[1]: 45  Before founding Delta, Taylor was previously the vice president of sales for the Korean company Samsung Electronics' American subsidiary from 1984 to September 1986 and was responsible for the latter's marketing in the United States.

[2][3] Taylor recruited a number of key employees from Leading Edge Products, their nearest rival also based in Canton, during Delta's foundation.

The company planned to market computers manufactured by Samsung, mirroring Leading Edge's strategy with their relationship with the Korean conglomerate Daewoo forged in the mid-1980s.

[1]: 35  The company was made a business unit of Inspectorate International Group, an investment firm based in Birmingham, England.

[7] The company's Deltagold computers were notable for their bold aesthetics, featuring two-tone charcoal black plastics and paint jobs, with gold trim elements; a smoked plastic door covering the power button;[7][10] an LCD clock and calendar that operated independently of the computer; and a microprocessor clock frequency indicator.

[7] Delta bundled the Deltagold line with a generous amount of productivity software and included a VHS training tape with every computer,[10][12] as well as a quick-start guide that clipped to the front panels of the systems.

[17][19] Between February and April 1989, the company made an ill-fated and much-publicized move to Akron, Ohio, that ended up falling through amid a fight between Taylor and Delta's board of directors.

[23][24] While Delta would have retained their overseas assembly contracts, with the prospective Akron plant reserved for final-stage assembly of Delta's products,[25] the company planned on raising plastics production lines for the company's upcoming line of ultra-lightweight laptops, as well as a glass factory for said laptop's LCDs.

[30] In late April 1989, Taylor abruptly resigned as president and chairman of Delta Computer, putting in peril the company's move to Akron.