Advanced Digital Corporation
Defunct American computer company
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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]
Site of former headquarters in Huntington Beach, California, pictured in 2022 | |
| ADC | |
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1980 in Garden Grove, California |
| Fate | Acquired. In 1990, the company was acquired by Advanced Interlink, an IBM PC-related products company, for an undisclosed sum reported at $10 million. Asadi remained with the company briefly following the acquisition before departing to found Cybernet Manufacturing." |
| Headquarters | Huntington Beach, California (1983–1990) |
| Key people | Hossein Asadi (president) |
| Products | Computer hardware and systems |
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.[13]
