SBus Networking Products
Jeffrey Zank - SBus Software
Jeff.Zank at corp.sun.com
Mon Apr 29 05:20:00 AEST 1991
> Is there a X.25 interface for the SBus in a sparcstation that can be used
> together with SunLink X.25 ? As far as i know Sun itself only sells a VME
> bus interface cargs, especially one that runs at up to 2Mbps, but that's
> only for VMEbus, and it is also quite expensive.
Not that I know of, there are several from third parties that may be
helpfull for you. I have encloded the listing below.
> I remember one note about a X.25 SBus interface from a third party company
> called Themis computer, but i do not know if it works together with
> SunLink, how much it will cost, what speed it will provide, etc.. Is
> anyone using the card ?
See details below.
-jeffz-
>From the lattest SBus Developer Listing
VII. LAN/WAN/Networking
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Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability
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Antares Microsystems SBE-120 2nd Ethernet Controller $395 now
Alex Chan
415-965-4326
Fax:(415)964-2027
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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 at uunet.UU.NET
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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 at bintec.de
(Germany)
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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 at 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
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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
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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.
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Frontier Technologies AdCom2-I SBus Communications $2995 March 91
Ann Finkler Controller
(414)241-4555 X.25 Controller
Fax:(414)241-7084
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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
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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 at 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
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Information Appletalk interface card $595 now
Presentation Tech.(IPT) IPT-230/A
Olivia Fauela
(818)347-7791
Fax:(818)992-5580
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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
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