One early manufacturer of printed circuit boards fror 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 (see 1991.0891.30.6). The boards sold both as kits and assembled. They could be stacked to form a microcomputer.
This green plastic board has three white components at the center - the top one is the MCS 6520 microprocessor.. The object is marked: [c]1975 BY (/) Microcomputer Associates, Inc. It is also marked:JOLT (/) CPU.
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.
For documentation, see 1991.3201.09.
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