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- From: jmartin@slapshot.Central.Sun.COM (John Martin SE)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
- Subject: Re: 88K board for PC machines
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 15:18:07 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- References: <C1E5Jv.2KB@wolves.Durham.NC.US>
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-
- I'm speaking as an ex-Opus employee.....
-
- Opus is alive and well and selling hardware. They have gotten out of the
- 88K and SPARC clone market and are concentrating on the SPARCard to which
- Greg refers.
-
- interested readers (although probably not anyone who reads this group :-) )
- might want to contact SMCC public relations department
- (carol sacks at 415-336-0521) regarding opus. SMCC's position is:
-
- SMCC continues to support Opus Systems' focus on the SPARC market. We
- believe that the company's SPARCard will allow the enormous installed
- base of personal computers to tap into the wealth of SPARC applications
- available today. We support its efforts to extend SPARC capabilities
- into new, non-Sun and non-SPARC markets.
-
- As for Arrigo's question, Opus still has some 88K inventory in stock.
- They might be willing to sell some, but you need to talk to them about
- what, if any, service and support they are willing to provide. Contact
- John Chun at:
-
- Opus Systems
- 3000 Coronado Drive
- Santa Clara, CA 95054-3203
-
- (408) 562-9340, corporate number
- (408) 562-9341, fax
- (408) 562-9349, sales
-
- In article 2KB@wolves.Durham.NC.US, ggw@wolves.Durham.NC.US (Gregory G. Woodbury) writes:
- >a.triulzi@imperial.ac.uk (Arrigo Triulzi) writes:
- >>
- >> I'm looking for a powerful 88K co-processor board to plug into my
- >>PC (386 clone). I already have a SCSI card on which I'd be pleased to add
- >>capacity to accomodate the requirements of 88K Unix.
- >>I thought there was a company which marketed OpusPC and 88000 card but I
- >>have been unable to locate them. Has anyone got one of these cards and is
- >>wiling to reccomend it, along with the place where I can get hold of it?
- >
- > Opus Systems, the former maker of the 88K OpusPM 400 series of
- >co-processors, has apparently abandoned the 88K market in favor of
- >being a Sun clone and SparcCard (PM-500) maker.
- >
- > Furthermore, the news I have is that Opus has filed for
- >protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Act and
- >is not currently selling anything!
- >
- > They moved back to San Jose or someplace like that in area code
- >408 after leaving the high-rent district in Cupertino. :-(
- >--
- >Gregory G. Woodbury @ The Wolves Den UNIX, Durham NC <Standard disclaimers>
- >UUCP: ...dukcds!wolves!ggw ...duke!wolves!ggw [use the maps!]
- >Domain: ggw@wolves.Durham.NC.US ggw%wolves@duke.cs.duke.edu
- >[This site is *not* affiliated with Duke University. (Idiots!) ]
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