Jeff.Zank@corp.sun.com (Jeffrey Zank - SBus Software) (04/29/91)
> 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 ------------------------ Vendor Name Product Description Price/Availability ----------- ------------------ ------------------ Antares Microsystems SBE-120 2nd Ethernet Controller $395 now Alex Chan 415-965-4326 Fax:(415)964-2027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@uunet.UU.NET ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@bintec.de (Germany) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frontier Technologies AdCom2-I SBus Communications $2995 March 91 Ann Finkler Controller (414)241-4555 X.25 Controller Fax:(414)241-7084 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information Appletalk interface card $595 now Presentation Tech.(IPT) IPT-230/A Olivia Fauela (818)347-7791 Fax:(818)992-5580 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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