Microcomputer Associates Jolt Microcomputer Board
date: label: date made
content: ca 1975
name: label: maker
content: Microcomputer Associates
notes: label: Description
content: One early manufacturer of printed circuit boards for microcomputers was he Santa Clara, California, firm of Microcomputer Associates. It sold circuit boards under the name of Jolt as well as a small amount of software. In 1975 the firm advertised cards of similar size that served as power supplies (see 1991.0891.01), microcomputer CPUS (see 1991.0891.30.2 through 1991.0891.30.4), 8K of RAM (see 1991.0891.30.5), and peripheral interfaces (this object). The boards sold both as kits and assembled. They could be stacked to form a microcomputer.
label: Description
content: This green plastic board has two large black chips and three smaller ones, as well as several white connection wires and small components. It has two sets of connection prongs. The object is marked: [c]1975 BY (/) Microcomputer Associates, Inc. It is also marked: 10001A JOLT (/) PERIPHERAL INTERFACE.
label: Description
content: The partners in Microcomputer Associates were Ray Holt and Manny Lemas, According to Holt, Lemas was Hispanic and pronounced Holt's name "Jolt," hence the name of the circuit boards.
label: Description
content: For documentation, see 1991.3201.09.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Santa Clara
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jon Titus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0891.30.6
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0891.30.6
label: accession number
content: 1991.0891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer Board
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 7 in; 1.905 cm x 10.795 cm x 17.78 cm