AL O ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁one ▁of ▁company ' s ▁first ▁products , ▁a ▁printer ▁buffer ▁and ▁the ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁American ▁B ison ▁( B uff alo ). ▁ ▁Name ▁Mel co ' s ▁name ▁stands ▁for ▁M aki ▁Engineering ▁Labor atory ▁CO mp any . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Mel co ▁Hold ings ▁Inc . ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 ; ▁currently ▁its ▁subs idi aries ▁are ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁random - access ▁memory ▁products , ▁Flash ▁memory ▁products , ▁USB ▁products , ▁CD - ROM / D VD - R W ▁drives , ▁hard ▁disk ▁drives , ▁local ▁area ▁network ▁products , ▁printer ▁buff ers , ▁liquid - c ry stal ▁displays , ▁Microsoft ▁Windows ▁acceler ators , ▁personal ▁computer ▁components ▁and ▁CPU ▁acceler ators . ▁ ▁A ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁Mel co ▁provides ▁corpor ate ▁services ▁in ▁Japan ▁like ▁Internet ▁set - up , ▁computer ▁terminal ▁installation / set - up , ▁computer ▁education ▁and ▁computer ▁maintenance . ▁The ▁company ▁has ▁also ▁started ▁s elling ▁solid - state ▁drives ▁in ▁Japan . ▁ ▁Buff alo ▁Technology ▁( USA ) ▁is ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁and ▁is ▁based ▁in ▁Austin , ▁Texas . ▁The ▁company ▁has ▁been ▁first ▁to ▁market ▁on ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁new ▁techn ologies . ▁ ▁A ▁Tim eline ▁of ▁First s ▁ ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁– ▁First ▁W ire less ▁R outer ▁ ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁– ▁First