Tegara was founded in June 1991 by three challenging people - Toshihiko Sato (current Chairman) and two Canadians (Ager Roger Todd and Tebbs Murray Sinclair). The three met in the early 6s, and as they deepened their friendship, they began meetings in the summer of that year to discuss the possibilities and plans for a joint business.We decided to focus on personal computers because all three of us were interested in personal computers, and we were particularly interested in the future potential of personal computers in the business field. The reason for this was that they would be able to make use of their experiences in software and hardware development, consultation, etc. that they had been engaged in.In addition, I thought that I could start my own business because I was familiar with both Japanese and American businesses and information.

Around this time, MS-Windows 3.1 released by Microsoft became popular in the United States, and in an era when personal computers began to be used in the business world in earnest, a full-scale GUI (graphical user interface). The era was about to begin.In the fall of 1990, IBM Japan announced DOS / V. The emergence of a new idea of ​​softly realizing a Japanese environment (2-byte code) on a PC / AT compatible machine with a world standard (open architecture) called DOS / V marks the beginning of the Japanese PC environment becoming a world standard. It was something like that.At such a perfect time, Tegara started up with the goal of making the world standard PC the center of their business, convinced of its future from the dawn of DOS / V.

At that time, there was a huge disparity between Japan and the United States in all aspects such as the price and performance of computer hardware, the price and functions of software, and how they were used, but even that disparity is not well known in Japan. It was a situation that there was no.For example, around the time when the latest i486 / 66MHz machine was released in the United States, the situation was such that the i486 / 16MHz machine of N company was finally released at the same price in Japan.In terms of hardware cost performance, there was a disparity of about four times.It was also said that 4-4 years were behind in terms of the penetration rate and usage rate of personal computers.In Japan, the era when personal computers were referred to as "5" of N company continued for a long time. Even though there was a situation that we had to become "local hardware specifications" due to the peculiarity of displaying Chinese characters (9801-byte code) in the era when the CPU was powerless, one company's oligopoly state for too long. The negative effects were undeniable.In the world, many compatible PC makers and parts makers have been competing for development and sales aiming for better, cheaper and more competitive products under healthy market competition.On the other hand, it can be said that Japan has been in a state of "PC isolation" for many years.And DOS / V was finally "the appearance of the Black Ships".

When Tegara was founded, a personal computer with a considerable relative price difference and performance difference between Japan and the United States was imported directly from the United States, and a Japanese environment was set up with DOS / V to create a personal computer with extremely high specifications and high cost performance. We have provided it to Japanese users.For this reason, it has been patronized by development engineers and people who especially need high-spec machines for development for many years.In addition, we will develop technology by promptly collecting and providing new technical information that has just been announced in the United States and other countries, and by quickly obtaining and providing new products of parts and application software that are not yet available in Japan. We have been helping and supporting.

Today, Tegara's main business is manufacturing and selling industrial PCs and research PCs, procuring specialized and unique overseas products, and supporting those products.All of this work has been consistent since Tegara's startup.In other words, the essence of Tegara hasn't changed since it was founded. Under the slogan "Helping accelerate R & D", by searching, procuring, manufacturing, and providing computer-related tools required in the field of R & D both domestically and internationally, each research and developer We believe that the significance of Tegara's existence is to help our customers and, by extension, to support the promotion of research and development in Japan and around the world.