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

[drlegendre .]

I'd say that nails it, good work!

Presently, I have a mail in to a Ken Ramsey who is a VP of sales at MCT. He
believes that they may well have made the board, and has promised to
forward my photos to their engineers - now in Malaysia - to see if anyone
recognizes it.

But at least we know who made it.. this mystery may yet be solved.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Chris Elmquist <chrise at pobox.com> wrote:

> 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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