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To all who requested a copy of this information:
	Here is a preliminary copy of the information on DSP boards that I 
have received information on that work with Sun's Sparc workstations.  I am 
sure that this list is far from complete and most likely does contain 
inadvertant errors, but it is as accurate as I could make it with the 
information I had available.  If you see any error in this list, or if you
know of any boards that should be added to this list, please let me know
about them.
			Thank you,
			David Pepper
			dpepper@thumper.bellcore.com

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Board Name: VS-20
Type of Board: Stereo DSP Sbus card
Company: Vigra (619) 483-1197
Price: ~$1,500
Availability: April 1991
Features:  DSP Processor: 56001
	   A/D -- D/A: 2 channel linear device (16 bit input, 18 bit output)
	   Comments:  Available sampling rates are only 
		      32 KHz, 44.1, or 48KHz.  Push to get this
		      board out before the VS-30 (below).  The
		      tool kit that is provided with the board
		      runds under OpenWindows.
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Board Name:  VS-30
Type of Board:  SBus Dual Channel Telephone Signal Processor
Company:  Vigra  (619) 483-1197
Price: ~$1,500
Availability:  June 1991
Features:  DSP Processor:  56001
	   A/D -- D/A:  2 channel linear device (#bits TBD)
			Probably only 8kHz sampling rate.
	   Comments:  Has two independent telephone connections on
	     board.  Does speech data Compression.
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Board Name:  SKY Challenger
Type of Board:  VME-Bus DSP board
Company:  SKY Computers
Price: ??
Availability:  ??
Features:  DSP Processor:  2 TMS320C30
	   A/D -- D/A: ??
	   Comments: 
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board Name:  SKYstation
Type of Board:  DSP vectorizing accelerator for sparc workstations
                Uses SCSI port (pizza box).
Company:  SKY Computers  (508) 256-1626
Price: $10K and up (depends on amount of memory required)
Availability:  Now.
Features:  DSP Processor:  I860/960
	   A/D -- D/A:  None.
	   Comments:  Vectorizing C and FORTRAN compilers available.
	     Math library (hand coded) also available.  Company also
	     makes VME cards with similar features.
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Board Name:  ??
Type of Board:  SCSI DSP board
Company:  Brent Townshend  (514) 289-8715 (home)
Price:  approx $1,500
Availability:  Sample board available mid May
Features:  DSP Processor: DSP-32C  (also has a 68000 on board)
	   A/D -- D/A:  AES-EBU interface  (DAT interface)
	   Comments:  Can used AT&T's DSP-32DS debugging tools with the
	     board.  DSP only has on chip memory (2Kx32).  Card has
	     2 Meg of RAM.  Can load user software on the DSP itself.
	     Board acts as a "SCSI Tape Drive" to the UNIX machine
	     (standard drivers).
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Board Name:  SURFboard
Type of Board:  VME DSP board
Company:  AT&T  (Louis Rosa 908-582-5667 or Jim Snyder  surf@research.att.com)
Price:  $10K
Availability:  Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  6 DSP-32C's organized as 2 sets of 3 processors
                           (input, output, central -- can be configured)
	   A/D -- D/A:  None.  Suggest use of the Ariel ProPort VME board.
	   Comments:  Multiple boards can be chained together.  Central
	     DSP's both have access to a 1Mbyte DRAM which is also the
	     interface to the VMEbus.  Input and output DSP's only have
	     the (on chip?) 2Kx32 memory.  Central DSP also have 256Kbytes
	     of local SRAM.
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Board Name:  SPIRIT-30
Type of Board:  33 MFLOP Application Accelerator -- SBus
Company:  Sonitech International Inc. (617) 235-6824
Price:  $8,995  ($9,795 for the 40 MFLOP board)
Availability: Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  TMS320C30
	   A/D -- D/A:  Optional Serial port box (extra $1795)
			IC-100-1  16 bit single channel @ 100kHz
			or, DSP/AIB-1:  A/D 2 ch., D/A 1 ch., user
			selectable sampling rate up to 20 kHz with
			on board anti-aliasing filters and a telephone
			handset interface ($495 + $75 for power supply
			option).  
			New stereo audio and telephone interface card (1-22)
			for $695 comes complete with SW library and demo
			programs. ($595 w/o telephone I/O). 16 bit @ 48kHz.
	   Comments:  Other options for the A/D/A system are available
		      Filter modules are extra.  Board runs the SPOX
		      operating system.  All of their boards are code
		      compatible with each other (PC and SUNS and VME).  SBus
		      board is memory mapped to the sun.
		      Boards are also available wo/ the C-complier
		      for less money.
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Board Name:  Banshee\VME
Type of Board:  VME bus DSP accelerator card
Company:  Atlanta Signal Processors, Inc.
Price:  start at $4,995
Availability:  March 1991
Features:  DSP Processor:  TMS320C30
	   A/D -- D/A:  available as a separate daughter board
	   Comments:  Not specifically designed to run in a Sun/Sparc
		      environment.  Programming tools can be used through
		      any PC-compatible computer (separate debugging port).
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Board Name:  S-32C
Type of Board:  SBus Accelerator Board
Company:  Ariel  (Steve Curtin src@ariel.com)
Price:  $2,995  ($5,795 with C compiler)
Availability: Orders being taken now.
Features:  DSP Processor: AT&T DSP-32C  50MHz (Floating Point)
                          256 Kby to 4 Mby SRAM
	   A/D -- D/A:  Interfaces with Ariel's ProPort & Digital Microphone
			(DM-N $595.00; ProPort = $1,295)
	   Comments:  The ProPort is a dual channel 16-bit A/D, 20 bit D/A
		      add on box which has 7 crystal controlled sample
		      rates from 8 to 96 kHz (including 48, 44.1, & 32).
		      This device is in a separate box which attaches to
		      the "NeXT compatible port" on the DSP board.
		      Note:  The digital microphone (DM-N) is for input only.
		      Minimum s/n of 90dB.  Entropic is porting Waves+ for
		      use with this board.
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Board Name: S-56 / S-56X
Type of Board:  SBus Accelerator Board
Company:  Ariel  (board was designed by Berkeley Camera Engineering)
Price: $2,495 / $2,995
Availability:  Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  Motorola 56001 (Integer)
	   A/D -- D/A:  Digital Microphone or ProPort (see above)
	   Comments:  The S-56X has a Xilinx Gate Array for special
		      purpose I/O.  (1.2 Mby/sec transfer rate using
		      the S-56X, w/ ~3ms latency at DMA page boundaries).
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Board Name:  DSP-32C
Type of Board:  SCSI Interface DSP Board -- Actually a PC board which can be
		accessed through an on board SCSI port.
Company:  Ariel
Price:  $3,495
Availability:  Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  AT&T DSP-32C
	   A/D -- D/A:  16 Bit analog I/O
	   Comments:  Includes the PDS-32C Program Development Software.
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Board Name:
Type of Board:  IEEE 488
Company:  IO Tech (216) 439-4091
Price:
Availability:
Features:  DSP Processor:
	   A/D -- D/A:
	   Comments:  IO Tech makes a variety of A/D and D/A devices that
		      are designed to work with the IEEE 488 bus.  They
		      also make a SBus card to allow a Sparc to control
		      an IEEE 488 bus (the SB488).
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Board Name:  DeskLab
Type of Board:  SCSI data collection/analysis box
Company:  Gradient (609) 387-8688
Price:  $5,500
Availability:  Now
Features:  DSP Processor:  ??
	   A/D -- D/A:  14 bit A/D D/A,  Telephone interface is available.
	   Comments:  Complete package of data collection and analysis
		      tools under UNIX.  It is not possible (supported)
		      to directly access the DSP that is in the box nor
		      can user specified functions be run using their
		      analysis package.
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Board Name:  ADDA1418-166
Type of Board: S-Bus A/D and D/A   (A/D and D/A are also available separately)
Company:  Analyx Systems Inc.  (510) 656-8017
Price: $2,495.00 (4-92)
Availability:
Features:  DSP Processor:  None
	   A/D -- D/A:  166 kHz 16 Channel, 14 Bit Isolated A/D
	      and 4 Channel 18 Bit D/A converter.  Includes software
	      and screw terminal board and 4' cable assembly.
	   Comments:  32K Dual-Ported on-board RAM.  Single S-Bus slot.
	      All software included.  (A/D only is $1,995.00 and
	      D/A only is $1,895.00)
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Other information sources:  

	1.  SBus Developer List maintained by Sun.  Lists all known SBus
	    devices being developed.  Contact Jeff Siegel 
	    (sieg@pistons.sun.com).

	2.  Signal Technology's N! Power (X-windows software for signal
	    analysis) is designed to work with "a variety of Data
	    Acquisition Hardware devices."  Their system also has basic
	    and advanced DSP modules.

	3.  Entropic Speech's Waves+ package (X-windows software for DSP
	    type processing -- includes a lot of speech tools) works with
	    a number of processor boards including some of those from
	    Ariel.