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{{Short description|American computer company (1988–1997)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name                = Reply Corporation
| logo                = Reply Corporation logo (vector).svg
| type                = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry            = Computer
| founded             = {{Start date and age|1988}}
| founder             = Steve Petracca
| defunct             = {{End date and age|1997}}
| fate                = Acquired by [[Radius (hardware company)|Radius]]
| location            = [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California
| products            = {{Unbulleted list|Reply Model 16|Reply Model 32|TurboProcessor|PowerBoard}}
| num_employees       = 100 (1992, peak)
| website             = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961113201941/http://www.reply.com/|date=November 13, 1996|title=reply.com}}
}}
'''Reply Corporation''', often shortened to '''Reply Corp.''', was an American computer company based in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California. Founded in 1988 by Steve Petracca, the company licensed the [[Micro Channel architecture]] from [[IBM]] for their own computers released in 1989, competing against IBM's [[IBM PS/2|PS/2]] line. The company later divested from offering complete systems in favor of marketing [[motherboard]] upgrades for older PS/2s. Reply enjoyed a close relationship with IBM, owing to many of its founding employees, including Petracca, having worked for IBM.{{sfn|Bermant|1991|p=514}} The company was acquired by [[Radius (hardware company)|Radius]] in 1997.

==History==
===Foundation===
Reply Corp. was founded by Steve V. Petracca (born 1951 in [[Honolulu]]).{{sfn|Staff writer|1993|p=S6}} Prior to founding Reply, Petracca worked at [[IBM|International Business Machines]] from 1976 to 1988, starting out at the company's [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], Colorado, office as an industrial engineer in various capacities.{{sfn|Reply Corporation|1996}} There he graduated from [[University of Colorado Boulder|CU Boulder]], with a bachelor's degree in history.{{sfn|Staff writer|1993|p=S6}} In 1980, Petracca moved to [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]], Florida, to work at IBM's facility there, managing the start-up of the first production line for the [[IBM Personal Computer|IBM PC]]. Petracca graduated from [[Nova Southeastern University]] with an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] and was promoted to manager of new product operations in the mid-1980s, handling the release strategy and [[ramp-up]] of the [[IBM PS/2|Personal System/2]]—IBM's intended successor to the PC—before being promoted to manager of [[business analysis]] for their Entry Systems Division sometime around 1987.{{sfnm|1a1=Staff writer|1y=1993|1p=S6|2a1=Reply Corporation|2y=1996}} In 1987, Petracca moved again to [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], New York, where he worked as manager of systems technology, which encompassed IBM's RISC-based workstations, printers, displays and Personal Systems.{{sfn|Reply Corporation|1996}}

Petracca quit IBM in 1988, dissatisfied with a [[Organizational culture|culture]] he perceived as promoting the creation of needless [[Division (business)|business units]] and obsession with [[data visualization]]: "We would get into meetings and spend more time arguing over whether to use pie charts or bar charts than over the content of the data".{{sfn|Ehrenfeld|1995|p=72}} That year, he moved to [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California, and started Reply Corporation.{{sfnm|1a1=Staff writer|1y=1989b|1p=14|2a1=Pemstar|2y=2002|2p=10}} Petracca obtained the funding to start his company from friends and family, as well as with his [[severance package]] from IBM.{{sfn|Walford|1995|p=58}} He poached several IBM employees for his startup,{{sfn|Staff writer|1989b|p=14}} many of whom were on the development team of the PS/2.{{sfn|Bermant|1991|p=514}}

Petracca and his employees spent a year devising the company's first products, which were a line of desktop computers based on IBM's [[Micro Channel architecture]]: the Reply 286/16, the Reply 286/20, and the 386SX/16. According to ''[[InformationWeek]]'', Reply was the first company to license Micro Channel—a [[Bus (computing)|bus]] architecture which IBM introduced with the PS/2 and which Petracca helped launch—for a PS/2 clone.{{sfnm|1a1=Gillooly|1y=1995|1p=78|2a1=Staff writer|2y=1989b|2p=14}} However they were beaten to market with a PS/2 clone by [[Tandy Corporation]], who released the [[Tandy 5000 MC|5000 MC]] in 1988.{{sfn|Lewis|1988|p=C10}} The Reply computers were introduced ahead of the 1989 [[COMDEX|COMDEX/Fall]] in November,{{sfn|Staff writer|1989a|p=4}} with the company releasing the 286/16 and 286/20 the following month.{{sfn|Staff writer|1989b|p=14}} These two machines competed with the Models 50 and 60, mid-ranged computers in the PS/2 line which IBM introduced in 1987.{{sfn|Claiborne|1990|p=95}} Those PS/2s featured 10-MHz [[Intel 80286]] microprocessors clocked at 10&nbsp;MHz, while the Reply models had 80286 processors clocked at 16&nbsp;MHz and 20&nbsp;MHz respectively.{{sfn|Claiborne|1990|p=95}} The 386SX/16 had an [[80386SX]] clocked at 16&nbsp;MHz.{{sfn|Staff writer|1989b|p=14}}

Reply touted the [[modularity]] of these computers, arranging their cases in a so-called "5×5" design: five [[drive bay]]s and five [[expansion slot]]s. Additionally the microprocessors were located on [[daughterboard]]s connected to the motherboard. This daughterboard approach, which Reply termed the TurboProcessor, meant that the computers could be upgraded with faster processors over the lifespans of the motherboards. Reply included this feature to address the concerns of existing PS/2 owners, who feared that their investments were fast becoming obsolete.{{sfn|Staff writer|1989b|p=14}} Reply were the only makers of PS/2 clones with 286 processors; according to ''[[PCWeek]]'', MCA-equipped IBM PS/2s with these processors were skipped over by all but the most budget-conscious corporate buyers, making these Reply models relatively unpopular compared to the 386SX/16,{{sfn|Claiborne|1990|p=95}} which they released in 1990.{{sfn|LaPlante|1989|p=28}}

===IBM partnership===
In October 1990, Reply joined thirteen other makers of MCA machines—including IBM—in an alliance to push Micro Channel as the sole standard for 32-bit computers. This alliance, named the [[Micro Channel Developers Association]], was intended to compete with the so-called Gang of Nine, an aggregate of [[IBM PC compatible|PC clone]] manufacturers unofficially led by [[Compaq]] and [[Hewlett-Packard]], who were backing the [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture]] directly against IBM.{{sfn|Woods|1990}}
[[File:486slc2 observe.png|thumb|An example of the IBM processor complex, competing technology to the TurboBoard]]
Also in that month, Reply released their first Micro Channel [[expansion card]], the [[Token Ring]] Adapter/A,{{sfn|Staff writer|1991a|p=120}} as well as their next generation of 32-bit Micro Channel machines with TurboProcessor, the [[Reply Model 32|Model 32]]. The most-expensive computer in this line, featuring an [[i486]] clocked at 33&nbsp;MHz, sold for $12,895 (${{inflation|US|12895|1990|fmt=c}} in {{inflation/year|US}}).{{sfn|Skillings|1990|p=22}} A comparably equipped PS/2, the Model 90 XP, sold for $16,695 (${{inflation|US|16695|1990|fmt=c}} in {{inflation year|US}}) simultaneously. Like the Reply Model 32, the PS/2 Model 95 XP featured an upgradable processor slot, which IBM termed the "processor complex". Unlike with Reply's TurboComplex, IBM forbade the buyer from upgrading their own computer, requiring an authorized service personnel to perform the upgrade for a fee.{{sfn|International Business Machines|1990}} The Reply Model 32 also supported industry-standard [[SIMM]]s for RAM, whereas IBM used proprietary RAM modules for their PS/2 Model 95.{{sfn|Berline|1991|p=170}}

Reply further strengthened their relationship with IBM upon signing a license in May 1991 that allowed them to equip their MCA machines with official IBM [[SCSI]] and [[Enhanced Small Disk Interface|ESDI]] hard drives, the [[Model M keyboard|Model M]] keyboard and [[IBM PC DOS|PC DOS]], as well as [[OS/2]] Extended Edition.{{sfnm|1a1=Staff writer|1y=1991b|1p=23|2a1=Quinlan|2y=1991|2p=28}} Also in 1991, Reply was the first customer of IBM's [[printed circuit board]] manufacturing plant in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Texas. The plant's output was previously only for IBM; that year, it began converting to a [[Contract manufacturer|contract manufacturing]] model for outside companies.{{sfn|Ladendorf|1993|p=C2}} In August 1992, IBM signed an agreement with Reply that allowed them to offer computers with IBM's [[IBM 386SLC|386SLC]] and [[IBM 486SLC|486SLC]] processors, making Reply the first company to offer computers with IBM silicon based on Intel's [[x86]] architecture.{{sfnm|1a1=Scheier|1y=1992|1p=6|2a1=Quinlan|2y=1992a|2p=8|3a1=Smith|3y=1992|3p=A9}} Because IBM's contract with Intel forbade IBM from selling their 386SLC on the open market as a standalone part,{{sfn|Cassel|1992|p=25}} IBM had to manufacture the processor on a TurboProcessor board.{{sfn|Quinlan|1992a|p=8}} The Model 16 386SLC, released in August 1992 and replacing Reply's earlier Model 16 386SX/20, featured this IBM-built TurboProcessor.{{sfn|Cassel|1992|p=25}} The upgrade resulted in an over twofold performance boost for the same price point as the 386SX, according to Petracca,{{sfn|Scheier|1992|p=6}} who shelved further TurboProcessor releases featuring Intel's 16-bit processors in favor of IBM's as a result.{{sfn|Quinlan|1992b|p=29}}

===Restructuring===
Reply laid off 40 of its 100 employees in October 1992, prompted by a $5 million loss in profit amid fierce price war in the PC industry ushered in by Compaq. Reply surveyed their customers as to how the company should reinvent itself and decided to phase out manufacturing complete machines, instead releasing upgrade motherboards for existing IBM PS/2s.{{sfn|Ehrenfeld|1995|p=72}} These motherboards, which Reply marketed as the TurboProcessor System Upgrade (later as the PowerBoard{{sfn|Staff writer|1995a}}), were released starting in December 1992, allowing modern processors such as IBM's own 386SLC and Intel's [[i486DX2]] to be installed in late-1980s-issue PS/2s,{{sfn|Burke|1992|p=25}} of which three to four million were estimated to be still in regular use in large companies.{{sfnm|1a1=Ricciuti|1y=1993|1p=52|2a1=Scheier|2y=1993b|2p=47}} The upgrade motherboards also allowed these PS/2s, which normally supported ESDI drives only, to support [[Parallel ATA|PATA]] drives, which were plentiful compared to the former owing to their use in almost all [[IBM PC compatible|IBM PC-compatible]] systems of the day.{{sfn|Angus|1993|p=105}} Also in December, Reply released their last complete computer,{{sfn|Burke|1992|p=25}} the Model 16 486SLC2, featuring IBM's 486SLC2 clocked at 40&nbsp;MHz, upgradable to Intel's [[i486SX2]] at 50&nbsp;MHz.{{sfn|Miller|Ferrance|1993|p=138}}

In April 1993, IBM signed a deal with Reply to resell the latter's TurboProcessor Upgrade cards under IBM's branding.{{sfn|Scheier|1993a|p=148}} Later that year, Reply ventured into [[Original design manufacturer|designing]] computers for other companies, engineering the motherboard for IBM's PS/2 Model 53, as well as designing another MCA computer from the ground up for [[Olivetti S.p.A.|Olivetti]]. The company also announced several MCA expansion cards, including graphics and sound upgrades and an IDE drive adapter.{{sfnm|1a1=Scheier|1y=1993b|1p=139|2a1=Bertolucci|2y=1994|2p=120}} In addition, they teased a PowerPC upgrade board for the PS/2, spurred by developments in the contemporaneous [[AIM alliance|alliance between Apple, Motorola and IBM]].{{sfn|Scheier|1993b|p=139}} This came to fruition in 1994 as the MPC105, a [[PowerPC 603]]-powered motherboard with [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] and [[Industry Standard Architecture|ISA]] slots which Reply manufactured, albeit ultimately not as a PS/2 upgrade.{{sfn|Krause|1994|p=1}}

By the end of 1993, Reply posed a profit of $3 million.{{sfn|Ehrenfeld|1995|p=72}} Petracca was given $14 million in [[venture capital]] by five backers some years back to fund Reply's growth, but by August 1994 the capital had run dry. Petracca turned to a [[private equity]] firm in an attempt to make the company more profitable.{{sfn|Walford|1995|p=58}}

Reply branched out from releasing upgrade motherboards for IBM exclusively with the release of the Deskpro PowerBoard. Released in December 1994, these boards were designed for Compaq [[Compaq Deskpro|Deskpros]] with 286 and 386 processors, allowing them to be fitted with the i486SX2 up to the [[Intel DX4|DX4]], as well as having [[Pentium OverDrive]] sockets.{{sfn|Dillon|1994|p=35}} The company followed this up with upgrade boards for Compaq's [[Compaq ProLinea|ProLinea]] machines in 1995, as well as boards for IBM's [[IBM PS/1|PS/1]]s and [[IBM PS/ValuePoint|PS/ValuePoint]]s.{{sfn|Staff writer|1995c|p=27}} According to [[Ward's]], Reply had by 1995 recovered their original workforce of 100 employees.{{sfn|Ward's|1995|p=3661}} In December that year, Reply released the DOS on Mac expansion card for [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[Power Macintosh 8100]], allowing it to run [[MS-DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] applications off a [[Cyrix 5x86]] or an Intel DX4.{{sfn|Davey|1995|p=29}} In 1996, they released an update to these cards for Macintosh computers featuring Intel [[Pentium (original)|Pentium]] processors clocked at 166&nbsp;MHz to 200&nbsp;MHz.{{sfn|Bickford|1996|p=26}}

===Acquisition===
By 1997, Reply was down to 25 employees, for reasons unclear. In April that year, Reply sold their DOS on Mac technology to [[Radius (hardware company)|Radius]], a hardware company based in [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]], California.{{sfnm|1a1=Staff writer|1y=1997a|1p=D2|2a1=Staff writer|2y=1997b}} This sale and the loss of Reply's employees put the company's longevity into question. Reply's remaining 25 employees were moved into Radius' office in Sunnyvale, with ten leading engineers including Petracca securing permanent positions within Radius.{{sfn|Staff writer|1997b}} Radius acquired Reply outright later that year.{{sfn|Securities and Exchange Commission|2001|p=41}}

==Products==
===Computers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
! Model
! Processor
! Clock speed<br />{{small|(MHz)}}
! [[L2 cache]]<br />{{small|(KB)}}
! {{abbr|HDD|Hard disk drive}}
! Stock<br />memory
! {{abbr|Max.|Maximum}} memory<br />{{small|(MB)}}
! Form factor
! Date introduced
! {{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
<!--Model-->| 286/16
<!--Prssr-->| [[Intel 80286]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 16
<!--L2Cch-->| 0
<!--HrdDv-->| 30&nbsp;MB or 60&nbsp;MB or 120&nbsp;MB {{small|(EDSI)}}
<!--StMem-->| 2
<!--MxMem-->| 8
<!--FmFac-->| Desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1989|11}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Staff writer|1990|p=96}}
|-
<!--Model-->| 286/20
<!--Prssr-->| [[Intel 80286]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 20
<!--L2Cch-->| 0
<!--HrdDv-->| 30&nbsp;MB or 60&nbsp;MB or 120&nbsp;MB {{small|(EDSI)}}
<!--StMem-->| 2
<!--MxMem-->| 8
<!--FmFac-->| Desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1989|11}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Staff writer|1990|p=96}}
|-
<!--Model-->| 386SX/16
<!--Prssr-->| [[i386SX|Intel 80386SX]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 16
<!--L2Cch-->| 0
<!--HrdDv-->| 30&nbsp;MB or 60&nbsp;MB or 120&nbsp;MB {{small|(EDSI)}}
<!--StMem-->| 2
<!--MxMem-->| 8
<!--FmFac-->| Desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1990|03}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Staff writer|1990|p=96}}
|-
<!--Model-->| 386SX/20
<!--Prssr-->| [[i386SX|Intel 80386SX]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 20
<!--L2Cch-->| 0
<!--HrdDv-->| 30&nbsp;MB or 60&nbsp;MB or 120&nbsp;MB {{small|(EDSI)}}
<!--StMem-->| 2
<!--MxMem-->| 16
<!--FmFac-->| Desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1990|03}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Staff writer|1990|p=96}}
|-
<!--Model-->| Model 16
<!--Prssr-->| [[Intel 80286]] or [[i386SX|Intel 80386SX]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 16 or 20
<!--L2Cch-->| 0
<!--HrdDv-->| 30&nbsp;MB or 60&nbsp;MB or 120&nbsp;MB or&nbsp;325 MB {{small|(EDSI)}}
<!--StMem-->| 8
<!--MxMem-->| 8
<!--FmFac-->| Small form factor desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1990|03}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|LaPolla|1990|p=122}}
|-
<!--Model-->| Model 16 386SLC
<!--Prssr-->| [[IBM 386SLC]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 20
<!--L2Cch-->| 0
<!--HrdDv-->| 120 MB
<!--StMem-->| 4
<!--MxMem-->| 8
<!--FmFac-->| Small form factor desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1992|08}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Staff writer|1992|p=38}}
|-
<!--Model-->| Model 16 486SLC2
<!--Prssr-->| [[IBM 486SLC2]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 40
<!--L2Cch-->| 0
<!--HrdDv-->| 120 MB
<!--StMem-->| 4
<!--MxMem-->| 16
<!--FmFac-->| Small form factor desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1992|12}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Miller|Ferrance|1993|p=138}}
|-
<!--Model-->| Model 32
<!--Prssr-->| [[i386|Intel 80386DX]] or [[i486SX|Intel 80486SX]] or [[i486|Intel 80486DX]]
<!--ClSpd-->| 25–33 {{small|(386DX)}} or 20 {{small|(486SX)}} or 25–50 {{small|(486DX)}}
<!--L2Cch-->| 64 {{small|(386DX at 25&nbsp;MHz)}} or 128 {{small|(386DX at 33&nbsp;MHz)}}
<!--HrdDv-->| 40&nbsp;MB&nbsp;– 1.2&nbsp;GB {{small|(EDSI)}}
<!--StMem-->| 4–16
<!--MxMem-->| 32 {{small|(64 with adapter)}}
<!--FmFac-->| Small form factor desktop
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1990|11}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Coughlan|1991|p=98}}
|}

===Motherboards===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
! Name
! Compatible computer(s)
! Processor(s) supported
! {{abbr|Max.|Maximum}} memory<br />{{small|(MB)}}
! Other features
! Date introduced
! {{abbr|Ref(s).|References}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 25 TurboProcessor
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 25]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486SX|Intel 80486SX]]
<!--MxMem-->| 32
<!--Featr-->| GPU with 512 KB of video memory, IDE and ST506 hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|06}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Boudette|1994a|p=32}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 30 TurboProcessor
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 30]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486SX|Intel 80486SX]]
<!--MxMem-->| 32
<!--Featr-->| GPU with 512 KB of video memory, IDE and ST506 hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|06}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Bekman|2008c}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 50/50Z TurboProcessor
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 50]], [[IBM PS/2 Model 50 Z|Model 50 Z]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[IBM 386SLC]], [[IBM 486SLC]]
<!--MxMem-->| 16
<!--Featr-->| [[Super VGA]] GPU, IDE and EDSI hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1993|02}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Ricciuti|1993|p=52}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 55SX TurboProcessor
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 55 SX]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[IBM 386SLC]], [[IBM 486SLC]]
<!--MxMem-->| 16
<!--Featr-->|
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1993|02}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Ricciuti|1993|p=52}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 70 TurboProcessor
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 70]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486SX|Intel 80486SX]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[Pentium Overdrive]]; [[IBM 486BL]] {{small|(late models)}}
<!--MxMem-->|
<!--Featr-->| [[Super VGA]] GPU, IDE drive
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1993|07}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Ricciuti|1993|p=52}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 70 16-bit TurboProcessor
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 70]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[IBM 486SLC2]]
<!--MxMem-->|
<!--Featr-->| GPU with 1 MB of video RAM, IDE hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|10}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Boudette|1994c|p=43}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 60/65/80 TurboProcessor
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 60]], [[IBM PS/2 Model 65 SX|Model 65 SX]], [[IBM PS/2 Model 80|Model 80]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486SX|Intel 80486SX]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[Pentium Overdrive]]; [[IBM 486BL]] {{small|(late models)}}
<!--MxMem-->| 128
<!--Featr-->| [[Super VGA]] GPU, IDE hard drive interface on-board, [[i487SX|80487]] co-processor socket
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1993|07}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfnm|1a1=Ricciuti|1y=1993|1p=52|2a1=Reply Corporation|2y=1993|2p=1–2}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 25 PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 25]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[Cyrix Cx486DX2]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[i486DX4|Intel 80486DX4]]
<!--MxMem-->| 32
<!--Featr-->| IDE hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->|
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfnm|1a1=Walsh|1y=2003|2a1=Bekman|2y=2008a}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 30 PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 30]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[Cyrix Cx486DX2]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[i486DX4|Intel 80486DX4]]
<!--MxMem-->| 32
<!--Featr-->| IDE hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->|
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Bekman|2008b}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 50/50Z PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 50]], [[IBM PS/2 Model 50 Z|Model 50 Z]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX4]]
<!--MxMem-->| 64
<!--Featr-->| IDE and SCSI hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|08}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Boudette|1994a|p=25}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 55SX PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 55 SX]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX4]]
<!--MxMem-->| 64
<!--Featr-->| IDE and SCSI hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|07}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Boudette|1994b|p=25}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 56/57/76/77 PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2]] Model 56, Model 57, Model 76, Model 77
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486|Intel 80486DX]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[i486DX4|Intel 80486DX4]]
<!--MxMem-->|
<!--Featr-->| GPU with 1 MB of video RAM, IDE hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|10}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Boudette|1994c|p=43}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 60/65/80 PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 60]], [[IBM PS/2 Model 65 SX|Model 65 SX]], [[IBM PS/2 Model 80|Model 80]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486DX4|Intel 80486DX4]] {{small|(up to)}}, [[Pentium OverDrive]]
<!--MxMem-->| 64
<!--Featr-->| 64-bit local-bus SVGA GPU with GUI accelerator, enhanced IDE hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1995|03}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Wood|1995a}}
|-
<!--Name -->| PS/2 Model 70 PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/2 Model 70]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX4]]
<!--MxMem-->| 64
<!--Featr-->| IDE and SCSI hard drive interface on-board
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|06}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Boudette|1994b|p=25}}
|-
<!--Name -->| Deskpro PowerBoard
<!--Cmptb-->| [[Compaq Deskpro]] E series and S series
<!--PrcSp-->| [[i486SX2|Intel 80486SX2]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX2]], [[i486DX2|Intel 80486DX4]]
<!--MxMem-->| 64
<!--Featr-->| PCI expansion slots
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1994|12}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfn|Dillon|1994|p=35}}
|-
<!--Name -->| Pentathlon/PCI
<!--Cmptb-->| [[IBM PS/1]], [[IBM PS/ValuePoint]], [[Compaq ProLinea]]
<!--PrcSp-->| [[Pentium (original)|Intel Pentium]]
<!--MxMem-->| 128
<!--Featr-->| Phoenix BIOS
<!--DateI-->| {{date table sorting|1995|03}}
<!--Refs.-->| {{sfnm|1a1=Staff writer|1y=1995b|1p=8|2a1=Wood|2y=1995b}}
|}

===Expansion cards===
* Token Ring Adapter/A{{sfn|Staff writer|1991a|p=120}}
* MicroChannel Video Adapter
* MicroChannel Sound Card with SCSI
* MicroChannel Sound Card without SCSI
* DOS on Mac{{sfn|Reply Corporation|1997}}

==See also==
* [[Aox Inc.]], another manufacturer of expansion cards and peripherals for the PS/2

==Citations==
{{reflist|colwidth=20em}}

==References==
{{refbegin|colwidth=30em|indent=yes}}
* {{cite web
| ref={{sfnRef|Reply Corporation|1996}}
| date=August 29, 1996
| url=http://www.reply.com/company.htm
| title=About Reply
| publisher=Reply Corporation
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19961113202000/http://www.reply.com/company.htm
| archivedate=November 13, 1996
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Angus
| first=Earl
| date=September 6, 1993
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5joEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA105
| title=Turbo Processor System Upgrade Gives Older IBM PS/2s a Performance Boost
| magazine=InfoWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=15
| issue=36
| page=35
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite web
| publisher=Stason.org
| last=Bekman
| first=Stas
| url=https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/R/REPLY-CORPORATION-486-POWERBOARD-25-286-PS-2-MODEL.html
| date=2008a
| title=PowerBoard 25-286, PS/2 Model 25 Motherboard Settings and Configuration
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516034500/https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/R/REPLY-CORPORATION-486-POWERBOARD-25-286-PS-2-MODEL.html
| archivedate=May 16, 2008
}}
* {{cite web
| publisher=Stason.org
| last=Bekman
| first=Stas
| url=https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/R/REPLY-CORPORATION-486-POWERBOARD-30-286.html
| date=2008b
| title=PowerBoard 25-286, PS/2 Model 25 Motherboard Settings and Configuration
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516040058/https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/R/REPLY-CORPORATION-486-POWERBOARD-30-286.html
| archivedate=May 16, 2008
}}
* {{cite web
| publisher=Stason.org
| last=Bekman
| first=Stas
| url=https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/R/REPLY-CORPORATION-486-PS-2-MODEL-30-UPGRADE.html
| date=2008c
| title=PS/2 Model 30 Upgrade Motherboard Settings and Configuration
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516031158/https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/R/REPLY-CORPORATION-486-PS-2-MODEL-30-UPGRADE.html
| archivedate=May 16, 2008
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Bermant
| first=Charles
| date=July 1991
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A10864256/
| title=MCA Clone Is Direct Reply
| magazine=Computer Shopper
| publisher= SX2 Media Labs
| volume=11
| issue=7
| page=514
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Berline
| first=Gary
| date=October 29, 1991
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpQP3e54P-gC&pg=PT183
| title=Reply Model 32
| magazine=PC Magazine
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=10
| number=18
| pages=170–171
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Bertolucci
| first=Jeff
| date=January 1994
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A15006086/
| title=Reply Video Accelerator Adapter
| magazine=PCWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=12
| issue=1
| page=120
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Bickford
| first=Carolyn
| date=July 1996
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A18287269/
| title=Intel Inside
| magazine=MacUser
| publisher=ZDNet
| volume=12
| issue=7
| page=26
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Boudette
| first=Neal
| date=May 2, 1994a
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A15347224/
| title=PS/2 Model 25 Upgrade Boosts PCs to 486 Level: System Has Power to Run Windows or OS/2
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=11
| issue=17
| page=32
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Boudette
| first=Neal
| date=June 20, 1994b
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A16055888/
| title=Reply Unveils PS/2-Upgrade Motherboards
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=11
| issue=24
| page=25
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Boudette
| first=Neal
| date=October 10, 1994c
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A16291262/
| title=Board Upgrades Gain Momentum
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=11
| issue=40
| page=43
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Burke
| first=Steven
| date=November 23, 1992
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A12922040/
| title=Reply to Release Board Upgrade Kits for PS/2s
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=9
| issue=47
| page=25
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Cassel
| first=Jonathan
| date=August 10, 1992
| url=https://archive.org/details/sim_electronic-news_1992-08-10_38_1924/page/n23/
| title=IBM to Sell 386SLC Boards to Reply
| magazine=Electronic News
| publisher=Sage Publications
| volume=38
| number=1924
| pages=25–26
| via=the Internet Archive
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Claiborne
| first=David
| date=April 23, 1990
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8369122/
| title=Speed, Power, Performance Influence MCA Choice
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=7
| issue=16
| page=95
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Coughlan
| first=Francie
| date=July 29, 1991
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A11039129/
| title=386 PCs with Modular Architecture and Upgradable CPUs
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=8
| issue=30
| page=98
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Davey
| first=Tom
| date=December 25, 1995
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A17959508/
| title=Reply Cards Put Apps on Apple: DOS on Mac Cards Run Win 95 Software at Native Speed
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=12
| issue=51
| page=29
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Dillon
| first=Nancy
| date=December 19, 1994
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35
| title=Motherboards Offer Upgrades for Deskpros
| magazine=InfoWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=16
| issue=51
| page=35
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Ehrenfeld
| first=Tom
| date=July 1995
| url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/19950701/2333.html
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030626055901/http://www.inc.com/magazine/19950701/2333.html
| url-status=dead
| archive-date=June 26, 2003
| title=Out of the Blue
| magazine=Inc.
| publisher=Mansueto Ventures
| volume=17
| issue=10
| pages=68–72
}}
* {{cite book
| ref={{sfnRef|Securities and Exchange Commission|2001}}
| date=May 14, 2001
| url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924829/000104596901500323/0001045969-01-500323.txt
| title=Form S-1 Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933: Pemstar Inc.
| publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission
}}
* {{cite web
| ref={{sfnRef|International Business Machines|1990}}
| publisher=International Business Machines
| url=https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS190-176/index.html
| date=October 30, 1990
| title=IBM Personal System/2 Model 90 XP 486 Announcement Letter
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009065700/https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=%2Fcommon%2Fssi%2Frep_ca%2F6%2F897%2FENUS190-176%2Findex.html
| archivedate=October 9, 2021
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Gillooly
| first=Brian
| date=April 10, 1995
| url=https://archive.org/details/sim_informationweek_1995-04-10_522/page/n85/
| title=Motherboard Replacements
| magazine=InformationWeek
| publisher=UBM plc
| number=522
| page=78
| via=the Internet Archive
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Krause
| first=Reinhardt
| date=August 22, 1994
| url=https://archive.org/details/sim_electronic-news_1994-08-22_40_2028/
| title=Motorola PowerPC Move Signals Rivalry with IBM
| magazine=Electronic News
| publisher=Sage Publications
| volume=40
| number=2028
| page=29
| via=the Internet Archive
}}
* {{cite news
| last=Ladendorf
| first=Kirk
| date=May 24, 1993
| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-thinking-small/128352783/
| title=Thinking small: Can Big Blue devolve into a faster, fleeter animal?
| work=Austin American-Statesman
| page=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-thinking-small/128352805/ C2]
| via=Newspapers.com
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=LaPlante
| first=Alice
| date=November 20, 1989
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25
| title=Reply Introduces Family of MCA-Compatible PCs
| magazine=InfoWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=11
| issue=47
| page=26
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=LaPolla
| first=Stephanie
| date=September 10, 1990
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8828930/
| title=Modular-Architecture PCs
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=7
| issue=36
| page=122
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite news
| last=Lewis
| first=Peter H.
| date=August 2, 1988
| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/02/science/personal-computers-tandy-tries-to-keep-things-easy.html
| title=Tandy Tries to Keep Things Easy
| work=The New York Times
| page=C10
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130185443/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/02/science/personal-computers-tandy-tries-to-keep-things-easy.html
| archivedate=January 30, 2018
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last1=Miller
| first1=Dan
| last2=Ferrance
| first2=Rex
| date=February 1993
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A13405703/
| title=Reply Model 16 486SLC2
| magazine=PCWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=11
| issue=2
| page=138
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite book
| ref={{sfnRef|Pemstar|2002}}
| title=Pemstar Annual Report 2002
| publisher=Pemstar Inc.
| url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/NSD/PMTR/reports/ar_2002.pdf
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009070546/http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/NSD/PMTR/reports/ar_2002.pdf
| archivedate=October 9, 2021
}}
* {{cite book
| ref={{sfnRef|Reply Corporation|1993}}
| date=June 1993
| url=https://ardent-tool.com/Reply/Reply_TurboBoard_60_80_Manual.pdf
| title=PS/2 Model 60/80 TurboProcessor Installation & Reference Manual
| publisher=Reply Corporation
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010194746/https://ardent-tool.com/Reply/Reply_TurboBoard_60_80_Manual.pdf
| archivedate=October 10, 2021
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Quinlan
| first=Tom
| date=June 17, 1991
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TFAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT1
| title=Reply Adds 486SX to Line of MCA Clones
| magazine=InfoWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=3
| issue=24
| page=28
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Quinlan
| first=Tom
| date=August 10, 1992a
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8
| title=Reply Answers IBM Search for Chip OEM
| magazine=InfoWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=14
| issue=32
| page=8
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Quinlan
| first=Tom
| date=August 24, 1992b
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23
| title=Intel Wins Battle; Chip War Rages On
| magazine=InfoWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=14
| issue=34
| pages=23, 29
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite web
| ref={{sfnRef|Reply Corporation|1997}}
| date=September 23, 1997
| url=http://www.reply.com/techsupp.htm
| title=Reply Tech Support
| publisher=Reply Corporation
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19971210094743/http://www.reply.com:80/techsupp.htm
| archivedate=December 10, 1997
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Ricciuti
| first=Mike
| date=September 15, 1993
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A14425776/
| title=New Life for Old PS/2s: Is Your Old PS/2 Just Too Anemic to Make Windows or OS/2 Fly? Don't Throw It Away&nbsp;– Upgrade It to 486 Status Using These Products
| magazine=Datamation
| publisher=Reed Business Information
| volume=39
| issue=18
| page=52
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Scheier
| first=Robert L.
| date=November 29, 1992
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A12393410/
| title=Reply First PC Maker to Use 386SLC Chip
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=9
| issue=30
| page=6
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Scheier
| first=Robert L.
| date=April 5, 1993a
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A13718065/
| title=IBM PC Co., Reply Ink Deal to Widen Sales of PS/2 Boards
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=10
| issue=13
| page=148
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Scheier
| first=Robert L.
| date=November 29, 1993b
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A14763857/
| title=Reply to Diversity Beyond Upgrades: Expands Product Line, Jumps into PC Design Business
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=10
| issue=47
| page=139
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Skillings
| first=Jonathan
| date=October 29, 1990
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A9557307/
| title=Reply Readies Line of Expandable, 32-bit Micro Channel PCs
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=7
| issue=43
| page=22
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite news
| last=Smith
| first=Rebecca
| date=October 1, 1992
| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-ibm-enters-c/128352870/
| title=IBM enters chip business cautiously
| work=Corpus Christi Caller-Times
| page=A9
| via=Newspapers.com
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=November 13, 1989a
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A7880926/
| title=Host of Micros Debuts on Eve of Comdex
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=6
| issue=45
| page=4
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=December 4, 1989b
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A7932060/
| title=Startup Reply Unwraps MCA-compatible Line Featuring '5x5' Design
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=6
| issue=48
| page=14
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=April 23, 1990
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8371566/
| title=Micro Channel Architecture PCs
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=7
| issue=16
| page=96
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=January 21, 1991a
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A9780935/
| title=16/4M-bps Token-Ring Adapter Cards
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=8
| issue=3
| page=120
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=May 27, 1991b
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23
| title=Reply Is Licensing Products from IBM
| magazine=InfoWorld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=13
| issue=21
| page=23
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=August 10, 1992
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8371566/
| title=OEMing IBM: Reply Agreement with IBM Offers Customers Advanced SLC Technology & Improved Performance
| magazine=Work-Group Computing Report
| publisher=Edge Publishing
| volume=3
| number=116
| page=38
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=February 22, 1993
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8371566/
| title=Hardware
| magazine=The Business Journal
| publisher=American City Business Journals
| volume=10
| issue=45
| page=S6
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=March 20, 1995a
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHPSs0vE0hcC&pg=PA44
| title=Desktop Computing: New Products
| magazine=Computerworld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=29
| number=12
| page=44
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=March 27, 1995b
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JS8X7n5yIoC&pg=PA8
| title=Pentathlon Aids PC Upgrades
| magazine=Computerworld
| publisher=IDG Publications
| volume=29
| number=13
| page=8
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| author=Staff writer
| date=April 3, 1995c
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A16780158/
| title=There's Life Yet in Those PS/1s, ValuePoints, and ProLineas
| magazine=PCWeek
| publisher=Ziff-Davis
| volume=12
| issue=13
| page=27
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite web
| author=Staff writer
| date=April 12, 1997a
| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/270469197
| title=Business Briefs: Radius Has Plans for Macs, Windows
| work=San Francisco Examiner
| publisher=San Francisco Media Company
| page=D2
| id={{ProQuest|270469197}}
| url-access = subscription
}}
* {{cite web
| author=Staff writer
| date=April 23, 1997b
| url=https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/whats_replys_future_as_it_sells_its_dos_on_mac_technology
| title=What's Reply's Future as It Sells Its DOS-on-Mac Technology
| work=Computer Business Review
| publisher=New Statesman Media Group
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008204029/https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/whats_replys_future_as_it_sells_its_dos_on_mac_technology
| archivedate=October 8, 2021
}}
* {{cite book
| ref={{sfnRef|Ward's|1995}}
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-Gmto9LATkC&q=%22reply+corp%22
| title=Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, 1995
| publisher=Gale Research
| year=1995
| isbn=9780810388321
| via=Google Books
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Walford
| first=Lynn
| date=October 1995
| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/205329407
| title=Net Revenues
| magazine=Success
| publisher=Success Holding Company
| volume=42
| issue=8
| page=58
| id={{ProQuest|205329407}}
| url-access = subscription 
}}
* {{cite web
| publisher=Walsh Computer Technology
| last=Walsh
| first=William
| url=http://www.walshcomptech.com/ps2/25reply.htm
| date=2003
| title=Model 25 Reply PowerBoard
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030906060517/http://www.walshcomptech.com/ps2/25reply.htm
| archivedate=September 6, 2003
}}
* {{cite web
| publisher=Business Wire
| last=Wood
| first=Katherine
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A16616375/
| date=March 2, 1995a
| title=New IBM PS/2 Upgrade Solutions for Model 60/65/80 Users from Reply Boosts Performance by 800 Percent Over Original System
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite web
| publisher=Business Wire
| last=Wood
| first=Katherine
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A16723354/
| date=March 28, 1995b
| title=Affordable Pentium/PCI Systemboard Upgrades for IBM ValuePoint, PS/1 and Compaq ProLinea Systems
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
* {{cite magazine
| last=Woods
| first=Wendy
| date=October 10, 1990
| url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A9546845/
| title=New Alliance of MCA Backers to Be Announced Today
| magazine=Newsbytes
| publisher=The Washington Post Company
| via=Gale OneFile {{subscription required}}
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961113201941/http://www.reply.com/|date=November 13, 1996|title=Official website}}

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