Network Computing Devices
Network Computing Devices was formed in the late 1980's to produce a new class of produces now known as a "thin client". At that time these devices were known as network terminals or X-Terminals. The products were some of the earliest examples of a thin client and providing remote access to data in something other than ASCII as was common with traditional terminals of the time.
The X-Protocol provided a way to show high resolution images of data and graphics over a network connection. Network Computing Devices (NCD) supported a range of network protocols including TCP/IP, Token-Ring, DecNet and others.
NCD ceased operations in the late 1990's.