<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
an	O
all-in-one	B-Device
computer	I-Device
with	O
a	O
flat-panel	O
LCD	B-Device
,	O
prefigured	O
Apple	O
's	O
similarly	O
designed	O
iMac	B-Device
G4	I-Device
by	O
over	O
five	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Monorail	O
's	O
initial	O
executive	O
roster	O
included	O
employees	O
from	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
,	O
Global	B-Device
Village	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Johns	O
felt	O
that	O
packaging	O
optimization	O
was	O
crucial	O
,	O
he	O
and	O
his	O
colleagues	O
built	O
the	O
prototype	O
for	O
an	O
all-in-one	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
fit	O
within	O
a	O
volume	O
of	O
,	O
per	O
FedEx	O
's	O
specification	O
for	O
the	O
optimal	O
box	O
size	O
for	O
a	O
package	O
weighing	O
between	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
box	O
of	O
that	O
size	O
and	O
weight	O
capacity	O
could	O
not	O
remotely	O
fit	O
a	O
cathode-ray	B-Device
tube	I-Device
monitor	O
—	O
a	O
display	O
technology	O
common	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
—	O
Johns	O
fit	O
the	O
computer	O
with	O
a	O
flat	O
panel	O
liquid-crystal	B-Device
display	I-Device
borrowed	O
from	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
the	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
a	O
system	O
roughly	O
80	O
percent	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
a	O
desktop	O
computer	O
but	O
twice	O
as	O
heavy	O
as	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
CompUSA	O
agreed	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
in	O
fall	O
1996	O
;	O
merchandising	O
chief	O
Larry	O
Mondry	O
was	O
attracted	O
by	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
form	O
factor	O
,	O
while	O
Monorail	O
promised	O
to	O
minimize	O
inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phelps	O
,	O
a	O
metal	B-Application
press	I-Application
based	O
in	O
Kansas	O
City	O
,	O
entered	O
the	O
computer	O
manufacturing	O
business	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
assembling	O
Compaq	O
's	O
Prolinea	O
systems	O
,	O
later	O
earning	O
contract	O
work	O
from	O
Dell	O
,	O
Xerox	O
,	O
AT&T	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
Phelps	O
manufactured	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phelps	O
in	O
turn	O
hired	O
Complex	O
Plastics	O
of	O
Boulder	O
,	O
Colorado	O
,	O
for	O
injection	O
molded	O
PC/ABS	O
plastic	O
parts	O
and	O
Colorado	O
Electronic	O
Hardware	B-Architecture
for	O
electronic	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monorail	O
erstwhile	O
sourced	O
the	O
LCD	B-Device
from	O
Sharp	O
,	O
a	O
10.4-in	O
passive-matrix	B-Device
panel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
production	O
ramped	O
up	O
,	O
Phelps	O
added	O
a	O
production	O
line	O
for	O
the	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
in	O
their	O
60,000	O
sq	O
ft	O
factory	O
in	O
Houston	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
November	O
1996	O
at	O
a	O
suggested	O
retail	O
price	O
of	O
$999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
successor	O
model	O
upgrading	O
the	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
's	O
processor	O
from	O
a	O
75	O
MHz	O
AMD	O
K5	O
to	O
a	O
200	O
MHz	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Pentium	I-General_Concept
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Purchasers	O
who	O
peeled	O
or	O
punctured	O
a	O
label	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
disassemble	O
the	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
voided	O
their	O
one-year	O
warranty	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
first	O
90	O
days	O
of	O
which	O
providing	O
no	O
labor	O
charges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
initially	O
seemed	O
to	O
be	O
performing	O
well	O
,	O
stiff	O
competition	O
from	O
computer	O
companies	O
introducing	O
sub-	O
$1000	O
desktops	O
in	O
1997	O
led	O
sales	O
to	O
flounder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
urgently	O
,	O
Phelps	O
found	O
itself	O
millions	O
of	O
dollars	O
in	O
debt	O
and	O
stalled	O
manufacturing	O
of	O
the	O
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
amid	O
layoffs	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
an	O
order	O
backlog	O
of	O
90	O
days	O
toward	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
December	O
1997	O
,	O
Monorail	O
introduced	O
three	O
standard	O
mini-towers	O
with	O
processors	O
ranging	O
from	O
an	O
AMD	B-Architecture
K6	I-Architecture
clocked	O
at	O
166	O
Mhz	O
to	O
a	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
MMX	O
at	O
200	O
MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
all-in-one	B-Device
Monorail	B-Device
PC	I-Device
was	O
discontinued	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
named	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
of	O
Nivis	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
and	O
integrator	O
of	O
wireless	B-Architecture
sensor	I-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
based	O
in	O
Atlanta	O
.	O
</s>
