Microcomputer Associates Explained

Microcomputer Associates, Inc., was an American computer company founded by Manny Lemas and Ray Holt. It produced the low-cost Jolt Microcomputer, designed by Holt and released in 1975 for .[1] [2] A Jolt microcomputer was notably used in the Atari VCS prototype by Cyan Engineering.[3]

MAI was later acquired by semiconductor manufacturer Synertek, a second source manufacturer of the 6502, and renamed Synertek Systems.[4] It then created the SYM-1, a 6502-based single board microcomputer and spiritual successor to the KIM-1. In 1978 the company offered a number of processor and peripheral modules.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Upton . Molly . Age of Build-It-Yourself Micros Arrives at Wescon . Computerworld . 9 . 40 . 36 . October 15, 1975 . Microcomputer Associates introduces the 6502 based Jolt computer kit for $249.
  2. Web site: JOLT . April 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121044124/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=875 . November 21, 2010 . dead .
  3. Book: Atari Inc: Business is Fun . Marty . Goldberg . Curt . Vendel . 2012 . 978-0985597405 . Sygyzy Press . Chapter 5 . registration . https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/192/mode/2up . registration.
  4. Staff writer . March 14, 1978 . Microcomputer Associates acquired by Synertek . The Peninsula Times Tribune . 35 . Newspapers.com.
  5. J. C. Boonham Small systems computer sourcebook Taylor & Francis, 1978 pages 11-13

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