---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SBus Developers List SunFLASH Vol 26 #23 February 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a list of publicly announced SBus Developers and their products. It is maintained by Sun's SBus product manager, Jeff Siegel, sieg@sun.com. -johnj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The current list of SBus developers has grown to 186 products or services from 89 vendors. 120 of these are currently shipping. 52 new additions have been made since the last time the list was published. Enclosed, please find the most recent update as of February 26, 1991. Highlights that have been added to the list since the last update of November 9, 1990: US ADDITIONS SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: SBE, Inc. SB-100 FDDI interface (100Mbps) SB-302 High speed syncronous serial controller Verbex Voice Systems Converstional voice I/O module Praxsys Technologies 386 DCP 386 DOS co-processor Zycad XP-100 Simulation accelerator Dolphin Scientific Interface to desktop signal processor (450 MFLOPS) Engineering Design Team S16D High speed 16 bit I/O interface Sigma Information SBM9 8 Port Async Serial Port expander Interactive Computer PenPoint SBus Light Pen Frame Relay Technology X.25 Access T1/E1 Frame Relay Access T1/E1 Nextech AISC 812 analog acquisition board AISC 1612 analog acquisition board Telephoto Comm. Inc. Alice-S Near real time JPEG compression board Ultraview SBAT32 SBus Anomaly Trigger Analyx Systems Inc. SA1618 16 bit A to D converter Ceram Inc. T/S-4000 Turboswap FAST swap device T/S-8000 Turboswap FAST swap device Advanced Logical Design ALD-1S Bus preprocessor Catalyst Semiconductor SBus DMA Controller ViGRA VS-30 Telephone interface card Dawn VME SBusXB2-R Extender Card Integrix SFB-220 Color frame buffer SFB 100 Mono frame buffer SFB 120 Mono frame buffer Agile Systems 2110 serial/parallel expander (RS-232/422) GNP Computers DEI-2 Serial/Parallel expander DEI-3 Serial/Parallel expander LSI Logic L64853A High Performance SBus DMA Controller Solflower Computer Inc. SFVME-200 SBus to VME Bus 9U Link Surf Software SBus, SPARC, Unix device driver consulting Kesa Corporation SBus consulting services Sun Microsystem Inc. X1008 Serial Parallel Controller X218A VideoPix Video Input Card X450 2nd Ethernet Controller X1055 SCSI host adaptor card X1130A SBus Printer Card EUROPEAN ADDITIONS SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: RISCNET AG ISDN Interface card (Switzerland) SLink ISDN-Gateway Application Bundle IEEE 802.4/Token Bus card (MAP 3.0 interface) Loughborough Sound SDSP-30 DSP Board (UK) Digital Imaging Systems DIS3000 SBus Image Processor (UK) HSP (France) S-HSP SBus adaptor to Transputer world BinTec Computersysteme ISI/Board S Intelligent ISDN controller GmbH (Germany) PAC Technology GmbH RS485 Serial communications controller (Germany) ICON ADDITIONS SINCE THE LAST UPDATE: RADLogic Pty Ltd 200 MFLOPs Matrix Coprocessor (Australia) F.M.C. Co. (Japan) 13020-ADS 16 Bit A to D, D to A converter PULTEK Co. (Japan) Compression Master SBus compression/decompression TELECOMET (Japan) SPARCFax Fax Server System NIPPON TECHNO LAB.,Inc GP-SUSBU SBus GPIB (IEEE-488) interface (Japan) Kurashiki Bouseki Corp K-IS-A42/G SBus Image scanner (A4-B5 size paper) K-IS-A32/G SBus Image scanner (A3-B5 size paper) 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. 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 questions or want more information, contact: Jeff Siegel Hardware Peripherals Market Segment Manager sieg@sun.com 415-336-4276 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Third Party SBus Developments as of February 26, 1991. Products are listed by the following application areas: I. Parallel/Serial/IO II. Bus Adapters III. Graphics/Display/Video IV. Instrumentation Interfaces V. Coprocessors VI. I/O Devices and Interfaces VII. LAN/WAN/Networking VIII. Storage and Disk Controllers IX. Modems/Facsimile X. Industrial I/O (A-D,D-A, digital I/O) XI. Memory XII. Developer Enabling Products (prototype boards, bus analysers, interface chips) XIII. MiL-STD Interface XIV. DSP Systems XV. Audio, Voice, and Speech Systems 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 ---------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ---------------- Agile Systems 2100SP, 2 serial, 1 parallel $395 now Bob May 2110SP, 1 RS-232C, 1 RS-422 $495 now (608)274-6880 1 parallel port Fax:(608)274-6867 4000SS, 4 serial ports $395 April 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antares Microsystems SPB-3100 Parallel Port $295 now Alex Chan 415-965-4326 SBC-320 8 channel serial mux $945 now Fax:(415)964-2027 Cable management box option $150 now Email antares@cup.portal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurora Technologies 210S 2 Serial, 1 parallel $595 now Susan Longo 617-577-1288 Fax:(617)621-0265 400S 4 serial ports $795 now Email:auratek!daudelin@uunet.UU.NET 800S 8 serial ports $1495 now 1600S 16 serial ports $1995 now 400S+ 4 serial SYNC ports $995 now 800S+ 8 serial SYNC ports $1695 now 10S 1 Parallel port $395 now ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baydel Ltd. SMLB8 8 serial ports $945 now (pounds) Jim Bailey 1 parallel port (Surrey England) Tel: 011 44 372 378811 SMLB16 16 serial ports $1165 now (pounds) FAX: 011 44 372 386960 1 parallel port SMPB24 24 serial ports $1850 now (pounds) 2 parallel ports, with SCSI expansion capabiliity SMPB32 32 serial ports $2085 now (pounds) 2 parallel ports, with SCSI expansion capability ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CoSYSTEMS CoALM-S4 4 Serial ports $295 now Steve Martinez 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@cosys@support CoALM-S8P 8 serial ports with $1095 now full modem, 1 Centronics port CoPIO-S 1 Bidirectional $495 now Centronics port ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Danford Corp SPPE-6500, 4 serial ports $1395 now Jay Healey and 1 Parallel port 213-514-9334 SEU-6900, 8 serial ports $1495 now Fax 213-831-0454 SCU-6400 4 serial ports $995 March 91 HPPP-6100 1 Parallel port $595 now ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eltek Information Sys. SB-1040 8 port serial 1 parallel April 91 Albert Lin (Contact vendor) (408)727-7785 SB-1030 Centronics interface $295 March 91 Fax:(408)727-6059 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F.M.C. Co. 16010-CNS Available now Mr. Mizusawa Centronics 8 bit parallel Contact vendor for 81-426-75-5402 interface (Bi-directional) pricing outside Japan Fax:81-426-75-5462 (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haft Technology HS-SIO4 Avalible now 81-298-56-5588 4 port serial expander Contact vendor for FAX:81-298-56-5587 supports up to 19.2 kbaud pricing outside of Mr. Imamura Japan (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helios Systems DynaPort High performance 8 $750-$1995 April 91 (408)432-0292 port serial, 1 port parallel Fax:(408)943-1309 expander. 64 Kbps performance Gordon Meyer e-mail helios-mktg@cup.portal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IKON 10106 DMA Centronics interface $640 now Bill Waddington 206-728-6465 Fax:206-728-1633 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GNP Computers DE-1 8 port serial, 1 port parallel $1500 now Ken Kalb in external chassis, 8-32 ports (818)577-4252 are supported from 75-38.4 Kbaud per port Fax:(818)577-4263 DEI-2 Serial/Parallel expander $9995 now SPARCstation 1+ motherboard and up to 34 serial ports and 4 parallel ports as a bundled system. DEI-3 Serial/Parallel expander April 91 SPARCstation 2 motherboard (Contact vendor) and up to 34 serial ports and 4 parallel ports as a bundled system. 8+1 card 8 additional serial $500 now ports, 1 parallel port 6 port 2400 baud Modem Board May 91 with direct phone line connection (Contact vendor) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mars Microsystems 8 serial ports $875 now 412-934-1040 1 parallel port Brian Rosen Fax:(412)934-1060 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitsui-Zosen System Giken Co., Ltd. (7531CentroSBus) Available now Mr. Goka 2 RS-232C ports Contact vendor for 81-3-3544-3455 1 Centronics port price outside of Japan Fax:81-3-3544-3816 (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAC Technology GmbH RS485 Serial communications March 91 Andreas Jankowsky controller. Provides the (Contact vendor) +49 30 342 00 31 various protocols that make up FAX+49 30 341 07 99 RS 485, such as the ProfiBus. email:mcvax!unido!tub!pac!janky (Germany) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sigma Information SBM8, 8 Port Async Serial $945 now Dick Bravo card (40-50 Kbytes/sec total (702)597-5111 aggregate throughput) Fax:(702)597-1017 SBM9 8 Port Async Serial Port $1053 now Expander, with 1 parallel port all ports running DMA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solarix Systems APP1 High performance $295 now (formally Able Tech.) Centronics interface (415)659-1544 Fax:(415)226-0781 AMP-8 8 port serial controller $795 April 91 Pam Slone ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Microsystems X1008 Serial Parallel Controller $1095 now Local Sales office Provides 8 additional Async (415)960-1300 serial ports, and 1 parallel Fax(415)969-9131 port per each SBus slot (Main numbers) Up to 38.4Kbaud per port. X1130A SBus Printer Card supports $1195 now 1 dedicated video interface to (with Newsprint) the Sun SPARCprinter, and 1 bi-directional parallel port. Support dual DMA, so both ports can be used simultaneously. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas Microsystems SSC-80, 8 port serial mux $995 now 713-933-8050 or (800)627-8700 SPC-60, Parallel Port $395 now Fax:(713)933-1029 Tim Taylor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Bus Adapters ----------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ----------------- Augment Systems AL200 Fiber Optic Bus Link August 91 Frank Baker supports conection between SBus (Contact vendor) (617)271-0230 and a wide range of other buses (Fax:(617)275-4461 including VME. > 20 MByte/sec. transfer, link range from 6-6000 feet Augment Link Workbench software also available. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurora Technologies SBox SBus expansion unit $2195 March 91 Susan Longo 4 additional slots, slave 617-577-1288 only devices are supported Fax:617-621-0265 email:auratek!daudelin@uunet.UU.NET ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 now SBus card plus quad Qbus card ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Integrix Model 100 SBus-SBus Expansion $1950 March 91 (818)-300-8828 Up to 6 slots and Fax:(818)282-9992 SCSI expansion Johnathan Kong (formally AMAX) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Instruments SB-200 SBus to VME adaptor $3300 now (512)794-0100 Fax:(512)794-5569 John Graff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Performance SBus-VME adapter $2395 now Technologies Single slot SBus card 716-586-6727 80 pin shielded cable Fax:(716)586-6707 connected to 6u VME card Don Turrell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solflower Computer Inc. SFVME-100 $2500 Now Kim Vu SBus to VME Bus 6U Link $3500 Now with enclosure 408-456-5055 Burst transfers up to Fax:408-456-0625 20MB/sec. SFVME-200 $2795 now SBus to VME Bus 9U Link $3995 Now with enclosure ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Design Service Co. S-DMAC (SDS-9004) Available now Mr. Nakagawa SBus to Qbus DMA Contact vendor for 81-3-3590-0570 Interface (DR-11WA) pricing outside Japan Fax:81-3-3590-0571 (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas Microsystems 9100 SBus Expansion system $2295 March 91 Tim Taylor Single slot SBus card 800-627-8700 expands to 4 additional SBus or 713-933-8050 slots. SCSI expansion also Fax:713-933-1029 possible ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Graphics/Display ---------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ----------------- AFE Displays S007 8 bit color frame buffer March 91 Peter Evans with graphics acceleration 011 44 21 355 0077 1152X 900 resolution with 2MB Fax:011 44 21 354 2337 Frame Memory (UK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Imaging Systems DIS3000 SBus Image Processor $4-20K (pounds) Tom Dove High performance modular real now 44-633-216-022 time video image processor. Fax44-633-253-252 Up to 2048X2048X24 bit resolution (UK) Optional fast processors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Integrix SFB-200 Color frame buffer $1750 May 91 (formally AMAX) 1152 X 900; 8 bit color + 2 (818)-300-8828 1280 X 1024; 8 bit color + 2 Fax:(818)282-9992 SFB-220 Color frame buffer $1495 May 91 1152 X 900; 8 bit color + 2 1024 X 768; 8 bit color + 2 SFB 100 Mono frame buffer $695 June 91 1152 X 900, 1280 X 1024 SFB 120 Mono frame buffer $595 June 91 1152 X 900, 1024 X 768 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS Co. PFB-2 Available now Mr. Fumiyuki Ueda Full Color Frame Memory Contact vendor for 81-3-3450-8163 with VTR controller pricing outside Fax:81-3-3471-2607 Japan (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Megatek Sigma 30 3D graphics $9000 now 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 X-CELLERATOR/SBus $3500 now X Window System Accelerator Board Fast panning of Pixmaps 1280 x 1024 or 1152 x 900 8 bit color, supports OPEN LOOK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 now in a window (includes 24 bit frame buffer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parallax Graphics XVideo-24SV 2nd Quarter 91 Stu Taylor 24 bit true color frame buffer (408)727-2220 Graphics acceleration, OpenWindows Fax:(408)980-5139 support, image compression optional video output optional. email:UUCP= uunet!parallax!info or info@parallax.com XVideo-8SV 2nd Quarter 91 Black and white real time video in a scalable window. Mono and 8 bit color frame buffer emulation OpenWindows software. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solarix Systems Color Frame Buffer $1495 April 91 (415)659-1544 256 colors from a palette of Fax:(415)226-0781 16.7 million. Supports various Pam Slone resolutions including 1024 X 768 and 1152 X 900 Monochrome Frame Buffer $595 April 91 Supports various resolutions including 1024 X 768 and 1152 X 900 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Microsystems X218A VideoPix H/W and S/W solution $895 now Local sales office to capture, maniputate, store (415)960-1300 and share images over the network. Fax(415)969-9131 Supports 8 and 24 bit color or (Main numbers) greyscale images for use in such areas as EPUBS and multimedia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ViGRA VS-10 Color Display Board $995 March 91 Harry White Support of various resolutions (619)483-1197 from 640 X 480 to 1152 X 900 Fax:(619)483-7531 Drivers included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Instrumentation Interfaces ------------------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------- ----------------- F.M.C. Co. 13010-GPS Available now Mr. Mizusawa IEEE-488 interface Contact vendor for 81-426-75-5402 pricing outside Japan Fax:81-426-75-5462 (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IOtech SB488 SBus-IEEE488 $995 now Dan Lucarini controller 216-439-4091 Fax:(216)439-4093 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Instruments GPIB (IEEE-488) $995 now (512) 794-0100 interface Fax:(512)794-5569 Tim Dehne VXI-SB2020 SBus interface $3700 now directly to VXIbus, software John Graff transperent MXIbus link ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NIPPON TECHNO LAB.,Inc GP-SUSBU Available Now Mr. Muramatsu SBus GPIB Interface Contact vendor for +81-3-3693-5841 (IEEE-488) pricing outside Fax/+81-3-3693-5865 Japan (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Systems Design Service Co. S-GPIB (SDS-9015) Available Now Mr. Nakagawa IEEE-488 interface Contact vendor for 81-3-3590-0570 pricing outside Japan Fax:81-3-3590-0571 (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Coprocessors ---------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Archipel VOLVOX-1/S ~$4000 Now Jean-Marie FEST Parallel transputer environment Contact vendor for 33-50-69-20-58 1-4MB RAM, also has ability to exact pricing Fax:33-50-69-20-65 expand to larger arrary with outside of France (France) connection to seperate chasis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berkeley Camera Eng. REAL-TIME Coprocessor, 13 MIPS $1995 now Michael Peck DSP56001, < 1us latency Driver included (415)613-5113 I/O modules: 16 bits to video from $495 now Fax:(415)733-0461 User definable gate-array I/O Email:mikep@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CSP Inc. Supercard i860 vector processor March 91 Geoff Cohler with 80 MFLOPS performance (Contact vendor) (617)272-6020 and 16 MB RAM Fax:(508)663-0150 Email:{apollo,decvax,know}!cspi!geof ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dolphin Scientific Interface to desktop signal May 91 (213)988-8930 processor, up to 450 MFLOP (Contact vendor) Fax:(213)988-8935 performance, plus analog/ Jack Stuckey digital I/O ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HSP S-HSP SBus adaptor to $1,600 Georges Masarik transputor world. Two full Basic configuration 33-1-30-573113 duplex links, Parsytec/Inmos June 91 Fax33-1-30-435117 compatible (France) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IKOS SBus-IKOS interface $2000 March 91 Sanjay Patel Logic Simulation (408)245-1900 Accelerator Fax:(408)245-6219 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Praxsys Technologies 386 DCP Complete 386 PC June 91 Tripp Blair compatibility with windowed (Contact vendor) 617-551-4225 VGA support, 32 KB cache, single Fax617-551-4326 slot card, integrated DOS/UNIX file system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Puzzle Systems SYNERGY: 386 DOS coprocessor $1995 now Jim Leslie single width SBus, VGA 408-779-9909 support; MS Windows 3.0 FAX 408-778-1346 support; performance at ~16Mhz 386sx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RADLogic Pty Ltd 200 MFLOPs Matrix Coprocessor October 91 Rob Clarke Scalable systolic architecture (Contact vendor) +61-8-260-8935 for floating point matrix Fax+61-8-260-8937 arithmetic. Double width SBus card. email: rclarke@austek.oz (Australia) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky Computer SBus i860/i960 co-processor May 91 (508) 250-1920 (contact vendor) Fax:(508)250-0036 Cimarron Boozer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zycad XP-100 Simulation accelerator $40-95K now Randy Haldeman greatly increases simulation (system with SBus I/F) (415)688-7403 performace for ASIC and systems Fax(415)688-7550 level design. Boosts performance of many CAE simulators. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. I/O Devices and Interfaces ------------------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Advent Systems SBus Scanner Interface $1995 now Geoff Wingar to Fujitsu A3/A4 scanners 011 44 734 784211 or Skantek A0 scanners Fax:011 44 734 772153 Optional S/W for CCITT group 3 (UK) and group 4 compression, TIFF file tranfer and image viewing from user applications --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurora Technologies Firstscan HP Scanjet interface $600 April 91 Susan Longo Works with Aurora's parallel 617-577-1288 expanders. OpenWindows Fax:617-621-0265 toolkit included email:auratek!daudelin@uunet.UU.NET --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IKON 10105 TTL Versatec interface $640 now Bill Waddington 206-728-1633 10104 Differential Veratec $640 now Fax:206-728-1633 interface --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interactive Computer PenPoint SBus Light Pen $695 March 91 Pat Cooper Runs under OS 4.1, and most (714)770-5332 windowing systems including OW Fax(714)770-8137 Includes pen, interface card and drivers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kurashiki Bouseki Corp K-IS-A42/G SBus Image scanner Available now Mr. Sako (400 DPI) for Island(Sun)Write/ Contact vendor for +81-3-3639-7091 Paint/Draw. A4-B5 paper size pricing outside Fax81-3-3639-7099 Japan (Japan) K-IS-A32/G SBus Image scanner Available now (400DPI) for Island(Sun)Write/ Contact vendor Paint/Draw. A3-B5 papaer size for pricing outside Japan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas Microststems Differential Versatec interface $795 now Tim Taylor (800)627-8700 Fax:(713)933-1029 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Versatec Model 116 Versatec Plotter $1200 now (408)988-2800 Interface Fax:(408)970-0287 Lily Lee Louie --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. LAN/WAN/Networking ------------------------ Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Antares Microsystems SBE-120 2nd Ethernet Controller $395 now Alex Chan 415-965-4326 Fax:(415)964-2027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurora Technologies SBus Token Ring interface March 91 Susan Longo 4MB/sec, peer to peer and (contact vendor) 617-577-1288 server environments supported Fax:617-621-0265 Inital support for TCP/IP. email:auratek!daudelin@uunet.UU.NET ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BinTec Computersysteme ISI/Board S Intelligent ISDN May 91 Gregor Krawczuk controller with own processor (Contact vendor) +(49)911/99675-0 for SBus Systems. Supports two Fax +(49)911/6880725 B-Channels of the S0 interface. email:gregor@bintec.de (Germany) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brixton Systems S02404 4 Sync or Async serial $500 now Herbert Rush lines (low speed) (617)497-2938 FAX:(617)876-2523 SM2404 4 Sync or Async serial lines (high speed) $1150 now email:72740.2276@compuserve.com SM2408 8 Sync or Async serial $1150 now lines (low speed) SM3508 8 Sync or Async serial $1900 now lines (high speed) Communications software from Brixton for their SBus solutions: SPU400 37XX Comm. Controller emulator $3000 now SNIP00 TCP/IP over SNA $3000 now SSPD00 SNA Peripheral Device Interface $1500 now SLU200 SNA 3270 emulator $2000 now SNMS00 SunNet Manager Alarms to NetView $3000 now SIPR00 IP Router (Point to Point Protocol) $2000 now SX2500 X.25 $2000 now SL3700 SNA 3770 emulator $2000 now ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eltek Information Sys. SB-1020 Ethernet/Cheapernet $395 now Albert Lin Interface (408)727-7785 Fax:(408)727-6059 AC-1021 Cheapernet Transceiver $145 March 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frame Relay Technology X.25 Access T1/E1 Allows $6,500 July 91 Amir Al Karam exchange of data with public and (714)668-0222 private X.25 packet switching Fax(714)668-0350 networks. Line speed to E1, supports up to 24 DS 0 multi-drop channels, on board CSU/DSU. Frame Relay Access T1/E1 $6,500 July 91 Allows exchange of data with public and private frame relay packet switching networks. Line speed to E1, supports up to 24 DS 0 multi-drop channels, on board CSU/DSU. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frontier Technologies AdCom2-I SBus Communications $2995 March 91 Ann Finkler Controller (414)241-4555 X.25 Controller Fax:(414)241-7084 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GNP Computers 4 port Synchronous Board April 91 Ken Kalb Supports SDLC, HDLC and X.25 (contact vendor) (818)577-4252 protocols at transfer rates up Fax:(818)577-4263 to 100 Kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helios- W. Germany AppleTalk interface including $1700 now Jens-Uwe Mager the following software: Phone: +49 511 3681093 LocalTalk to EtherTalk router FAX: +49 511 3681095 VT320 Terminal emulation for Macintoshes uucp: jum@helios.de LocalTalk printer access with spooling for Sun and Macs or unido!heliosd!jum Printer emulator for Postscript and non-Postscript dev. (Germany) Menu driven setup programs for network and printer setup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information Appletalk interface card $595 now Presentation Tech.(IPT) IPT-230/A Olivia Fauela (818)347-7791 Fax:(818)992-5580 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RISCNET AG ISDN Interface card $4,990 Now Stefan Regniet Two B-channels of 64 kBit/s (-41) 12 12 2442 One D-channel of 16 kBit/s Fax: (-41) 12 21 0984 Drivers and programmer's library (Switzerland) Authorization for public ISDN (local PTTs) necessary by local distributors SLink ISDN-Gateway Application July 91 Bundle based on the SLink ISDN (Contact vendor) interface card, allows TCP-IP internetwork routing by ISDN. Includes a SPARCstation 2, ISDN card and gatewat software. IEEE 802.4/Token Bus card June 91 MAP 3.0 / MMS, includes (Contact vendor) interface card, and software for all layers including the MMS presentation layer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SBE, Inc. SB-100 FDDI interface (100Mbps) August 91 George Prodan Single MAC/single attach (Contact vendor) (415)680-7722 X146 ANSI x3T9.5 compliant station mgt Fax(415)680-1427 "ST" style physical connectors Single slot, master/slave interface Device drivers for SunOS 4.0.3 & above SB-302 High speed syncronous August 91 serial controller. One port (Contact vendor) T1/E1, one port 128Kbps. RS-232, RS-449 and V.35 interfaces supported. X.25, LAP B and WAN software support. Single slot, SunOS 4.0.3 & above. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Microsystems X450 2nd Ethernet Controller $395 now Local sales office Single slot card, supports (415)960-1300 both thick and thin ethernet Fax(415)969-9131 connectors. (Main numbers) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Themis Computer TCSBUS X.25 X.25 Contoller April 91 (415)734-0870 T1/CEPT Data rates, on board (Contact vendor) Fax:(415)734-0873 processor, SUNOS compatable Bill Kehret ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. Disk Controllers ----------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Antares Microsystems SBS-110 2nd SCSI Controller $495 now Alex Chan 415-965-4326 Fax:(415)964-2027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ceram Inc. T/S-4000 Turboswap FAST swap $1495 July 91 Bill Miller device based on 40 MBytes of (719)540-8500 solid state memory. Improves Fax(719)540-8855 swap performance 10,000 fold T/S-8000 Turboswap FAST swap $3025 July 91 devicwe based on 80 MBytes of solid state memory. Improves swap performance 10,000 fold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eltek Information Sys. SB-1010 2nd SCSI Controller $495 now Albert Lin (408)727-7785 Fax:(408)727-6059 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haft Technology HS-SCSI 2nd SCSI Controller Available now Mr. Imamura Contact vendor for 81-298-56-5588 pricing outside FAX:81-298-56-5587 of Japan (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Microsystems X1055 SCSI host adaptor card $495 now Local sales office 8 bit single width card (415)960-1300 supports up to 7 additional SCSI Fax(415)969-9131 devices, and up to 2.6 Gbytes of (Main numbers) data. 5 Mbytes/sec data transfer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. Modems/Facsimile/Compression --------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Antares Microsystems Fax Modem May 91 Alex Chan (Contact vendor) 415-965-4326 Fax:(415)964-2027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aurora Technologies SBus Fax/Modem card June 91 Susan Longo 9600 baud fax, 2400 baud modem (Contact vendor) 617-577-1288 Fax:617-621-0265 email:auratek!daudelin@uunet.UU.NET ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helios Dynacom Fax/Modem $1495-$2695 April 91 (408)432-0292 H/W and S/W solution for Fax:(408)943-1309 voice, data and fax Gordon Meyer e-mail helios-mktg@cup.portal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- JTS Computer Systems Data Compression/Decompression $1950 (US) Tony Walters using CCITT group 3 & Group 4. March 91 (416)665-8910 Scaling also available. Fax:(416)665-8258 email:tony@jtsv16.jts.com (Canada) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PULTEK Co. Compression Master/SBus June 91 Mr. Nobusuke Sasaki Color Image operation of Contact vendor for +81-45-661-3550 compression/decompression pricing outside Fax+81-45-661-3551 Japan (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELECOMET SPARCFax Fax Server System Available now Mr.Witt/Mr. Kusunoki SBus scanner card (bi-directional Contact +81-3-3563-6640 centronics interface) used vendor for price Fax+81-3-3563-6666 with FAX-server Software: outside Japan (Japan) Image Scanning and port scheduling function. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephoto Comm. Inc. Alice-S Near real time JPEG July 91 Dick Capello image commpression and decompression (Contact vendor) (619)452-0903 8 and 24 bit color images supported Fax(619)792-0075 Openwindows application email:ucsd!telephot!alice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xecom NewPort SB Fax/Data (9.6 Kbaud $1499 now 408-945-6640 Fax, 2.4 Kbaud data modem) Fax:(408)942-1346 David Chase NewPort SB 2400MNP5 2400 baud $599 now data modem NewPort SB 9600 Fax Group 3 $1199 now send/recieve Fax modem NewPort SB Fax/Data/Centronics $1899 June 91 Card ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- X. Industrial I/O ------------------ Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Analyx Systems Inc. SA1618 16 bit A to D converter $2495 June 91 Barbara Sacks 18 bit D to A converter. High (415)656-8017 speed data acquisition and control (415)657-0927 system. Can continuously acquire and output streams of analog data without real-time CPU intervention. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Engineering Design Team S16D High speed 16 bit $1750 now David Lowry continuous data I/O interface (503)690-1234 Supports 10 MB/sec transfer Fax(503)690-1243 up to 50 feet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- F.M.C. Co. 13010-ADS Available now Mr. Mizusawa 12 bit A to D, D to A Contact vendor for 81-426-75-5402 Converter pricing outside Japan Fax:81-426-75-5462 (Japan) 13020-ADS 16 Bit Available now A to D, D to A converter Contact vendor for price outside Japan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haft Technology HS-DIO High speed digital I/O Available now 81-298-56-5588 Contact vendor for FAX:81-298-56-5587 pricing outside of Mr. Imamura Japan (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nextech AISC 812 analog acquisition June 91 Yvan Balisoni board provides 8 analog inputs (Contact vendor) 33-83983552 in 12 bit words for digital 33-83980754 processing. Allows 50khz (France) acquisition frequency. AISC 1612 analog acquisition June 91 board provides 16 analog inputs (Contact vendor) in 12 bit words for digital processing. Allows 50khz acquisition frequency. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas Microsystems A to D converter $895 April 91 (800)627-8700 Fax:(713)933-1029 SDC-90 Digital I/O Card $495 April 91 Tim Taylor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XI. Memory ----------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas Memory Systems SAM-1000 8 GB shared access $2000 June 91 (713)771-8200 RAM memory Fax:(713)771-8187 Dan Blair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XII. Enabling Products, Services --------------------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Advanced Logical ALD-1S Bus preprocessor $995 May 91 Design Inc. connects bus signals to HP John Keenan logic analyser family. (408)446-1004 Termination and software included. Fax(408)446-1079 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalyst Semiconductor SBus DMA Controller August 91 Dave Daugherty (contact vendor) (512)346-8700 Fax(512)346-0421 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn VME DPS-1, Prototype Board with $995 now Fred Hirsch LSI DMA Controller with S/W 415-657-4444 Fax:(415)657-3274 EP-1 Single wide proto card $99 now EP-2 Double wide proto card $139 now EP-3 Triple wide proto card $159 now SBusXB2-P Extender Card $195 now SBusXB2-R Extender Card $195 now ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haft Technology HS-UNI Universal Board Available Now Mr. Imamura Double Wide Prototyping Contact vendor for 81-298-56-5588 Board pricing outside Japan Fax:81-298-56-5587 (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LSI Logic L64853 SBus DMA Controller $49; 10 days ARO 408-433-7250 Fax:(408)433-7447 L64853A High Performance SBus $65 2 weeks ARO Sue Carlson DMA+ Controller ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sigma Information SB96, Buffered extender $495 now Dick Bravo card; typically used for 702-597-5111 product development and testing Fax702-597-1017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultraview SBAT32 SBus Anomaly Trigger $1995 June 91 Joel Libove Screens all SBus lines for (415)657-9501 violations, finds latent non- Fax(415)657-0927 compliances, has connectors for pass-through and connection to various logic analysers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XIII. MiL-STD Interface ----------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Engineering Design SBus 1553 Interface Board $7900 now Team (Military interface std) (503) 690-1234 David Lowry Fax:(503)690-1243 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XIV. DSP Systems ---------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Ariel S-56 DSP Co-Processor $1495 now Les Listwa (Motorola 56001) (201)249-2900 Fax:(201)249-2123 S-56X DSP 56001 with custom $1995 now serial & parallel I/O (NeXT compatable DSP Port) Email ama@master.ariel.com S-32C AT&T WE-DSP32C $2995 now Co-Processor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loughborough Sound SDSP-30 DSP Board June 91 Images Ltd. TI TMS320C30 based co-processor (Contact vendor) Dave Walsh stereo analog I/O on a 011-509-231843 daughtercard, .5MEG words SRAM Fax 011-509-262433 (UK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sonitech SPIRIT30-SBus $3995 April 91 John Collins TMS320C30 based DSP Co-Processor (617)235-6824 Fax:(617)235-2531 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XV. Audio, Voice, and Speech Systems ------------------------------------ Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Ariel ProPort Dual Channel Audio $1295 now Les Listwa Interface Analog I/O interface (201)249-2900 Fax:(201)249-2123 Digital Microphone also available Email ama@master.ariel.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital Video Communications Inc. CD-I $6500 Now John Hight System for Compact Disc 202-965-7800 Interactive (CD-I) production Fax:202-625-0210 Connection is to a Philips email:hight@capital.Com CD-I player, and software is included or sun!sundc!capital!hight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Command Corp. Voice Recognition System September 91 Bob Adams (Contact vendor) (404)925-7950 Fax:(404)925-7924 email:gacc!rea@sunatl.East ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verbex Voice Systems Converstional voice I/O module June 91 Mike Perkons capable of recognizing (Contact vendor) (908)225-5225 continuous natural speech. Fax(908)225-7764 Language independent, synthetic speech response option, S/W API availavble. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ViGRA VS-20 Stereo Hi-Fi Audio April 91 Harry White interface using Motorola (Contact vendor) (619)483-1197 56001 Fax:(619)483-7531 VS-30 Telephone interface card July 91 Provides 2 direct telephone (Contact vendor) line connections to on board digital signal processor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XVI. DR-11W Interface --------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Engineering Design DR-11W Interface $1500 now Team Dave Lowry (503)690-1234 Fax:(503)690-1243 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IKON 10103 DR-11W Interface June 91 Bill Waddington (Contact vendor) (206)728-6465 Fax:(206)728-1633 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- XVII. Consulting Services -------------------------- Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ----------------- Agile Systems Custom SBus H/W and S/W now custom quote Bob May design services (608)274-6880 Fax:(608)274-6867 (Madison, WI.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arrow PC Design PCB design service now custom quote Steve Roland (408)435-1500 (San Jose, CA.) Fax:(408)435-1623 (206)486-4043 (Seattle WA. area) Fax:(206)486-3216 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Design Solutions, Inc. PCB design service now custom quote Sean O'Neil 805-964-7525 Fax:805-967-5716 (Santa Barbara, CA.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Graceline Design Inc. PCB design service; high now custom quote Marsha Gilliland density SMD specialists (408)746-0707 Fax:(408)746-2704 (Sunnyvale, CA.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haft Technology SBus device driver and now custom quote 81-298-56-5588 Boot Prom consulting service FAX:81-298-56-5587 Mr. Imamura (Japan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Highgate Design Xilinx digital design now custom quote Rocky Awalt (LCA) specialists (408)255-7160 Fax:(408)255-7162 (San Jose, CA.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kesa Corporation SBus consulting services now custom quote Dennis Wantzelius 408-748-1814 Fax(408)748-0664 email:dennis@kesa.com (Sunnyvale, CA.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mesa Ridge Surface Mount, thru-hole PCB now custom quote Technologies design. SBus H/W, S/W, Ed Romascan firmware engineering 619-457-0769 (San Diego, CA.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@pac.uucp (Germany) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surf Software SBus, SPARC, Unix device now custom quote Terry Alan Braschi driver consulting services (408)429-1811 Fax(408)429-1258 (Santa Cruz, CA.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu and paris.cs.miami.edu. 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