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The Florida SunFlash
SBus Developer List, Chapters I, II
SunFLASH Vol 44 #9 August 1992
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I. PARALLEL/SERIAL I/O
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SBUS SUPPLIER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE AVAILABILITY
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AGILE SYSTEMS 2100SP, 2 serial, 1 parallel $395 now
Bob May 2110SP, 1 RS-232C, 1 RS-422 $495 now
Tel: 608-274-6880 1 parallel port
Fax: 608-274-6867 4000SS, 4 serial ports $395 now
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ANTARES MICROSYSTEMS SBus Parallel Port: $ 295 now
Ed Brodnicki Bidirectional Centronics-
Tel: 408-370-SBUS Compatible, 1 slot. Works with
Fax: 408-370-7649 NewsPrint.
SBus 8-Channel Serial Controllers: full modem
controls. 3 cable management options. Up to
24 ports per system.
Low Cost Models:
300-38,400 baud $795-$ 945 now
High Performance Models:
300-115,200 baud $795-$1495 now
Email: antares@cup.portal.com
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ARTECON Serial I/O (3-16 ports), Parallel I/O, Software Incl.
Mike Hingson, Ed Best,
Jim Lyons SB-300P 3 serial RS232/1 $ 495 now
Tel: 800-872-2783 1 parallel 38.4kBaud/channel
619-931-5500 SB-400P 4 serial RS232 (full $ 695 now
Fax: 619-931-5527 modem), 1 parallel
SB-800P 8 serial RS232 (full $ 895 now
modem), 1 parallel
SB-1200P 12 serial RS232 (four $1095 now
lines full modem), 1 parallel
SB-1600P 16 serial RS232 $1295 now
TTY-34x-4 software $ 795 now
Email: sales%artecon@sdd.hp.com
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AURORA TECHNOLOGIES MULTIPORT Parallel Ports
Sales Department 10S: single parallel port $ 395 now
Tel: 617-290-4800 20S+: dual parallel ports $ 595 now
Fax: 617-290-4844
MULTIPORT Serial/Parallel Combination Cards
210S: 2 Serial, 1 parallel $ 595 now
420S: 4 serial, 2 parallel $ CALL Aug 92
MULTIPORT Intelligent Serial Ports
400S: 4 serial ports $ 795 now
800S: 8 serial ports $ 995 now
1600S: 16 serial ports $1,995 now
(single width)
Email: sales@auratek.com
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AVAL DATA SBX-200 2 serial ports + Available now
Mr. Ikeda 1 centronics port Contact for pricing
Tel: 81-44-952-1311 outside Japan
Fax: 81-44-952-1331
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I. PARALLEL/SERIAL I/O (cont'd)
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SBUS SUPPLIER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE AVAILABILITY
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BAYDEL LTD. SMLB8 8 serial ports, 945 now (pounds)
Jim Bailey 1 parallel port
(Surrey England) SMLB16 16 serial ports, 1,165 now (pounds)
Tel: 011 44 372 378811 1 parallel port
Fax: 011 44 372 386960 SMPB24 24 serial ports, 1,850 now (pounds)
2 parallel ports, with
SCSI expansion capabiliity
SMPB32 32 serial ports, 2,085 now (pounds)
2 parallel ports, with
SCSI expansion capability
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CoSYSTEMS CoALM-S4 4 Serial ports $ 595 now
Steve Martinez with full modem
Tel: 408-748-2190 CoAlM-S4E adds 4 serial ports $ 295 now
Fax: 408-988-0785 to CoALM-S4 for 8 total
CoALM-S8 8 serial ports $ 795 now
with full modem
CoALM-S8P 8 serial ports with $ 895 now
full modem, 1 Centronics port
CoALM-S8PM 8 serial ports with $1,495 now
full modem, 1 Centronics port,
serial port interfaces switch
between RS-423 & Mil Std-188
CoPIO 2 Bidirectional $ 495 now
Centronics ports
CoPOP-1 provides 1 parallel $ 199 now
printer port
Email:amdcad!cosys!support
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DANFORD CORP SPPE-6500, 4 serial ports $1395 now
Susan Longo and 1 Parallel port
Tel: 310-514-9334 SEU-6900, 8 serial ports 1495 now
Fax: 310-831-0454 SCU-6400 4 serial ports 995 now
HPPP-6100 1 Parallel port 595 now
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ELTEK INFORMATION SYS SB-1030 Centronics interface $ 295 now
Albert Lin
Tel: 408-727-7785
Fax: 408-739-2996
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F.M.C. Co. 16010-CNS Available now
Mr. Mizusawa (Japan) Centronics 8 bit parallel Contact vendor for
Tel: 81-426-75-5402 interface (bi-directional) pricing outside Japan
Fax: 81-426-75-5462
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HAFT TECHNOLOGY HS-SIO4: 4 port serial Avalible now
MR. Imamura expander supports up to English documentation
Tel: 81-298-56-5588 19.2 kbaud in development
Fax: 81-298-56-5587 HS-SPCC: 2 serial ports and Contact for pricing
1 centronics port outside of Japan
HS-QPL: 4 ports HUB and
2nd Ethernet
HS-CPIO: 1 centronics port
HS-SIO2: 2 serial ports
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I. PARALLEL/SERIAL I/O (cont'd)
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SBUS SUPPLIER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE AVAILABILITY
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HELIOS SYSTEMS HeliosPORT+: high performance $615-$895 now
Carol Dunn 4 or 8 port serial, 1
Tel: 408-432-0292 bidrectional port parallel
Fax: 408-943-1309 expander, 64 Kbps performance,
asynchronous
Email: ses@btr.com
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IKON 10106 DMA Centronics interface. $ 640 now
Bill Waddington 1.5 MB/sec transfer rate.
Tel: 206-728-6465 Software driver with source
Fax: 206-728-1633 code included./
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GNP COMPUTERS DEI-1: 8 serial ports, $1500 now
Ken Kalb 1 parallel port in external
Tel: 818-577-4252 chassis, 8-32 ports support
Fax: 818-577-4263 from 75-38.4Kbaud per port
DEI-2: Serial/Parallel $13,500 now
expander SPARCstation 2
motherboard, 16 Meg Mem, 16
serial ports and up 96 serial
ports and 12 parallel ports as
a bundled system.
DEI-10: Serial/Parallel $18,000 Sep 92
expander SPARCstation 10,
motherboard, 32 MB memory,
16 serial ports, and up to
128 asynch serial ports
as a budled system.
8+1 card 8 additional serial $500 now
ports, 1 parallel port
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MARS MICROSYSTEMS OCTIO 8 serial, asyncronous $599 now
Brian Rosen ports, plus 1 parallel port
Tel: 412-488-8001 on single width card. On board
Fax: 412-488-7599 uP, dual port RAM, with cables.
Email: uunet!marsmcro!br
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MITSUI-ZOSEN SYSTEM 7531 CentroSBus: 2 RS-232C Available now
GIKEN CO., LTD. ports, 1 Centronics port Contact vendor for
Mr. Goken (Japan) price outside of Japan
Tel: 81-3-3544-3455
Fax: 81-3-3544-3816
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I. PARALLEL/SERIAL I/O (cont'd)
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SBUS SUPPLIER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE AVAILABILITY
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PERFORMANCE Serial I/O, Parallel I/O $ 895 now
TECHNOLOGIES Ethernet "Combo" SBus Module
Don Turrell (PT-SBS525): highly integrated
Tel: 716-256-0200 SBus module with 3 SIO ports,
Fax: 716-256-0791 a parallel I/O port and an
Email: wpg@pt.com Ethernet in one SBus slot.
Ethernet SBus Module $ 375 now
(PT-SBS520): provides a
second Ethernet port for
SPARC-stations
Serial I/O, Parallel I/O SBus $ 595 now
Module(PT-SBS515): provides
3 additional serial ports
and a parallel port for
SPARCstations
Serial I/O, Parallel I/O SCSI-2 $ 995 now
"Combo" SBus Module (PT-SBS540A)
provides serial I/O, parallel
I/O and SCSI-2 narrow/fast
expansion in one slot
4 Serial I/O SBus Module $ 575 now
(PT-SBS530): provides 4 additional
serial ports
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SIGMA INFORMATION SBM8, 8 Port Async Serial $ 945 now
Dick Bravo card
Tel: 702-597-5111 SBM9 8 async serial port $1053 now
Fax: 702-597-1017 expander, with 1 parallel
port, all ports running DMA
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ARIES RESEARCH, INC. APP1 High performance $ 295 now
Hassan Eslami Centronics interface
Tel: 415-659-1544
Fax: 415-226-0781
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS X1008 Serial Parallel Cont. $1,095 now
COMPUTER CORP. 8 additional async serial
Local Sales office ports, 1 parallel port
Tel: 415-969-1300 per each SBus slot
Fax: 415-969-9131 Up to 38.4Kbaud per port.
X1130A SBus Printer Card $1,195 now
1 dedicated video interface
to Sun SPARCprinter, and 1
bi-directional parallel port.
Supports dual DMA, so both ports
can be used simultaneously.
(NeWSprint Software included)
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TEXAS MICROSYSTEMS SSC-80, 8 port serial mux $995 now
Telemarketing SPC-60, 1 Parallel port $395 now
Tel: 713-933-8050
800-627-8700
Fax: 713-933-1029
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II. BUS ADAPTERS
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SBUS SUPPLIER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE AVAILABILITY
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AVAL DATA SVA-100 SBus to VME Available now
Mr. Ikeda 10 MByte/sec Contact for pricing
Tel: 81-44-952-1311 SBus Expansion Unit outside Japan
Fax: 81-44-952-1331 10 MByte/sec
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ARTECON SB-3000XD SBus Expansion Box: $1,995 now
Mike Hingson, Ed Best, 3 Master/Slave slots, up to
or Jim Lyons two 3.5-in form factor ex-
Tel: 800-872-2783 pansion disk or tape devices.
619-931-5500 Software included.
Fax: 619-931-5527 SB-6000X SBus Expansion Box; $1,995 now
6 Master/Slave slots, Software
Email: sales%artecon@sdd.hp.com included
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AURORA TECHNOLOGIES SBox: SBus expansion chassis $2,195 now
Sales Department 4 additional slots, room
Tel: 617-290-4800 for 2 SCSI devices. Can support
Fax: 617-290-4844 dual frame buffers. Can daisy-
Email: sales@auratek.com chain two SBoxes to provide 8 addit-
ional SBus slots from 1 host slot.
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BIT 3 COMPUTER Model 464 SBus-Multibus adaptor $1,580 now
Jerry Medley SBus card + Multibus card
Tel: 612-881-6955 Model 465 SBus-Qbus adaptor $2,695 now
FAX: 612-881-9674 SBus card + quad Qbus card
Model 466 SBus-VME adapter $1,595 now
SBus card + 6U VME card
Model 467 Sbus-VME adaptor $2,850 now
DMA functions. Same features as
Model 466 plus built-in DMA
engine for block-mode transfers
to 25MB/sec. Also provides
slave DMA function for VMEbus DMA
transfers direct to SBus memory.
Memory mapped address space makes the
Multibus/Qbus/VMEbus address space
appear as additional SBus address space.
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INTEGRIX SEC 150 SBus Expansion Chassis $1,950 now
Jonathon Kong Up to 6 SBus slots and SCSI
Fax: 805-375-1055 expansion.
Fax: 805-375-2799 SEC 150MP SBus Expansion for $2,500 now
6 master/slave SBus slots on
9U VME.
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LOGIC SYSTEM DESIGN BIF-SP1 SBus to PC-98 (NEC) Available now
CO., LTD Bus Adaptor. Allows direct Y198,000
Mr. Shigenori Suzuki access to PC-98 bus from Sun.
Tel: +81-493-35-3350 BIF32 Bus Adaptor Kit. SBus Available now
Fax: +81-493-35-3351 to any other bus or memory. Y198,000
(Japan) Can do 10MB/sec random access.
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II. BUS ADAPTERS (cont'd)
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SBUS SUPPLIER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE AVAILABILITY
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NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS VME-SB2020: SBus to VME $3300 now
Pete Zogas interface
Tel: 512-794-0100
Fax: 512-794-5569
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PERFORMANCE SBus-VMEbus Link Single slot SBus card with
TECHNOLOGIES 10 foot shielded cable to a VMEbus module,
Don Turrell plug & play software for Sun4/VME drivers.
Tel: 716-256-0200 Adaptor w/6U VME $2395 now
Fax: 716-256-0791 Adaptor w/9U VME & Enclosure $3495 now
Email: wpg@pt.com Adaptor w/9U VME $2595 now
Software Developers Took Kit $ 795 now
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SOLFLOWER COMPUTER SFVME-100 $2,295 now
Kim Vu SBus to VMEBus 6U Link $3,495 now w/ enclosure
Tel: 408-456-5055 20MB/sec sustained transfer
Fax: 408-456-0625 rate.
SFVME-200 $2,295 now
SBus to VME Bus 9U Link $4,495 now w/ enclosure
SFVME-300 $2,895 now
SBus to VMEBus 9U Link with
cutout to attach SPARCengine
SFVME-600 $2,795 now
SBus to VMEBus 6U Link for
IPX CPU board
SFVME-400
SBus to VMEBus 6U Link $4,995 now
Converter wtih 3 additional slots
for VME factor with mounting
bracket for SPARCengine 2
SFVME-450 same as SFVME-400 $4,995 now
for SPARCengine IPX
SFVME-800 $7,500 now
SBus to VMEbus 6U Link
Converter with 19-in rack
mount enclosure with 11
available slots.
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS X1072A SBus Expansion Sub- $2,495 now
COMPUTER CORP. system. Expansion chassis
Local sales office with 3 SBus slots and space
Tel: 415-960-1300 for two 424MB drives for
Fax: 415-969-9131 IPX, SS-2, SS-10, 630
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SYSTEM DESIGN SERVICE S-DMAC (SDS-9004) Available now
Mr. Nakagawa (Japan) SBus to Qbus DMA Contact vendor for
Tel: 81-3-3590-0570 Interface (DR-11WA) pricing outside Japan
Fax: 81-3-3590-0571
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II. BUS ADAPTERS (cont'd)
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SBUS SUPPLIER PRODUCT DESCRIPTION PRICE AVAILABILITY
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Texas Microsystems 9100 SBus Expansion system $2,595 now
Telemarketing Single slot SBus card
Tel: 800-627-8700 expands to 4 additional SBus
713-933-8050 slots. SCSI expansion also
Fax: 713-933-1029 possible.
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VMIC VMISBS-5521 SBus to VMEbus $1,941 now
Sales Department high-performance adaptor
Tel: 205-880-0444 includes two board set and
Fax: 205-882-0859 cables.
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