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AUTOTEST COMPANY was founded in 1976 by Robert W. Cox. Mr. Cox, an Electrical Engineering graduate of Texas A&M University, got the idea for the first Autotester as the Power Supply Test Engineering Manager for NCR/Scott Electronics in Florida. He discovered there were no companies making universal test equipment to test power supplies. Since everyone needed this kind of test equipment and no one was manufacturing it, Cox made the decision to return home to San Antonio, Texas to design and build manual universal power supply testers. That's how the story begins.
Manufacturing (and marketing) products is a long-suit of the Cox family. Bob's brother George M. Cox is President of Automatic Control Electronics Co. (ACECO), also a San Antonio based business. In fact, it was Robert's brother George who encouraged Robert to go beyond manual universal testers ... to create a truly affordable and Automatic Power Supply Test System controlled through computer programming. Cox proceeded to design and manufacture a proto-type while operating a start-up company and operation out of his brother George's company. Automatic Control Electronics Company staff members assisted with the drafting and basic computer programming. Basic was truly the operative word. Not only was the program language actually written in BASIC, the programming information was then stored on an audio cassette tape (originally written in the era prior to floppy discs),.
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The first Autotest ATE machine (UTS - 1900 shown on left) |
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10.18.2007