Lattest SBus Developer List
Jeffrey Zank - SBus Software
jeffz at sun.com
Wed Jul 25 04:42:28 AEST 1990
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MEMO: New SBus Developer List
ATTENTION: Sales
FROM: Jeff Siegel (sieg at pistons)
DATE: July 10, 1990
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The current list of SBus developers has grown to 76 products or services
from 46 vendors. 14 new additions have been made since the last time the
list was published. Enclosed, please find the most recent update as of
July 10, 1990. Highlights of products added since the last update:
Megatek 3D Graphics Accelerator
Brixton Systems 3270, SNA, 32xx communications card
Haft Technology Digital I/O card
Helios (US) Net Modem
8 port serial expander
Xecom Fax Card
Data Modem
Themis Computer X.25 Controller
Baydel 8 port serial expander
24 port serial expander
Versatec Interface to 8510 CADmate plotter
Graceline Design PCB design services
Highgate Design Xilinx (LCA) design services
PAC Technology Hardware and software SBus consulting
A list of known SBus products available (or soon to be) from third party
vendors is attached. This listing does not represent all SBus projects
under development. It includes only those vendors who have authorized Sun
to make their projects known.
The following list will be updated regularly and will reside in the
Insight Service database. This is one of the many topics of SBus
information that will reside on the SUCCESS service. Look for the list
titled "SBus Developer List" with the date of July 10, 1990.
If you have customers (end user or OEMs) with product requirements
different from what you see below, please forward those requirements to
Jeff Siegel with as much information as possible (customer contact,
specific requirements, etc.).
If you are aware of existing SBus products that you do not see described
below, please forward any information you have so that I can maintain an
accurate listing.
If you have independent hardware vendors who are interested in developing
SBus products contact Jeff Siegel.
If you have questions or want more information, contact:
Jeff Siegel
Hardware Peripherals
Market Segment Manager
sieg at pistons
415-336-4276
Third Party SBus Add-on options:
Products are listed by the following application areas:
I. Parallel/Serial/IO
II. Bus Adapters
III. Graphics/Display
IV. IEEE 488 Interfaces (GPIB)
V. Coprocessors
VI. Scanner/Printer Interfaces
VII. LAN/WAN/Networking
VIII. Disk Con805itrollers
IX. Modems/Facsimile
X. Industrial I/O (A-D, digital I/O)
XI. Memory
XII. Developer Enabling Products
(prototype boards, test boards, interface chips)
XIII. MiL-STD Interface
XIV. DSP Systems
XV. Voice/Speech
XVI. DR-11W Interface
XVII. Consulting Services
Sun Microsystems makes no recommendation as to the suitability of a
product from a particular vendor for a given application. Sun
Microsystems has not qualified or reviewed any claims made about product
features or functions, and is not responsible for their accuracy. No
vendor is authorized to act as an agent of Sun Microsystems or to commit
Sun in any way concerning Sun's products and their functionality,
availability, or price.
I. Parallel/Serial/IO
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Agile Systems 2100SP, 2 serial, 1 parallel $395 August 90
Bob May
(608)274-6880 4000SS, 4 serial ports $395 August 90
Fax:(608)274-6867
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Antares Microsystems Parallel Port $295 now
Alex Chan
415-965-4326 8 channel serial controller $945 July 90
Fax:(415)964-2027 Cable management box option $150 now
Email antares at cup.portal.com
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Aurora Technologies 210S 2 Serial, 1 parallel $595 now
Dennis Daudelin
617-577-1288
Fax:(617)621-0265 4 serial ports $795 July 90
8 serial ports $1495 now
Email:auratek!daudelin at uunet.UU.NET
10S 1 Parallel port $395 now
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Baydel Ltd. SMLB8 8 serial ports $1350 now (pounds)
Tony Bedingfield 1 parallel port
(Surrey England)
Tel: 011 44 372 378811 SMLB16 16 serial ports $1665 now (pounds)
FAX: 011 44 372 386960 1 parallel port
SMPB24 24 serial ports $2645 now (pounds)
2 parallel ports
SMPB32 32 serial ports $3395 now (pounds)
2 parallel ports
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Berkeley Camera Eng. SBusDSP-56X 27 Bits Parallel August 90
Mike Peck 2 serial controller
(415)886-4609
Fax:(415)643-7629
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CoSYSTEMS CoALM-S4 4 Serial ports $295 now
Peter Behan with full modem
(408)734-2208 Added expansion with CoALM-S4E
Fax:(408)734-2493
CoALM-S8 8 serial ports $995 now
with full modem
Email:amd at cosys@support
CoALM-S8P 8 serial ports with $1095 August 90
full modem, 1 Centronics port
CoPIO-S 1 Bidirectional $495 August 90
Centronics port
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Danford Corp SPPE-6500, 4 serial ports $1595 now
Jay Healey and 1 Parallel port
213-514-9334
SEU-6900, 8 serial ports $1695 August 90
Fax 213-831-0454
HPPP-6100 1 Parallel port August 90
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Helios Systems High performance 8 port serial, October 90
(408)432-0292 1 port parallel
Fax:(408)943-1309
Gordon Meyer
e-mail helios-mktg at cup.portal.com
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GNP Computers DE-1 8 port serial, 1 port parallel $1500 July 90
Ken Kalb in external chassis
75-38.4 Kbaud per port
(818)577-4252
Fax:(818)577-4263 8+1 card 8 additional serial $500 July 90
ports, 1 parallel port
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Mars Microsystems 8 serial ports $875 now
412-934-1040 1 parallel port
Brian Rosen
Fax:(412)934-1060
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Sigma Information SCC-SBM8, 8 Port Async Serial $945 May 90
Dick Bravo card (40-50 Kbytes/sec total
714-632-0474 aggregate throughput)
Fax:(714)630-5417
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Solarix Systems APP1 High performance $395 now
(formally Able Tech.) Centronics interface
(415)659-1544
Fax:(415)226-0781
Pam Slone
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Texas Microsystems SSC-80, 8 port serial mux $995 now
713-933-8050
Fax:(713)933-1029 SPC-60, Parallel Port $495 now
Mike Bosworth
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II. Bus Adapters
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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AMAX SBus-SBus Expansion August 90
(818)-300-8828 Up to 6 slots and
Fax:(818)282-9992 SCSI expansion
Johnathan Kong
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Bit 3 Computer Model 466 SBus-A32/B32 VME adapter $1995 now
SBus card + 6U VME card
Merle Lonnon
Model 464 SBus-Multibus adaptor $1580 now
SBus card + Multibus card
(612)881-6955
Fax:(612)881-9674 Model 465 SBus-Qbus adaptor $2695 July 90
SBus card plus quad Qbus card
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Performance SBus-VME adapter September 90
Technologies Single slot SBus card Contact vendor
716-586-6727 80 pin shielded cable for pricing
Fax:(716)586-6707 connected to 6u VME card
Don Turrell
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III. Graphics/Display
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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AMAX Color or Mono Graphics Frame Buffer July 90
(818)-300-8828 1280 X 1024; 8 bit color + 2
Fax:(818)282-9992 1152 X 900; 8 bit color + 2
Johnathan Kong 1024 X 768; 8 bit color + 2
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Megatek Sigma 30 3D graphics $9000 September 90
Tel: (619)455-5590 accelerator, 300k 2D vectors/ including software
Fax: (619)453-7603 sec., 200k 3D vectors/sec.
Bill Hodge 20k shaded ploygons/sec.
E-Mail: uunet!megatek!hodge
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RasterOps 24 bit Color Frame $4995; now
408-562-4200 buffer; video-in option
Fax:(408)562-4065 also available
Patrick Sweeney
TC-PIP Live full motion video $6995 May 90
in a window (includes 24 bit
frame buffer)
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IV. IEEE 488 Interfaces
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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IOtech SB488 SBus-IEEE488 $995 now
Dan Lucarini controller
216-439-4091
Fax:(216)439-4093
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National Instruments GPIB (IEEE-488) $995 August 90
(512) 794-0100 interface
Fax:(512)794-5569
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V. Coprocessors
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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CSP Inc. Supercard i860 vector processor Contact Vendor
Geoff Cohler with 80 MFLOPS performance
(617)272-6020 and 16 MB RAM
Fax:(508)663-0150
Email:{apollo,ascway,decvax}!cspi!geof
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Meiko Scientific SBus Computing Surface $5950; now
North America: interface for connectivity
Brad Bradley to Intel i860, Inmos T800,
617-890-7676 graphic output, and image
UK and Europe: and signal processing systems
David Barr using parallel processing
44(0)454 616171 and I/O
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Puzzle Systems SYNERGY: 386 DOS coprocessor $1995 July 90
Jim Leslie single width SBus, VGA
408-779-9909 support; MS Windows 3.0
FAX 408-778-1346 support; performance
at ~16Mhz 386sx
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Sky Computer SBus i860 co-processor Contact vendor
(508) 250-1920
Fax:(508)250-0036
Cimarron Boozer
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VI. Scanner/Printer Interfaces
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Microtek Labs SBus scanner interface Contact vendor
(213)321-2121
Fax:(213)538-1193
Rosemary Albin
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Texas Microststems Differential Versatec interface $795 June 90
Mike Bosworth
(800)627-8700
Fax:(713)933-1029
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Versatec Interface to Versatec 8510 August 90
(408)988-2800 CADmate plotter
Fax:(408)970-0287
Lily Lee Louie
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VII. LAN/WAN/Networking
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Antares Microsystems 2nd Ethernet Controller $395 August 90
Alex Chan
415-965-4326
Fax:(415)964-2027
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Brixton Systems 3270, LU0, SNA IP gateway, October 90
Herbert Rush 37xx termainal and printer
(617)497-2938 support, SunNet Mgr. support
FAX:(617)876-2523
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Helios- W. Germany AppleTalk interface $1700 now
Jens-Uwe Mager
Phone: +49 511 3681093
FAX: +49 511 3681095
uucp: jum at helios.de or
unido!heliosd!jum
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Information Appletalk interface card $595 July 90
Presentation Tech.(IPT) IPT-230/A
Olivia Fauela
(818)347-7791
Fax:(818)992-5580
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Legato Systems Inc. Network accelerator Contact vendor
(415) 329-7880 (accelerates NFS writes)
Fax:(415)329-8898
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Themis Computer TCSBUS X.25 X.25 Contoller September 90
(415)734-0870 T1/CEPT Data rates, on board
Fax:(415)734-0873 processor, SUNOS compatable Contact vendor
Bill Kehret for pricing
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VIII. Disk Controllers
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Antares Microsystems 2nd SCSI Controller $495 now
Alex Chan
415-965-4326
Fax:(415)964-2027
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IX. Modems/Facsimile
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Antares Microsystems Fax Modem Contact vendor
Alex Chan
415-965-4326
Fax:(415)964-2027
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Helios Systems X-tend Netmodem/Fax board November 90
(408)432-0292 H/W and S/W solution for
Fax:(408)943-1309 voice, data and fax
Gordon Meyer
e-mail helios-mktg at cup.portal.com
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JTS Computer Systems Data Compression/Decompression August 90
Joe Strul using CCITT group 3 & Group 4
(416)665-8910
Fax:(416)665-8258
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Xecom NewPort SB Fax/Data (9.6 Kbaud August 90
408-945-6640 Fax, 2.4 Kbaud data modem) Contact vendor
Fax:(408)942-1346 for pricing
Allen Gregory NewPort SB 2400MNP5 2400 baud October 90
data modem
NewPort SB 9600 Fax Group 3 October 90
send/recieve Fax modem
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X. Industrial I/O
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Haft Technology High speed digital I/O DIO $650
011 81 298 644848 Software driver $320
FAX: same as above October 90
Mr. Imura
(Japan)
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Texas Microsystems A to D converter July 90
(800)627-8700
Fax:(713)933-1029 SDC-90 Digital I/O Card $495 July 90
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XI. Memory
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Texas Memory Systems 2 GB shared access RAM memory August 90
(713)771-8200
Fax:(713)771-8187
Dan Blair
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XII. Enabling Products, Services
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Dawn VME DPS-1, Prototype Board with $995 now
Fred Hirsch LSI DMA Controller
415-657-4444
Fax:(415)657-3274
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LSI Logic L64853 SBus DMA Controller $49; 10 days ARO
408-433-7256
Sue Carlson
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Sigma Information SSB-SB96, Buffered extender $495 now
Dick Bravo card; typically used for
714-632-0474 product development, testing,
Fax:(714)632-5417 factory repair of SBus cards.
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XIII. MiL-STD Interface
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Engineering Design SBus 1553 Interface Board $7900 July 90
Team (Military interface std)
(503) 690-1234
David Lowry
Fax:(503)690-1243
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XIV. DSP Systems
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Ariel S-56 DSP Co-Processor $1495 September 90
Les Listwa (Motorola 56001)
(201)249-2900
Fax:(201)249-2123 S-56X DSP 56001 with custom $1995 September 90
serial & parallel I/O
(NeXT compatable DSP Port)
Email ama at master.ariel.com
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XV. Voice/Speech Systems
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Command Corp. Voice Recognition System Contact Vendor
Bob Adams
(404)925-7950
Fax:(404)925-7924
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XVI. DR-11W Interface
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Engineering Design DR-11W Interface $1500 now
Team
Dave Lowry
(503)690-1234
Fax:(503)690-1243
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IKON DR-11W Interface Contact Vendor
Bill Waddington
(206)728-6465
Fax:(206)728-1633
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XVII. Consulting Services
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Graceline Design Inc. PCB design service; high now custom quote
Marsha Gilliland density SMD specialists
(408)746-0707
Fax:(408)746-2704
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Highgate Design Xilinx digital design now custom quote
Rocky Awalt (LCA) specialists
(408)255-7160
Fax:(408)255-7162
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Mesa Ridge SBus HW, SW, Firmware Available now;
Technologies engineering custom quote
Ed Romascan
619-457-0769
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PAC Technology GmbH SBus Hardware/software now custom quote
Andreas Jankowsky consulting/engineering
Tel. 011 49 30 213-9200
FAX 011 49 30 213-9155
e-mail uucp: mcvax!unido!tub!janky at pac.uucp
(Germany)
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