12 Mar
2006
12 Mar
'06
4:53 a.m.
Could anyone tell us something about Parallel Computers? As they used
Sun-2 Multibus cards, what made their system different from a Sun-2?
Paxton Hoag wrote:
They are Sun 2 cards from a Parallel Computer in the
1980s. The tape
controllers are from the same system. There has been some interest in
Sun 2 lately and I finally found these.
Some googling turned up the following snippet from misc.jobs.resumes:
"PARALLEL COMPUTERS, INC. (IMP, Inc.), Santa Cruz, CA, 1985 - 1989
Vice President Sales, Americas
Manufacture fault tolerant UNIX systems based on Motorola 68000 processor.
* Built and managed international sales and support organization
* Responsible for sales in US, Canada, Central, South America, 90% of
sales revenue.
* Established initial European distribution channel.
* Sold multiple systems for use by IOWA Lottery.
* Penetrated telephone, emergency dispatch and on-line state lottery
markets."
Never heard of them. How could a company like that survive until 1989?
Per