 Parallax Inc. has over seventy distributors around the world, including Radio Shack, Jameco Electronics, and Fry's Electronics.Originally established in 1987, in Rocklin, California, Parallax Inc. manufactured products such as the ISEPIC, TopRAM, and the first third-party Microchip PIC Programmer.In 1992, the BASIC Stamp 1 microcontroller module was released.