)
Power Media III+ Dual PentiMedia 3+ (PMD-5700)
All-in-ONE 6000 Dual AIO-6100 or 6200*
Unknown MiTAC 5027

*Astro specsheet specifies 128-bit video, but not the VRAM amount, so it could be either model.

BESQ Systems Unknown Unknown Unknown

Reseller of Kapok and MiTAC systems. Also looks like they carried CHEM USA's line later on.


BI-Link Computer Inc.
Unknown Unknown Unknown

Reseller based out of Whittier, CA.

Model List
BI-Link Model ODM Model
CT 4000 Series Featron FT-4000
HB 9000 Series Sunrex HyperBook 600
HB 3000 Series Sunrex HyperBook 300

BIT Computer, Inc.
Unknown Unknown www.bit-cheetah.com

Reseller based out of Walnut, CA.

Model List
BIT Model ODM Model
FT-486 Series Featron FT2000
DU ModuleBook Featron FT-4000
FR MediaBook Dual SKD-4000
EZ GREEN NOTE Smart D&M NX-9900
DM ModuleBook Dual SKD-4000 III (SKD3)
NK CD-Note NTK CD-5000
Cheetah I Dual PentiMedia 586 (PMD-5000)
Cheetah II Dual PentiMedia II 586 (PMD-5500)
Cheetah III Smart D&M NX1000
Cheetah IV Dual PentiMedia 3 or PentiMedia 3+
(not sure which)
Cheetah V Spica SC9000
Cheetah VI ?
Cheetah VII Dual AIO-6100 or AIO-6200 (not sure which)

Bold Data Systems
Unknown Unknown Unknown

--

Model List
BOLData Model ODM Model
BDL Series 486 Compal TS30A Series
BDL Series Pentium Compal TS30P Series

Broadax Systems, Inc.
~1986 Yes www.bsicomputer.com

BSi was mainly a vendor for Nan Tan/Kapok/Clevo laptops.

Model List
BSi Model ODM Model
BSi NP800 Series Nan Tan 6500
BSi TravelPro 5000 Arima PN486
BSi NP8200 Series Kapok 8200
BSi NP7500 Nan Tan 7500A
BSi NP3600 Nan Tan 3600
BSi NP9200 Kapok 9200
BSi NP3700 Sunrex HyperBook 370
BSi GN8500 Veridata MegaPro 486 (Trackball)
BSi NP8100 Clevo 860 (no CD-ROM drive)
BSi NP8600 Clevo 860
BSi NP5200 Kapok 5200PT
BSi NP6280 Kapok 6000A Series
BSi NP7200 Kapok 7000 Series
BSi NP8700 Clevo 870
BSi NP8260 Kapok 8000 Series
BSi NP6600 Clevo 660

CHEM USA Corporation
1990 No www.chemusa.com

CHEM USA sold the Chembook line of laptops, which were sourced from several different ODMs. They are still in business today as a contract provider of RMA services for other notebook brands, including ASUS.

Model List
ChemBook Model ODM Model
ChemBook 5500 Dual PentiMedia II (PMD-5500)
ChemBook 5550 Dual PentiMedia II (PMD-5500)
ChemBook 5400 Series Kapok 5400
ChemBook 5580 Series Dual PentiMedia 3+ (PMD-5700)
ChemBook 6000 ASUS P6300
ChemBook 6800 Kapok 6000 Series
ChemBook 6800XL Kapok 7000 Series?
ChemBook 2600 MiTAC 5033
ChemBook 2700 MiTAC 5027
ChemBook 9750 Chicony MP-975
ChemBook 9780 Chicony MP-978
ChemBook 7000 Kapok 8000 Series

Commax Technologies
1983 2000 www.commax.com

Commax sold the SmartBook line of laptops, which were sourced from various ODMs, including Chicony, Kapok, MiTAC, and likely others. According to a message posted on their website in 2000, they went out of business after failing to secure second round seed funding.

Model List
Commax Model ODM Model
Commax SmartBook Plus Kapok 8200
Commax SmartBook II Featron FT-4000
Commax SmartBook V-pro Kapok 5000 Series
Commax SmartBook V-star Chicony ARa
Commax SmartBook V-star Plus Chicony MP-975
Commax SmartBook V-pro Plus/V-exec E Clevo 860
Commax SmartBook I-900 Kapok 6000 Series
Commax SmartBook I-1000 Kapok 7000 Series
Commax SmartBook I-1100 Chicony MP-978
Commax SmartBook M-1000 MiTAC 5027
Commax SmartBook I-988 Kapok 7000 Series
Commax SmartBook I-1200 Chicony MP-978

Comtrade
-- -- www.comtrade-pc.com

Reseller that sold laptops from several ODMs. Chaplet, Alpha-Top, Sunrex, and even Samsung. They were one of the only companies to market the Chaplet iLufa 750 and 770 in the US.

Model List
Comtrade Model ODM Model
Sound Win-Note 486 Chaplet iLuFA 750
Sound Win-Note P90 Chaplet iLuFA 770
Stereo CD-Note 800x600 Alpha-Top GREEN753
(also the) Stereo CD-Note 800x600 Sunrex HyperBook 750
Comtrade Apollo Samsung SENS Pro 600

CTX International
-- No www.ctxintl.com
www.ctxcomputers.com
www.ctx.com.tw

Taiwanese monitor manufacturer. In 1994, they took a majority stake in Veridata, a Taiwanese laptop ODM manufacturer, and began selling their laptops under the CTX name. CTX went bankrupt in 1999, but reorganized and is still in business. Veridata was liquidated as part of the bankruptcy though, and they haven't sold computers since.

Model List

See the CTX brand section.


Enpower Innovation
-- -- www.enpower.com

House brand of now defunct PC Club. Sold some Chicony stuff, and seemingly other laptops too.

Model List
Enpower Model ODM Model
Enpower EN Series Chicony MP-975
Enpower ENP Series Chicony MP-979
Enpower 313 MiTAC 5033
Enpower 314 MiTAC 6120?

EPS Technologies
-- Yes www.epstech.com EPS sold a bunch of laptops, which were made by various ODMs, including Chicony and Compal.

Eurocom
1989 No www.eurocom.ca
www.eurocom.com
Canada-based Clevo reseller, in business since 1989.
Everex Systems, Inc. -- -- www.everex.com

Everex was the main US reseller of First International Computer's laptops, which Everex sold as the STEP Note series. They sold laptops from the early 90s through at least the mid 2000s.

Model List
Everex Model ODM Model
Tempo Carrier In-House
STEP Note FIC DESIGNote 486
STEP Note Plus FIC 3500
StepNote SE FIC 5500
StepNote SR FIC 5600
StepNote SR 650 Either the FIC 5650 or 5750
StepNote 2000 FIC 2000


Ergo/Brick
-- No www.ergo-computing.com
www.ergo.co.uk
www.brickcomputers.com

Ergo sold laptops from nearly every ODM you could think of. They had separate UK and US branches, which both sold laptops into the mid 2000s. The US branch renamed themselves to Brick Computer Company in around the year 2000.

Model List

See the Ergo/Brick brand section.


First Computer Systems
-- -- www.fcsnet.com
Model List
FCS Model ODM Model
NoteBooks Series Kapok 5000 Series

FOSA Computers
-- -- www.fosa.com/frindex.htm

FOSA was mainly a Clevo/Kapok reseller during the 1990s. Multiple sources I've read stated that they were a shareholder in Kapok as well.

Model List
FOSA Model ODM Model
AP 4000 Featron FT-4000
AP 3600 Nan Tan 3600
AP 7600 Nan Tan 7600
AP 5400 Kapok 5400
AP 6300 --
AP 7200 --
AP 8800 --

FutureTech Systems, Inc.
-- No? www.futuretec.com

Reseller of laptops from various ODMs. They seemingly pivoted to being a business solutions company in the 2000s. Shockingly, their website is still up, including their support pages for all the laptops they sold.

Model List
FutureTech Model ODM Model
FM5580 Dual PentiMedia 3+ (PMD-5700)
FM4000 Featron FT6000E
FM5400 Kapok 5400
FMOHP2 Rever Cruiser Series
FM9750 Chicony MP-975
FM4600 Compal TS30G Series
FM6800 Kapok 6000A Series
FM7300XL Kapok 7000 Series
FM5000 MiTAC 5033
FM9700XL/FM97XL Chicony MP-978
FM97XLP2 Chicony MP-979
FM11XLP2 Kapok 1100M/1100P Series
FM8700XL Kapok 8500
FM21XLP2 Clevo 2100P
FM87XLP2 Kapok 8500M
FM51XC2 Clevo 5100C
FM31XC2 Clevo 3100C
FM88XC2 Kapok 8500C
FM88XLP2 Kapok 8500P
FM29XLP2 Clevo 2100P

HyperData
-- Yes www.hyperdatadirect.com

HyperData was a subsidiary of laptop ODM Sunrex, and their main US distributor up until 1997 or so, when they fully transitioned to selling laptops from other ODMs (which they began doing in 1995).

Model List

See the HyperData brand section.

IPC Technologies Inc (Austin) -- -- www.goaustin.com

IPC (usually doing business as Austin Computer Systems in the US) sold laptops from several ODMs, but mainly Arima and Quanta. They went bankrupt in around 1996.

Model List

Yes, they had multiple models early on with basically the same name.

Austin Model IPC Model ODM Model
Austin 286 Notebook N/A Modern NP-902
Austin 386SX-16 Notebook N/A Modern NP-903
Austin 386/SX20 Notebook N/A Sampo NBL36X
Austin 386/SX25 Notebook N/A Sampo NB2SX
Austin 386SX25 Notebook N/A Lexmark Lexbook AR10
Austin 386SX/25 Notebook N/A Funai NB386/SX25
Austin 486 Notebook N/A Arima PN486
Austin 486 Business Audio Notebook N/A Arima PN486E
Austin Steplite N/A Quanta AK97P
Austin Vista N/A Chicony NB7
Austin Edge XL IPC Radiance R-200 Quanta MT4
Austin Pentium Business Audio Notebook N/A Arima PN586C
Austin Edge XP IPC Radiance R-400 Quanta MR1
Austin Edge XP IPC Radiance R-410 Quanta MR1C
Austin Edge CD IPC Radiance R-500 Quanta MP5
Austin Edge Duet N/A Sotec S3

Jetta International
1989 2016 www.jetta.com
www.jettaus.com

Jetta was originally an ODM manufacturer of laptops, but their Taiwanese branch switched to manufacturing docking stations in the mid 90s, and seemingly went out of business a couple years after that. The US branch, based in New Jersey, continued as an reseller of other ODM laptops through 2016.

Model List

See the Jetta brand section.

LEK Technologies -- -- www.lektech.com
Model List
LEK Model ODM Model
LEK Pentium Notebook Alpha-Top GREEN753
LEK FutureNote Spica SC9000

MaxTech Corporation
-- -- www.maxcorp.com
www.maxtech.com

GVC's main US distributor.

Model List

See the MaxTech brand section.

MegaImage, Inc. -- -- www.megai.com

MegaImage sold rebadged Samsung laptops.

Model List
MegaImage Model ODM Model
Megabook 770 Samsung SENS 700
Megabook 880 Samsung SENS 800
Megabook 911 Samsung SENS Pro 500
Micro Express -- -- www.microexpress.com

Appears to have been a vendor for Jetta/Jetbook laptops, which themselves were sourced from other ODMs.


Micon Computers
-- -- www.micon.com

Not to be confused with Micron.

Model List
Micon Model ODM Model
M-Note Pentium 860 Chaplet iLuFA 860
M-Note Pentium CD751 Alpha-Top GREEN751
M-Note Pentium CD5400 Kapok 5400
M-Note Pentium CD753 Alpha-Top GREEN753
M-Note Pentium CD6800 Kapok 6000 Series
M-Note CD9000 Spica SC9000
M-Note B110 Unknown
M-Note C550 Unknown
M-Note E9700 Unknown
M-Note L25 Unknown
M-Note L25A Unknown
M-Note L60 Unknown
M-Note M520 Unknown



MidWest Micro
-- Yes -- Ohio-based computer hardware company. In around 1994/95, they were one of the largest ODM laptop resellers in the United States. They mainly sold Compal hardware.

MPC Technologies, Inc.
-- -- None Not to be confused with MPC Corporation (formerly MicronPC). This MPC was a small ODM reseller that was in business from around 1994 to 1996.

PC Brand
-- -- None "PC Brand" (yes, that was their name) was a mail-order computer reseller that was operated by Tandon. They went out of business in early 1994.
Pro-Star Computer -- Yes www.pro-star.com Long-time Clevo/Kapok reseller, up there in size with Sager. They were bought out by Sager just a few years ago.
RIX Technology, Inc. -- -- www.rixbook.com
Royal Computer -- -- www.royalcomp.com
www.goroyalpc.com
Sold Sunrex laptops, as well as Nan Tan in the early 90s.

Sager Midern Computer
-- -- www.sagernotebook.com The largest US vendor of Clevo laptops going all the way back to the early 1990s. They're still in business today, and have become so synonymous with Clevo's hardware that many people think "Sager Clevo" is the brand name, or that other Clevo resellers are rebadging "Sager Laptops". In reality, Clevo does all the manufacturing and always has, but I wouldn't be surprised if Sager has at least some influence on their hardware design given how long the companies have been partnered.
Sceptre -- -- www.sceptretech.com Sceptre is still around today as a consumer hardware brand name, but back in the 90s they were a reseller of Compal laptops. Some sources from way back when claimed that Compal actually owned Sceptre, but I've found no evidence that this was true.
Techmedia -- -- www.techmedia.net

Transmonde
1996 August 1999 www.transmonde.com

The main US vendor for ASE's laptops from 1996 through 1999, when Transmonde closed down with little notice. This was to the dissappointment of many, as it seems their service was very well regarded. It seems they just got caught in the middle of restructuring at ASE, as sources say around the time Transmonde closed down, ASE purchased the ODM laptop division of USI. In spite of this though, ASE never made laptops after around 1999, so I don't know what became of all of that.

Model List
Transmonde Model ODM Model
Transmonde Vibrant ASE Robin (ANR-P)
Transmonde Vivante ASE Starling (ANS-P)
Transmonde Vivante SE ASE Starling II
Transmonde Vivante XL ASE Canary (ANC-P)
Transmonde Vibrant LS ASE Falcon?
Trogon -- -- www.trogoncomputer.com Sold laptops from a whole laundry list of ODMs.

WinBook Computer Corporation
1993 Yes www.winbook.com
www.winbookcorp.com
Owned by MEI/Micro Center. See brand section for more information.