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First post, by HanJammer

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In the early 90s I had a PC AT (286 20Mhz, 2 MB RAM) which had this logo on the sticker, and most of the parts inside… It was very interesing config, solid build PC... Unfortunatelly I no longer remember what company produced it, so I can't even start collecting parts to rebuild this PC (and I would really want to!). I still have 2 floppy drives from this PC (3,5" and 5,25" - both working perfectly!!! made by Canon, but with warranty stickers with the same logo which was on the case sticker)… Also it was my first PC so it has a special place in my heart... This logo looked like that: white background, medium-gray circle with white triangle inside… varians are in attachment…
Maybe any of you guys knows which brand used this logo?

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Reply 2 of 26, by HanJammer

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Nope… it was gray circle… not square… also I doubt they ever built PCs... I think it was rather long name for the company… something like Leading Edge (but of course it wasn't Leading Edge - just something that looked similar).

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Reply 3 of 26, by konc

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It's most probably some local OEM/assembler, that's not the logo of any major brand, unless I'm missing some huge part of history.
I suggest that you add your location in your profile and your first post, in case someone makes the connection and recognizes it.

Reply 4 of 26, by HanJammer

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I'm in Poland, but in late 80s/early 90s all PCs were here imported here from Western Europe... but for example Escom wasn't really that popular (and big American brands like Dell, Compaq or IBM were not common as well) instead more exotic brands were common. It could be an OEM builder but I doubt it was european builder. Also quality was higher or comparable to Escom which was a rather big brand (I have Escom PC in my hands right now, so yeah, I have an comparison). I will take some pics of the warranty stickers from the leftover floppy drives I have...

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Reply 5 of 26, by HanJammer

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So the problem is solved thanks to guys at 3dfx.pl! 😁

http://ru.pc-history.com/kt-technology-pc-286-12s.html

It was KT Technology - I had exactly the same PC AT model as on the photos.

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Reply 7 of 26, by HanJammer

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After a long time I not only found the case of my first machine, but also thanks to a fellow VOGONer - badmojo, I received the original logo/sticker - all the way from Australia! 😀
VOGONS is the best community ever!

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Reply 9 of 26, by Robin4

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I dont know this one is:

But from the past i remember that logo.. Which company hides behind it?

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~ At least it can do black and white~

Reply 10 of 26, by HanJammer

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Robin4 wrote on 2024-03-18, 00:48:

I dont know this one is:

But from the past i remember that logo.. Which company hides behind it?

This logo rings a bell, but it would be easier if you would show us a piece of equipment which carried this EPROM. Or even better - read it's contents.

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Reply 11 of 26, by Robin4

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Got pictures on VCF

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/ide … boards.1247322/

I dont have that board.

Found something on VCF.

Arche seems to use the same board lay-out.

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/arc … 0/#post-1372721

~ At least it can do black and white~

Reply 12 of 26, by HanJammer

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Robin4 wrote on 2024-03-18, 02:21:
Got pictures on VCF […]
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Got pictures on VCF

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/ide … boards.1247322/

I dont have that board.

Found something on VCF.

Arche seems to use the same board lay-out.

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/arc … 0/#post-1372721

Ah, OK. But all NEAT use pretty much the same (or at least similar) layout. However now I remember which company used this logo - it's Wearnes (I have a few CD-ROM drives from them). And they did had NEAT based motherboard.

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/wearnes-pa1116

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Wearnes - another forgotten company. What sound cards produced?

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Reply 13 of 26, by Anonymous Coward

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That looks an awful lot like the motherboard from the ALR Powerflex, right down the brown CPU upgrade slot.

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Reply 14 of 26, by Robin4

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HanJammer wrote on 2024-03-18, 09:45:
Iam more thinking in the direction of: […]
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Robin4 wrote on 2024-03-18, 02:21:
Got pictures on VCF […]
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Got pictures on VCF

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/ide … boards.1247322/

I dont have that board.

Found something on VCF.

Arche seems to use the same board lay-out.

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/arc … 0/#post-1372721

Iam more thinking in the direction of:

TMC/MyComp/MyNix/Megastar

Those companys has something to do with each other.

One the boards says:

PAT (seems to me an solder revision board)
The second one says: PAT-7.2A

So if i think on PAT

Or PAT386 (got this board in few minutes ago) I generally would think on TMC..
But that stick logo would says a sub-vendor of TMC?

Ah, OK. But all NEAT use pretty much the same (or at least similar) layout. However now I remember which company used this logo - it's Wearnes (I have a few CD-ROM drives from them). And they did had NEAT based motherboard.

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/wearnes-pa1116

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6Xj1Zu3tkBnpJJsEwzF3mlACI98W0S8B4bCs3LkC34w&s

Wearnes - another forgotten company. What sound cards produced?

Iam not 100% sure thats the brand of that logo..

Also found this:

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/tmc-my … puma200-puma3da

That add on card uses the same logo on the sticker.

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Reply 15 of 26, by HanJammer

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Robin4 wrote on 2024-03-23, 16:30:
Iam not 100% sure thats the brand of that logo.. […]
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HanJammer wrote on 2024-03-18, 09:45:
Iam more thinking in the direction of: […]
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Robin4 wrote on 2024-03-18, 02:21:
Got pictures on VCF […]
Show full quote

Got pictures on VCF

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/ide … boards.1247322/

I dont have that board.

Found something on VCF.

Arche seems to use the same board lay-out.

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/arc … 0/#post-1372721

Iam more thinking in the direction of:

TMC/MyComp/MyNix/Megastar

Those companys has something to do with each other.

One the boards says:

PAT (seems to me an solder revision board)
The second one says: PAT-7.2A

So if i think on PAT

Or PAT386 (got this board in few minutes ago) I generally would think on TMC..
But that stick logo would says a sub-vendor of TMC?

Ah, OK. But all NEAT use pretty much the same (or at least similar) layout. However now I remember which company used this logo - it's Wearnes (I have a few CD-ROM drives from them). And they did had NEAT based motherboard.

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/wearnes-pa1116

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6Xj1Zu3tkBnpJJsEwzF3mlACI98W0S8B4bCs3LkC34w&s

Wearnes - another forgotten company. What sound cards produced?

Iam not 100% sure thats the brand of that logo..

Also found this:

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/tmc-my … puma200-puma3da

That add on card uses the same logo on the sticker.

Ah, yes, those are my parts. Likely it's another place where I seen it.

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Reply 16 of 26, by StriderTR

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I ran into an issue recently where I had found and bought some sticks of RAM labeled as PC133 SDRAM, but they had RAMBUS style metal heat-spreaders on them. I assumed they were just added for cosmetics since extra heat dissipation is not needed on PC133 SDRAM. Either way, I thought they looked cool.

I did a LOT of searching around trying to find out who made these things, with no definitive findings. I can't get these sticks to work in anything I have so I'm not sure they're even any good. Again, the logo looks familiar, like other brands I know, but nothing matches exactly that I can find.

I just wanted to know their story. 😀

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Reply 17 of 26, by Horun

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Wrong slot type for Rambus. As for the logo have never seen that one before. I would drill out the rivots and see what is underneath.....

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Reply 18 of 26, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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StriderTR wrote on 2024-03-23, 19:31:

I ran into an issue recently where I had found and bought some sticks of RAM labeled as PC133 SDRAM, but they had RAMBUS style metal heat-spreaders on them. I assumed they were just added for cosmetics since extra heat dissipation is not needed on PC133 SDRAM. Either way, I thought they looked cool.

I did a LOT of searching around trying to find out who made these things, with no definitive findings. I can't get these sticks to work in anything I have so I'm not sure they're even any good. Again, the logo looks familiar, like other brands I know, but nothing matches exactly that I can find.

I just wanted to know their story. 😀

Company name is Celetronix (defunct now so check Wayback for info)

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Reply 19 of 26, by elszgensa

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StriderTR wrote on 2024-03-23, 19:31:

Again, the logo looks familiar, like other brands I know, but nothing matches exactly that I can find.

Looks very similar to the Xiaomi logo too. Not saying they made them, just that's why it might look familiar.