Advanced Digital Corporation

Site of former headquarters in Huntington Beach, California, pictured in 2022

Trade name

| ADC
Type| Private
Fate| Bankruptcy
Founded| 1980; 46 years ago (1980) in Garden Grove, California
Defunct| 1990; 36 years ago (1990)
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]

## References

1. ↑ Staff writer (May 1, 1989). "Advanced Digital Corp.". PC Week (Ziff-Davis) 6 (17): 109. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A7234294/GPS?sid=wikipedia.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Derfler, Frank J., Jr. (1988). "Advanced Digital Corp.". PC Magazine (Ziff-Davis) 7 (14): 308–315. https://books.google.com/books?id=ObYblXvjuhUC&pg=PA308.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bankruptcies". Orange County Register: C5. November 5, 1990. https://www.proquest.com/docview/272520956/.
4. ↑ Staff writer (August 8, 1983). "Advanced Digital Unwraps Computer". Computerworld (CW Communications) 17 (32): 81. https://archive.org/details/sim_computerworld_1983-08-08_17_32/page/81/.
5. ↑ Staff writer (August 22, 1983). "S-100-Based System Features Fixed/Removable Disk Drive". Computerworld (CW Communications) 17 (34): 61. https://archive.org/details/sim_computerworld_1983-08-22_17_34/page/61/.
6. ↑ Morrissey, Jane (September 1, 1987). "LAN operating systems find new role in PC-based multiuser environments". PC Week (Ziff-Davis) 4 (35): 35. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A5158681/GPS?sid=wikipedia.
7. ↑ Staff writer (August 27, 1986). "LINK Tech gets $5 million order". The San Francisco Examiner: C1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120055265/off-the-ticker/.
8. ↑ Satchell, Stephen (December 1989). "Downsizing the Desktop". Byte (McGraw-Hill) 14 (13): 179–182. https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1989-12/page/n210/.
9. ↑ Mendelson, Edward (January 30, 1990). "Powerlite 386SX". PC Magazine (Ziff-Davis) 9 (2): 100. https://books.google.com/books?id=ySO4VbD0-mcC&pg=PT101.
10. ↑ "Vendor Profiles". Computerworld (CW Communications) 17 (40A): V-1. October 5, 1983. https://archive.org/details/sim_computerworld_1983-10-05_17_40a/page/n60/.
11. ↑ Staff writer (October 10, 1983). "Micro Offered With Winnie For 100% Backup". Computerworld (CW Communications) 17 (41): 80. https://archive.org/details/sim_computerworld_1983-10-10_17_41/page/n121/.
12. ↑ "Vendor Profiles". Computerworld (CW Communications) 18 (16A): V-1. April 18, 1984. https://archive.org/details/sim_computerworld_1984-04-18_18_16a/page/51/.
13. ↑ Bermar, Amy (July 11, 1988). "Does a bad idea constitute grounds for a lawsuit? PR agency Regis McKenna is about to find out". PC Week (Ziff-Davis) 5 (28): 133. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A6827077/GPS?sid=wikipedia.
14. ↑ Pietrucha, Bill (October 29, 1997). "Novell Breaks Software Counterfeiting Ring". Newsbytes (The Washington Post Company). https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A19932157/GPS?sid=wikipedia.
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Staff writer (September 18, 1988). "Three Gunmen Rob Computer Company". Los Angeles Times (Times-Mirror Company): 4.2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120055242/three-gunmen-rob-computer-company/.

## External links

* Advanced Digital Corporation history at S100Computers.com

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