Nutting Associates

Bill Nutting was working as a buyer at a San Francisco department store when his father-in-law, Revere Ware executive Herbert Ullmann, alerted him to an educational technology company called Edex Teaching Systems looking for investors.

Nutting became a partner in the company, which created a coin-operated trivia game called the Knowledge Computer in 1964.

[1] Afterwards, Bushnell wanted a large ownership stake in the company to continue creating games for Nutting Associates, but left after not being given that opportunity to form Atari Inc. with Ted Dabney.

[4] Nutting Associates continued manufacturing video games up until 1977 when the company was sold to "Si" Redd.

He formed Dave Nutting Associates, a consulting firm that produced many of Midway's games during the 1970s and early 80s.