Nothing much has been heard from DataTech Enterprises Inc, the $200m-a-year Taiwanese personal computer maker better known in Europe and the US as DTK Computers, since the last Comdex show when it was part of the vanguard of companies trying to break into the low-end Sparcsystem market. This year the company is back for its second try. In addition to the SSM/40, a Tera Microsystems Inc Spar- machine of shadowy specifications, it was planning to show up with four other Sparcstation clones. The bottom-end 16 MIPS Station 1 uses an LSI Logic Corp 25MHz CPU, 8Mb standard main memory, expandable to 64Mb, 207Mb hard drive, expandable to 414Mb, three SBus slots, a 19 colour monitor and Solaris 1.0. The machine can be upgraded to a 28 MIPS Station 2 which uses an LSI-Sun 40MHz chip. It will cost $6,300 and should ship in the second quarter. The company also has two Cypress Semiconductor-based boxes, the 21 MIPS/33MHz Station VME with three VME slots bundled with Sun/OS 4.1.1 and Open Windows for $7,000 and a 28 MIPS/40MHz Station 2 VME running Solaris 1.0. Ships in first quarter.
