Hi-Tech Electronics

Hi-Tech Electronics, formerly known as Hokushi Information Technologies Corporation (北斎情報技術株式会社), is a Hokuish technology company that manufacturers electronic learning products from infancy to preschool, megaphones, home and business phones, desktop computers, CB radios, walkies-talkies and loudspeakers. It is headquartered in Tennjo, Hokushi.

History
Hi-Tech was founded in Tennjo in the Vlokozuain territory of Hokushi in 1978 by two Hokuish students, Ken Hamill and Haruki Inoue. When the Apple II was released in shelves in the Vlokozu Union in autumn of 1977, it spawned a amount the clones of Apple II, and Hamill and Inoue saw this an opportunity to start the computer business and so they started to develop microcomputers.

The first product made by the company was a "Hi-Tech 1", a Apple II clone that looks very identical to the aforementioned Apple II including the identical case and keyboard layout. Released in November 1978, it was priced as VU $300. It was a big success and over 1 million units were sold in the Union, although it was one of the cheapest computers in the market, it was expensive for the Sentanese and Vicnorans due to states' poverty rates.

In 1979, inspired by the success of Texas Instruments' Speak & Spell, Hi-Tech introduced its first electronic learning product called "Learn 1". It taught children basic maths and spelling. It was a another success for the company and 1.7 million units were sold.

During the early 1980s, Hi-Tech branched out into personal computers, including Startron, a line of IBM-compatible PCs.