11 Jun
2002
11 Jun
'02
10:40 p.m.
Seriously.
Somebody mentioned last week that they had questions about an Opus
card, I just saw one, a 300PM, on Dan Veeneman's page, and I have the
software (2 DC6150 QIC tapes) for a 400PM. These appear to be for
Solaris, or SunOS, and I read that Opus built "mainframe coprocessors"
for Suns as well as ATs. I think they also built standalone
workstations.
Does anybody have a matched set? Software and hardware? Ever seen
the mainframe coprocessors in action?
These things are really intriguing to me, and really mysterious.
If anybody has an SBus 400PM card and needs the software, or wants to
donate/trade it, I'm willing either way.
If somebody wants to forward this to CCtech, that'd be cool too.
Doc
12 Jun
12 Jun
11:16 a.m.
Hi Doc,
that was me, who asked for some software for a NS32032 board ...
Till last week, i've learned that Opus Systems is out of business, and that there is
no chance to get any documentation and/or software from them for this kind of board :-(
They made SPARC based processor boards as well, but unfortunately, i've never seen
such a board ...
... but if there is a chance to grab such a beast, i would take it :-)
Bernd
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:40:23 -0500 (CDT), Doc Shipley wrote:
Seriously.
Somebody mentioned last week that they had questions about an Opus
card, I just saw one, a 300PM, on Dan Veeneman's page, and I have the
software (2 DC6150 QIC tapes) for a 400PM. These appear to be for
Solaris, or SunOS, and I read that Opus built "mainframe coprocessors"
for Suns as well as ATs. I think they also built standalone
workstations.
Does anybody have a matched set? Software and hardware? Ever seen
the mainframe coprocessors in action?
These things are really intriguing to me, and really mysterious.
If anybody has an SBus 400PM card and needs the software, or wants to
donate/trade it, I'm willing either way.
If somebody wants to forward this to CCtech, that'd be cool too.
Doc
Bernd Kopriva Tel: 07195 / 179452
Weilerstr. 24 E-Mail : bernd(a)kopriva.de
71397 Leutenbach
12:26 p.m.
They also produced MC88000-based co-processors. We used Opus boards to
create 88/Open compatible software many years ago when some of the 88/Open
sponsors [i.e. Data General] could not create compatible binaries!
Bruce Ray
Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
bkr(a)WildHareComputers.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd Kopriva" <bernd(a)kopriva.de>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: Let's Have an Opus Thread!
Hi Doc,
that was me, who asked for some software for a NS32032 board ...
Till last week, i've learned that Opus Systems is out of business, and
that
there is
no chance to get any documentation and/or software
from them for this kind
of board :-(
They made SPARC based processor boards as well, but
unfortunately, i've
never seen
such a board ...
... but if there is a chance to grab such a beast, i would take it :-)
Bernd
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:40:23 -0500 (CDT), Doc Shipley wrote:
Seriously.
Somebody mentioned last week that they had questions about an Opus
card, I just saw one, a 300PM, on Dan Veeneman's page, and I have the
software (2 DC6150 QIC tapes) for a 400PM. These appear to be for
Solaris, or SunOS, and I read that Opus built "mainframe coprocessors"
for Suns as well as ATs. I think they also built standalone
workstations.
Does anybody have a matched set? Software and hardware? Ever seen
the mainframe coprocessors in action?
These things are really intriguing to me, and really mysterious.
If anybody has an SBus 400PM card and needs the software, or wants to
donate/trade it, I'm willing either way.
If somebody wants to forward this to CCtech, that'd be cool too.
Doc
Bernd Kopriva Tel: 07195 / 179452
Weilerstr. 24 E-Mail : bernd(a)kopriva.de
71397 Leutenbach
8:52 p.m.
Doc:
I have an Opus SPARCard system that includes the SPARCard (ISA), cables,
a 5 1/4 drive, a scsi port card, manuals, etc., in the box. This is
supposed to be the equivalent of a SS2. What I don't have is the
original DOS "switcher" floppy disk, listed in the manual. The drive is
marked Solaris (could be SunOS) 1.0.0., which I assume is SunOS 4
software. The manual indicated that the system is shipped with the
software on the drive - installation tapes were an extra charge. The
system appears to have been installed, then removed and stored. A
couple of years ago, I downloaded everything on the Opus ftp site, which
is now offline. All files on the ftp site then were for the SPARCard2
and the SPARCard 5, and include the "switcher" or "Incognito" floppy
zip
file. I believe these were marketed as "mainframe coprocessors".
I've never installed the system in an x86 box, in fact, it's in
storage. I'll have to drag it out and check for a part number (and
_someday_ see if a root pw is set).
Martin Marshall
Doc Shipley wrote:
Seriously.
Somebody mentioned last week that they had questions about an Opus
card, I just saw one, a 300PM, on Dan Veeneman's page, and I have the
software (2 DC6150 QIC tapes) for a 400PM. These appear to be for
Solaris, or SunOS, and I read that Opus built "mainframe coprocessors"
for Suns as well as ATs. I think they also built standalone
workstations.
Does anybody have a matched set? Software and hardware? Ever seen
the mainframe coprocessors in action?
These things are really intriguing to me, and really mysterious.
If anybody has an SBus 400PM card and needs the software, or wants to
donate/trade it, I'm willing either way.
If somebody wants to forward this to CCtech, that'd be cool too.
Doc
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