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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

             SunNews: SPARCengines: ACCESS: IPX Price Down

SunFLASH Vol 47 #23					       November 1992 
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           SUN MICROSYSTEMS COMPUTER CORPORATION INTRODUCES
                  TWO LOW-COST, SINGLE-BOARD COMPUTERS

                 ACCESS TO OFFER SUN SPARCENGINE BOARDS

          SMCC REDUCES PRICES ON THE POPULAR SPARCSTATION IPX
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Subject: SUN MICROSYSTEMS COMPUTER CORPORATION INTRODUCES 
	 TWO LOW-COST, SINGLE-BOARD COMPUTERS

Powerful, Highly Integrated SPARCengine(TM) Boards Reduce 
	    Time-to-Market for Board-Level OEMs 


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- November 16, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) today announced an expansion of its SPARCengine
family of single-board computers with the new low-cost,
high-performance SPARCclassic(TM) engine and the SPARCengine(TM) LX.
The new SPARCclassic engine offers twice the performance at less than
half the price of SMCC's lowest-cost SPARCengine board to date.  These
new SPARCengine boards are compact, highly integrated units designed
for reliability, low power usage and flexibility.  Both boards take
full advantage of the real-time, multitasking capabilities of the
Solaris(R) 2.1 operating environment.

The SPARCclassic engine, currently used in the SPARCclassic
workstation, gives original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a powerful,
affordable board for applications ranging from laptops and military
workstations to telecommunications switches, medical imaging
instruments and factory floor controllers. The new boards are also
backed by a one-year warranty, a substantial extension of the standard
SPARCengine 90-day warranty plan.

"In addition to the low price and new one-year warranty, the compact
design of the new SPARCclassic engine will provide customers with
solutions to a whole new set of cost-sensitive and time-critical
applications," said Peter Palm, SMCC manager of board marketing.  "With
the combination of the SPARCclassic engine and the Solaris 2.1
operating environment, OEMs can concentrate on developing applications
for the board, rather than spending time and money on board and
software design and debugging."

At 59.1 MIPS, the SPARCclassic engine offers OEMs a number of
significant advantages over '386- and '486-based boards, including a
new highly integrated, 50-MHz microprocessor based on Sun's
microSPARC(TM) technology, which offers higher performance at a
dramatically lower price. The SPARCclassic engine supports, on board,
up to 96 megabytes of memory, Ethernet and 10-megabyte/second SCSI. It
provides greater overall performance than comparable high-end '386- and
'486-based boards within a compact, single-board size of only 8.9 by 9
inches.

The SPARCengine LX, which is also based on microSPARC technology,
includes 16-bit, CD-quality audio, ISDN connectivity, and accelerated
GX/GXplus 2-D/3-D wireframe graphics.  The SPARCengine LX is the board
used in the new SPARCstation(TM) LX.

Low-Cost Power Platforms for Embedded Applications

Specific features of the SPARCclassic engine and the SPARCengine LX
include:

* Multiple I/O options: The SPARCclassic engine
  and SPARCengine LX provide a range of standard interfaces, including
  Ethernet, SCSI-2 and parallel connections. These interfaces are right
  on the board, eliminating the need for cumbersome add-on interface
  cards. As a result, the SPARCclassic engine takes up less room than
  equivalent '386- and '486-based solutions.

* Real-time software: Both products fully support
  the Solaris 2.1 distributed computing environment, including the OPEN
  LOOK(R) 3.0 graphical user interface.  Solaris 2.1 includes a fixed
  priority scheduler, providing a guaranteed real-time response.

* Flexibility: The I/O connectors for the
  SPARCclassic engine and the SPARCengine LX are sold on a separate I/O
  connector board, giving OEMs the option of using the Sun I/O
  connector board or developing their own to suit the requirements of
  specific applications.

* Reliability: TAB packaging and a small number of
  highly integrated ASICs reduce power consumption and increase
  reliability.

Availability and Distribution

The SPARCclassic engine and the SPARCengine LX will be available in
December 1992.  The SPARCclassic engine and the SPARCengine LX can be
purchased through Sun direct sales, priced at $3,100 and $4,250,
respectively. The SPARCclassic engine, along with other SPARCengines,
will be available through Sun's reseller channels, including Sun master
resellers Access Graphics, Arrow and GTSI.

For reader inquiries, telephone 1-800-821-4643.

For more information, please contact: Deanna Franklin at (415) 336-7226
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Subject:	ACCESS TO OFFER SUN SPARCENGINE BOARDS


Master Reseller to Distribute Full Range of Sun SPARCengine Boards

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- November 16, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) and ACCESS Graphics, Inc., jointly announced that
ACCESS has added SMCC's entire line of SPARCengine(TM) board products,
including the new SPARCclassic(TM) engine, to the list of products it
now distributes through Sun authorized resellers in the United States.
ACCESS already carries SMCC's complete line of workstations and servers
which run on the Solaris(R) operating environment.

ACCESS will distribute the full range of board products, from the
powerful, low-cost SPARCclassic engine to the SPARCengine 10, the
highest-performance single-board computer currently on the market.

With the addition of the SPARCengine board products, ACCESS can now
service the growing embedded board market, which includes
telecommunications, medical, computer-integrated manufacturing and
laptop systems.  The SPARCengine boards provide flexibility,
expandability and innovative features that allow original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) and system integrators to deliver new products to
market quickly.  The entire SPARCengine line takes advantage of the
real time, multitasking capabilities of the Solaris operating
environment.

The SPARCengine boards are the same boards used in SMCC's
SPARCstation(TM) systems.  They use powerful application-specific
integrated circuits (ASICs) and advanced graphics technology to
compress all critical workstation functions such as a SPARC(R) RISC
microprocessor, on-board graphics and multiprocessing capabilities,
memory, SCSI, audio and Ethernet networking onto a single compact
board.  ACCESS distributes five versions:

		SPARCclassic	IPX	2	10/Model 30	10/Model 41 
	MHz	    50		40	40	 36		 40

	SPECint92   26.4	21.8	21.8	*44.2		*52.6
	SPECfp92    21.0	21.5	22.8	*52.9		*64.7 
	MIPS	    59.1	28.5	28.5	101.6		109.5
	MFLOPS	     4.6	 4.2	 4.3	 20.5		 22.4
* Apogee compilers with Kuck & Associates preprocessor


Offers Valuable Support for Resellers

ACCESS delivers Sun(TM) products, services and support to resellers who
specialize in technical computing environments and also to resellers
who focus on commercial computing customers.  As a master reseller,
ACCESS provides resellers efficient distribution and integration
support via an 800 number.  ACCESS is recognized for it's effective
order processing and same-day shipment with guranteed two-day delivery,
responsive technical support and flexible financing options.  ACCESS
offers reseller training programs for both technical and sales staff.

The SPARCclassic Engine, SPARCengine IPX(TM), SPARCengine 2 and
SPARCengine 10/Model 30 are available now.  The SPARCengine 10/Model 41
will be available in the fourth quarter of 1992.  Already trained for
the SMCC product line, ACCESS personnel have completed additional sales
and technical education for the SPARCengine boards.

ACCESS Graphics has 22 offices in the United States and Canada and is
headquartered in Boulder, Colo.

Press Contact:  ACCESS Graphics, Inc.  Laurie Carlson (303) 545-1190
Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation Lisa Ganier (415) 336-5637
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Subject: SMCC REDUCES PRICES ON THE POPULAR SPARCSTATION IPX

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- November 12, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) has reduced prices on its popular SPARCstation(TM)
IPX(TM) color workstation by as much as 13 percent.  A model configured
with a 424-megabyte internal disk and 16 megabytes of memory and a
16-inch mid-range color monitor, previously priced at $10,295, is now
$8,995.  Additional versions of the same configuration have also been
reduced. A 16-inch premium color monitor version is now priced at
$9,995.  The 19-inch color monitor version and the 19-inch monochrome
monitor version have been reduced to $10,995 and $8,995 respectively.
The SPARCstation IPX system delivers 21.8 SPECint92 and SPECfp92 21.5
of processing power and features accelerated GX graphics. The
SPARCstation IPX was introduced in July 1991.

In addition to the SPARCstation IPX, Sun's desktop computer family
includes the SPARCstation 2, SPARCstation IPC(TM), SPARCstation ELC(TM)
and just-introduced SPARCclassic(TM) and SPARCstation LX.

PR contact: Carrie Dillon (415) 336-6424
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