Let's Have an Opus Thread!

From: Martin Marshall <martinm_at_allwest.net>
Date: Wed Jun 12 20:52:29 2002

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
Received on Wed Jun 12 2002 - 20:52:29 BST