ADC | |
Company type | Private |
Founded | 1980Garden Grove, California | in
Defunct | 1990 |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Headquarters | Huntington Beach, California (1983–1990) |
Key people | Hossein Asadi (president) |
Products | Computer hardware and systems |
Advanced Digital Corporation (ADC) was a privately owned [1] American computer company based in California, active from the 1980s to the 1990s. [2] [3] The company was founded by 1980 by a group of engineers, in order to market their single-user and multi-user expansion cards and peripherals for S-100–based computers. [2]
In 1983, ADC introduced a pair of their own S-100 computers, the Super Six and the Super Star. [4] [5] In 1984, they made the pivot to production of expansion cards for the IBM Personal Computer, [2] with one (the PC II, co-produced by Link Technologies of Fremont) allowing the IBM PC to be used as a multi-user platform, with as many as 32 concurrent users. [6] [7] Toward the late 1980s, they introduced their own 386SX-based PC compatible systems under the PowerLite name, to critical acclaim in the tech press. [8] [9] ADC was initially based in Garden Grove, California, employing 35 by mid-1983. [10] In late 1983, they moved to Huntington Beach. [11] By April 1984, their employee headcount reached 75. [12] Its president was Hossein Asadi (born 1961, also known as Hossein Asadibagheri). [13] [14] [15] The company entered bankruptcy in 1990. [3]
Their Huntington Beach headquarters were the subject of an armed robbery in September 1988, with Asadi being bound and gagged while various merchandise was stolen. Asadi sustained no physical injuries. [15]
ADC | |
Company type | Private |
Founded | 1980Garden Grove, California | in
Defunct | 1990 |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Headquarters | Huntington Beach, California (1983–1990) |
Key people | Hossein Asadi (president) |
Products | Computer hardware and systems |
Advanced Digital Corporation (ADC) was a privately owned [1] American computer company based in California, active from the 1980s to the 1990s. [2] [3] The company was founded by 1980 by a group of engineers, in order to market their single-user and multi-user expansion cards and peripherals for S-100–based computers. [2]
In 1983, ADC introduced a pair of their own S-100 computers, the Super Six and the Super Star. [4] [5] In 1984, they made the pivot to production of expansion cards for the IBM Personal Computer, [2] with one (the PC II, co-produced by Link Technologies of Fremont) allowing the IBM PC to be used as a multi-user platform, with as many as 32 concurrent users. [6] [7] Toward the late 1980s, they introduced their own 386SX-based PC compatible systems under the PowerLite name, to critical acclaim in the tech press. [8] [9] ADC was initially based in Garden Grove, California, employing 35 by mid-1983. [10] In late 1983, they moved to Huntington Beach. [11] By April 1984, their employee headcount reached 75. [12] Its president was Hossein Asadi (born 1961, also known as Hossein Asadibagheri). [13] [14] [15] The company entered bankruptcy in 1990. [3]
Their Huntington Beach headquarters were the subject of an armed robbery in September 1988, with Asadi being bound and gagged while various merchandise was stolen. Asadi sustained no physical injuries. [15]