Origin of the name JOLT
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by Bill Degnan - 12/21/2018 12:18 |
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Ray Holt's business partner was Hispanic and he used to call Ray "Jolt" which is the reverse-anglicized spelling of the word HOLT if written in Spanish. i.e "Jolt" in Spanish is pronounced "holt".
There were about 5000 JOLT units produced, first designed in 1974, far pre-dating the Apple I. Hear it from Ray Holt from an interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXMr-mB8C3o Reply |
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