Editing General Computer Corporation (section)

{{Short description|American hardware and software company}}
{{About|the printer company|the software company|Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe#Technology sector}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[GNU Compiler Collection]] (GCC) software}}
{{Infobox company
|name = General Computer Corporation
|logo = File:GCC Technologies logo.svg
|logo_caption = Company logo after a name change
|founders = Doug Macrae<br>John Tylko<br>Kevin Curran
|foundation = 1981<br>[[United States]]
|defunct = 2015
|fate = Disestablished
|location = [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
}}
'''General Computer Corporation''' (GCC), later '''GCC Technologies''', was an American hardware and software company formed in 1981 by Doug Macrae, John Tylko,<ref name="aurora_leadership">{{cite web
| url=http://www.aurora.aero/leadership/
| title=Leadership – Aurora
| website=Aurora Flight Sciences
| date=22 June 2016
| accessdate=22 June 2016
}}</ref> and Kevin Curran. The company began as a [[video game]] developer and  created the arcade games ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'' (1982) in-house for [[Midway Games|Bally MIDWAY]] and ''[[Food Fight (video game)|Food Fight]]'' (1983) as well as designing the hardware for the [[Atari 7800]] console and many of its games. In 1984 the company pivoted to developing home computer peripherals, such as the HyperDrive hard drive for the [[Macintosh 128K]], and printers. GCC was disestablished in 2015.