California Pacific Computer Company

Its software was published exclusively for the Apple II computer and was an early commercial outlet for several important game designers including Richard Garriott, Bill Budge, and Michael Pondsmith.

The company was founded by Alvin Earl Remmers (1942-2022), who had previously been in the tie-dye shirt business and used early microcomputers to track SKUs.

He discovered the game had not been widely distributed so he created California Pacific Computer to act as a collector and publisher for Apple II programs.

it also served as the agent for early game companies Sirius Software and Strategic Simulations Inc. and its short-lived Oakland office distributed the operating system CP/M.

Much of the art on the packaging was provided by Michael Pondsmith – future creator of the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG – and Denis Loubet, who later worked with Origin Systems.

Al Remmers and his wife celebrated the first anniversary of On-Line Systems in 1981.