The Monthly Bulletin For Users Of SPARC Based Products
Issue No. 67
Milpitas, CA--April 16, 1999-- Congratulations
to Tatung Science & Technology, Inc. (TSTI) in celebrating
10 years of commitment to the SPARC systems market. They just completed
testing 48 additional new products at the SCD 2.1 level using O/S
Solaris 7 bringing their to total to 110 SPARC Compliant Certified
Products. TSTI's initial testing was performed in August of 1991.
For a complete listing of TSTI's Certified products
go to the "Certified" section on SI's home page and click onto Tatung.
Bloomington, MN--Apirl 20, 1999-- Rackmaster
Systems, Inc. is a manufacturer of durable rack mounted computer
systems and peripheral enclosures for applications ranging from
telecommunications and network servers to process control. The company
recently announced the release of its newly designed FRS (Fault
Resilient Series) Ultra AXmp chassis called the "Eclipse FRS".
This fault tolerant enclosure is designed specially
for the high power requirements of the Sun Microsystems SPARCengine
Ultra AXmp quad processor motherboard. The chassis comes standard
with three robust, hot swappable 400W power supplies to provide
a level of redundancy unparalleled in the industry.
Cooling has always been an issue in chassis design.
The Eclipse FRS is again unique in providing three 120mm, 90 CFM
cooling fans for the chassis and three dedicated 60mm 25 CFM cooling
one for each power supply, to improve system durability and MTBF.
There is no need to take the system down to remove a failed fan
as all fans are a hot swappable card cage design and can be removed
through the top cover without the use of tools.
For more information please visit their web site
at www.rackmaster.com.
Cambridge, UK--April 26, 1999-- Specialist mobile
computing vendor Tadpole Technology Plc today launched a
revolutionary Java-based field information system that allows the
world's utilities, telecommunications and public service industries
to better serve their customers, achieve significant gains in field
workforce productivity and optimize growing investments in geographic
information systems (GIS).
This unique Java-based mobile computing system
allows utilities to better repair, track and manage field assets.
Makes field workers more productive and job-responsive, overcomes
shortcomings and limitations of hand-held PC-based solutions.
Designated Tadpole-Cartesia, Tadpole's new enterprise-class
Field Information System eliminates at-a-stroke the shortcomings
and impracticalities of hand-held or other PC-based systems for
data-intensive computing in hostile environments. The system enables
utilities to put detailed mapping and job-specific information quickly
and cost-effectively into the hands of field workers, track work-in-progress
and maintain an accurate database of field assets.
Leveraging Java and internet technologies, Tadpole's
simple-to-use Field Information System brings the full advantages
of integrated corporate workflow to the mobile environment. A unique
family of spatially-enabled works management tools integrating best-of-breed
Java technology providers Fort Software, ILOG and Wind River Systems,
Tadpole-Cartesia gives field teams on-line access to corporate databases
via digital cellular, wireless radio or conventional telephones
from an innovative hand-held, pen-based computer through a server
linked to corporate databases.
Tadpole Technology, a specialist vendor of mobile
computing solutions for professional markets, is a listed company
on the London Stock Exchange. The company comprises two divisions:
Tadpole-RDI, global leader in portable UNIX workstations and servers;
and Tadpole-Cartesia, pioneer of Java-based field information systems
for the utilities, telecommunications and public service industries.
Website: www.tadpole.com.
Fremont, CA--April 1, 1999-- Aries Research,
Inc. offers SPARC(R) system platforms and total system solutions
for corporate Intranets. All standard systems are built with system
boards from Sun Microsystems. When standard systems do not fit our
customers' needs, we design and manufacture customized systems.
For UltraSPARC(R)-based standard systems, we offer systems based
on the AXi, Ultra II, Ultra 60 and AXmp system boards.
Marixx US AXi is based on the UltraSPARC(R) AXi
system board. It combines Sun Microelectronics' new 64-bit UltraSPARC?
IIi processor, PCI I/O Bus, and graphics options that outperforms
the fastest Pentium II class PCs at comparable prices.
Marixx US 60 is a fast dual-processor system
based on the Ultra 60 system board. Its robust performance let you
do modeling, animation, medical imaging, video effects and more.
US 60 supports up to 2GB of memory and two processors and integrates
easily with PCs as well as other UltraSPARC(R) workstations.
Marixx US AXmp system utilizes Sun's AXmp system
board. Like Ultra 60 system board, AXmp system board is based on
the UltraSPARC? Port Architecture (UPA) with PCI Bus (I/O subsystem
design. Unlike the Ultra 60 system board, it has 9 PCI slots versus
4 slots. Specifically designed for demanding industrial control
applications, AIN platforms and telecommunications class Internet
servers, the US AXmp system offers three times the computing density
of comparable office systems.
Marixx US II system is built with Sun's
Ultra II system board. It is also based on the UltraSPARC Port Architecture
(UPA) with Sun's SBus based I/O. Scalable to 400 MHz processor speed,
with Sun proprietary memory SIMM, Marixx US II has been the flagship
system for SPARC's desktop engineering application market.
Although SuperSPARC(R)-based systems has been
discontinued by Sun, Aries Research still supports Marixx SS5 and
Marixx SS20 systems based on Sun's SS5 and SS20 system boards, respectively.
These systems are vital for applications based upon Solaris 1.1.2.
The SS5 comes with a single processor and the SS20 is available
with single, dual, or quad-processor.
Marixx is a product trademark of Aries Research.For
more information please visit Aries web site at
www.ariesresearch.com Aries Research, Inc. is located in Fremont,
CA, phone + 510 413-0288, fax + 510 226-0781.
Waterford, MI--April 22, 1999-- SoftTech Solutions
recreated the look, feel and attributes of the On-Line! Detective
for Sun in version 11.0 as well as adding a significant amount of
new content. The Detective is a system support tool for personnel
supporting Sun workstations and servers by providing answers and
solutions for hardware and Solaris related issues and problems.
The product provides critical support for system administrators,
field engineers, help-desk personnel and resellers of Sun equipment.
Specifically, the Detective covers troubleshooting, all Sun and
third-party part numbers (including compatibility), root cause resolution,
configuration rules and configuration guidelines. The Detective
also covers many Solaris issues and problems providing quick and
accurate answers and information. This includes Solaris troubleshooting,
a breakout and explanation of UNIX commands, defining the Forth
Tool Kit, the procedures for upgrading your operating system and
many other topics critical to the Sun environment. on.
The On-Line! Detective also includes a site map
allowing individuals to quickly find facts and answers to pressing
issues. Finding answers fast is a major benefit of the tool. Currently
the Detective covers all workstations from the SPARCstation IPC
to the Ultra 60. From a server perspective, the product includes
the SS1000, SC2000, Enterprise 3000-6000, E3500-E6500, Enterprise
450 and E250. Each system has an overview, configuration rules and
requirements, troubleshooting flowcharts and guidelines for all
component removal and replacement procedures. The Detective also
covers storage arrays including the StorEdge A5000.
The Detective runs on most Sun or Microsoft operating
systems. It will load on Sun desktops or servers, as well as PCs
and laptops. The tool is sold individually or in multiple-user packs.
The Detective now has a demo available that is downloadable from
the web. To view the demo or for more information, visit SoftTech
Solutions website at www.stsolutions.com
or call SoftTech direct at (888) 786-4393 in the US or (248) 738-7738
for international callers.
Palo Alto, CA--April 15, 1999-- Sun Microsystems,
Inc., today reported results for the third quarter which ended
March 28, 1999. Revenues for the third quarter were a record $2.936
billion, up 24 percent compared with the third quarter of fiscal
1998. Net income for the third quarter, excluding a charge related
to an acquisition, reached an all time high of $291.4 million, an
increase of 26 percent from the previous year's results. Third quarter
earnings per share, excluding the charge related to an acquisition,
was $.71 (on a pre-split basis, see below), an increase of 20 percent
over the corresponding period a year ago.
In this report, Scott McNealy, Chief Executive
Officer, stated "Sun remains focused on building the world's best
network computing products, investing about $1.2 billion dollars
annually into its core technologies, SPARC®, Solaris(TM), Java(TM)
and Jini(TM). In addition, our next generation of full 64 bit systems
will be powered by the UltraSPARC III chip, which taped out during
the quarter. These investments enable Sun to maintain a competitive
advantage in the marketplace."
Central to this new product set, EIS introduced
a new low profile rack-mount UltraSPARC server, the Fusion-iX/2,
and announced a partnership with national system support provider
Terix Computer, Inc. Terix will provide help desk and onsite 24/7
service for all EIS Fusion hardware. The new server and the support
program was unveiled at ISPON Spring '99 in Baltimore along with
a set of rack-mount accessories and software options including UltraSPARC
Linux, which comprises a total solution for ISPs.
The Fusion-iX/2 is the leader in a new breed
of rack-mountable servers, built using Sun Microelectronics's SPARCengine
Ultra AXi PCI system board. The Fusion-iX/2 includes dual UltraWide
SCSI channels, 100baseT Ethernet, up to 1GB RAM, Sun's 360MHz UltraSPARC
II(i) CPU, up to 4 hard drives, floppy, Tape or CD-ROM, 2 PCI cards,
a redundant hot swappable power supply and a rack mountable enclosure
that stands only 3.5" (2 "Rack Units" or 2U) high. This low profile
chassis allows ISPs to double the number of servers in existing
racks, compared to a traditional 4U or 5U chassis, without compromising
on features. EIS will preinstall Solaris or Linux for UltraSPARC
processors and offers a variety of software installation options.
The Fusion-iX/2 is being offered at the current 4U Fusion-iX server
price.
The EIS in partnership with Terix gives Fusion
users comprehensive telephone and on-site support. Support packages
include round-the-clock on-site support, business week 24-hour on-site
support, business week 8-5 on-site support, or technical support
and training with next day guaranteed replacement part delivery.
Each package includes an option for a full time on-site engineer.
EIS will bundle basic support (technical support and training with
next day guaranteed replacement part delivery) for two months with
every server sold.
Founded in 1994, EIS Computers
www.eis.com is an original equipment manufacturer that produces
and markets high-performance computer systems, which provide resellers,
integrators, Internet Service Providers and small- to mid-size businesses
with a streamlined way to acquire Solaris-UltraSPARC or Solaris-Intel
based computing.
Greenbelt, MD--April 23, 1999-- Empress Software
Inc. announces support for XML in the recent release of Empress
Hypermedia V8.20, the Internet Applications Development Toolkit
powered by the Empress RDBMS. Empress Software's support for XML
is driven by the desire to power the high degree of data interchange
within business applications on the Internet, intranets and extranets.
A significant benefit XML delivers to the Empress
user is full control in defining tags and the structural relationships
between tags in a web document. Unique web documents can be created
specifically for the nature of an application and its embedded data
managed by the Empress RDBMS. Application developers can define
all of the semantics of an XML document, enabling the creation of
these highly application-specific web documents.
Data-intensive applications especially utilize
the strengths of XML because data can be separated from formatting
tags within a web document. This provides a powerful means to extract,
mark up, and reuse data. For instance, data can be extracted from
an Empress database, altered to suit the developers needs, and then
utilized in another application.
Empress Software develops and supports the Empress
Relational Database Management System. The Empress RDBMS V8.20 is
one of the most powerful and cost effective databases designed especially
for embedded systems developers working with UNIX, Windows or real-time
environments. Empress is used successfully in many fields, including
image and voice management, telecommunications, medical systems,
telephony systems, multimedia applications, geographical information
systems and network management.
For more information about Empress, please call
301-220-1919. Check their web site at www.empress.com
or send email to info@empress.com.
You can write to Empress Software, 6401 Golden Triangle Drive, Greenbelt,
MD, 20770.
The SPARC Compliant brand, awarded by SPARC International,
assures end users that systems so branded will work with any other
product branded to the same level of the "SPARC Compliant Definition
(SCD)." This list, updated monthly, includes changes made to the
master list of SPARC Compliant products.
ADDITIONS (System Products):
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (1300) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (1360) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (1400) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (2300) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (2360) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (2400) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (3300) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (3360) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (3400) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (4300) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (4360) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (4400) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (1300R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (1360R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (1400R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (2300R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (2360R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (2400R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (3300R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (3360R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (3400R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (4300R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (4360R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U4MP (4400R) |
7 |
2.1 |
30 NOV 98 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (1300) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (1360) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (1400) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (2300) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (2360) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (2400) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/1300) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/1360) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/1400) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/2300) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/2360) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/2400) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/1300R) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/1360R) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/1400R) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/2300R) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/2360R) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (60/2400R) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (10/300) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (10/333) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (10/360) |
7 |
2.1 |
16 APR 99 |
| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (10/300R) |
7 |
2.1 |
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| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (10/333R) |
7 |
2.1 |
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| Tatung / COMPstation U-Series PCI (10/360R) |
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The SPARC Verified brand, awarded by SPARC International,
assures end users that the peripherals they want to use will work
on the SPARC Compliant systems they target. This list, updated monthly,
includes changes made to the master list of SPARC Verified products.
SPARC-related documents
are available through SPARC International's bookstore, SPARCSHOP.
Access to SPARCSHOP is available several ways,
- email sparcshop@sparc.org
- phone us at 1-408-748-9111
x240
Currently available
| The SPARC Architecture Manual, Version
8 |
$50.00 |
| SPARC-V8E Embedded Supplement to SPARC-V |
$25.00 |
| The SPARC Architecture Manual, Version
9 |
$55.00 |
| Implementation Characteristics of Current
SPARC-V9 based products |
$25.00 |
| Mbus Interface Specification (Version
1.2) |
$40.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 1.1) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.1,
2.1A) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.2) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.3/2.3
IS) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.4) |
$40.00 |
| SPARC Technical Papers Manual |
$56.00 |
| SPARC Strategy and Technology Catalog |
$39.00 |
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SPARCworks® |
| MicroSPARC® |
microSPARC® |
SuperSPARC® |
SPARC (Stylized)® |
| SPARCcompiler® |
SPARCphone® |
ftSPARC® |
hyperSPARC® |
| SPARCluster® |
SPARCsummit® |
SPARC64® |
SPARC64/OS® |
| SPARCengine® |
SPARC LT® |
SPARC O/S® |
SPARC PC® |
| SPARCluster 1® |
SPARCplug® |
SPARCtop® |
SPARK® |
| TurboSPARC® |
UltraSPARC Driven & Design® |
UltraSPARC Driven & Design (Logo)® |
UniSPARC® |
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| SPARClet™ |
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| SunSPARC™ |
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SPARCshop ™ |
SPARC Technology Business ™ |
| SPARC Verification ™ |
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| SPARC64-GP ™ |
SPARC Driven ™ |
SPARC-Line™ |
SPARC-Line™ |
| ConsumerSPARC™ |
SPARCV9 ™ |
SPARC_V9 ™ |
SPARC Verified ™ |
| SPARC Verification ™ |
SPARCware ™ |
SPARKit ™ |
EuroSPARC™ |
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