5 Dec
2023
5 Dec
'23
4:59 p.m.
SMS was based in Mountain View starting in the 70's. They sold DEC-compatible Q-bus
storage systems in the early 80's and transitioned into IBM PC disk storage ASICs and
boards under the OMTI brand in the late 80s.
What happened to them after that? Some CC'er in Silicon Valley must know :-)
Tim N3QE
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5 Dec
5 Dec
5:52 p.m.
On 12/5/23 16:59, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk wrote:
SMS was based in Mountain View starting in the
70's. They sold DEC-compatible Q-bus storage systems in the early 80's and
transitioned into IBM PC disk storage ASICs and boards under the OMTI brand in the late
80s.
SMS declared bankruptcy in 1988 after BofA ended their LOC. Assets were
picked up by C&T in 1989 for $16M. C&T then sold off the board business
and held onto the ASIC products. C&T made it clear that they had no
interest in the board products and intended to sell it off even before
the deal was finalized.
Your typical silicon valley slice-and-dice.
--Chuck
5:55 p.m.
Thanks for that, Tim. I was VP Ops of the Canadian Distributor for Data
Systems design, and we got a lot of fierce competition from SMS.
However, when non-patched drivers were called for, we won every time.
SMS did have some speed advantages by going their own way though!
I always wondered what happened to them!
cheers,
Nigel
On 2023-12-05 19:59, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk wrote:
SMS was based in Mountain View starting in the
70's. They sold DEC-compatible Q-bus storage systems in the early 80's and
transitioned into IBM PC disk storage ASICs and boards under the OMTI brand in the late
80s.
What happened to them after that? Some CC'er in Silicon Valley must know :-)
Tim N3QE
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5:55 p.m.
A little addition is that after the sale to C&T, most of the SMS
employees were shifted to Televideo who bought the SMS board business.
--Chuck
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