One more try - Can you ID this S-100 Serial board?

[Chris Elmquist]

On Friday (10/02/2015 at 11:22AM -0500), drlegendre . wrote:
> I think Holm nailed that one. The logo is probably just a coincidence, as
> it's pretty safe to say this board didn't originate in the 'Bad Old Days'
> of the DDR.. ;-)
> 
> Seems like MCT in Shoreview, MN is our best working hypothesis. Would be
> nice to come across an advert or other piece of corporate ephemera from the
> early 1980s, to see what logo they used.

circa 1990,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171511885205

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/MVsAAOSwcu5USDJR/$_57.JPG


> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:32 AM, Holm Tiffe <holm at freibergnet.de> wrote:
> 
> > Chris Elmquist wrote:
> >
> > > On Thursday (10/01/2015 at 06:21PM -0500), drlegendre . wrote:
> > > > @Chris
> > > >
> > > > That's an intriguing and very real possibility, but then there's this:
> > > > http://www.mct.net/ - Does that logo look familiar? Founded in the
> > 80s,
> > > > controller boards, interface modules, single-board computers.. but yes,
> > > > they are in Germany. I did try contacting them, but never heard back.
> > >
> > > They claim "Embedded Control know-how since 1984." but you have 1980
> > > and 1981 date code parts on your board.   It's possible they made the
> > > board before they knew how however.  That is not unheard of.  :-)
> > >
> > [..]
> >
> > I'm sure, that's not the company that build that S100 Board. Ranzin, where
> > mct.net is located, is former eastern germany (GDR) area (as my home is
> > too)
> > and S100 Buisses where simply not used before here before 1989.
> > Ther embedded control experience in this timeframe will be mostly an Z80
> > compatibles (later Z8 too) an K1520 Bus systems. The AY3-1015 however was
> > available as TESLA MHB1012 or so, not as GI part.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Holm
> >
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Chris Elmquist