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44.09 SunFlash: SBus Developer List, Chapters I, II

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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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