- Hercules (corporation)
Hercules Computer Technology, Inc. was formed in 1982 in
Fremont, California [ [http://web.archive.org/web/19961105202648/www.hercules.com/contact.htm How to Reach Us ] ] , byVan Suwannukul , and was one of the majorgraphics card companies of the 1980s. Its biggest product was the MDA-compatibleHercules Graphics Card and associated standard, which was widely copied and survived into the 1990s. The company also produced CGA compatible cards, and also tried to go head-to-head with EGA with the unsuccessful (and now rare)Hercules InColor Card .The company declined in the 1990s with the rise of firms such as
ATI Technologies , sales falling to just $20 million in 1998. It was acquired by ELSA in August 1998 for $8.5m; ELSA also assumed all of Hercules' debts. ELSA enteredChapter 11 bankruptcy the following year and the Hercules brand was purchased by the French-basedGuillemot Corporation for $1.5m. Hercules became a general brandname for Guillemot cards based onnVIDIA parts before eventually switching toATI Technologies .In 2004 Guillemot announced it would cease to produce graphics cards and announced plans to attach the name to AV software and other products.
Today, Hercules/Guillemot offers PC imaging, audio, and wireless (
Wi-Fi ) technology products.Products
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DJ Console Mk2
* DJ Control MP3
* Mobile DJ MP3
*Game Theater XP
* Karaoke Console
* XPS 2.140
* DJ Console RMXReferences
External links
* [http://www.hercules.com Hercules Company Website]
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