DayStar Digital

<p>DayStar Digital, Inc., was a company founded in 1983 by Andrew Lewis as a subcontract manufacturer of electronic assemblies and circuit boards. In 1986, the company released memory upgrades for <a href="/facts/Mac_(computer)/8GhnXTK0">Apple Macintosh</a> (Mac) computers as its first products, and in 1987, DayStar began to market processor upgrades exclusively for the Mac, the first being for the <a href="/facts/Macintosh_II/VzSQmwRj">Macintosh II</a> computer. The company focused exclusively on this market for the full range of Mac computers through 1995, utilizing the <a href="/facts/Motorola_68030/LyQfEWeB">Motorola 68030</a>, <a href="/facts/Motorola_68040/G12gptjt">68040</a> and <a href="/facts/PowerPC_600/NM9PomrW">PowerPC 601</a> processors. These upgrades were installed directly into the <a href="/facts/Processor_Direct_Slot/DsuArRVl">Processor Direct Slot</a> of various Macintosh platforms, as on the <a href="/facts/Macintosh_IIci/wjxQwlqX">Macintosh IIci</a>, or via an adapter. DayStar became known as the leading "speed shop" for Macintosh computer systems; it won virtually every Mac editorial award given for product excellence and had the top rated brand among peripheral manufacturers. The company also formed unique strategic relationships with many companies including Apple, IBM and Adobe. In 1995, DayStar was one of three companies in the world awarded licenses by Apple to "clone" the Macintosh computer.
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