First post, by Ozzuneoj
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Are there any websites that have large collections of old computer company logos? I'm alright at identifying most of the ones made after 1995 or so, but there are a lot of companies that changed logos prior to that or made so few products that their logo is rarely seen.
The closest thing I've found is this site for identifying logos on chips, which has certainly helped tremendously over the years but most of these companies didn't actually produce whole boards or cards, so it's really only good for identifying individual chips.
I thought for sure I had found another site a few years ago that had a huge catalog of logos and company names but I can't seem to find it again.
I wish more companies had been like STB, 3dfx, MSI and nvidia were later on, with very distinct markings that made it obvious who made the device even if you couldn't read the writing in a blurry photo... or they could be like Number Nine with full size screen printed graphics and paragraphs of text on both sides of their cards. It's easy to identify those!
Then there are 386 motherboards with no markings at all except for a serial number (untraceable) and an obscure logo printed on a paper label that has been pasted on a BIOS chip, like this...
Boards like this are the main reason I'm trying to find a website to ID logos.
If no such site exists, I propose that we start one in this thread. Upload as many pictures and company names as you want. 😀
Now for some blitting from the back buffer.
