Tatung Science & Technology Inc, San Jose builder of Sparcsystems, has added two new product lines, the Super Compserver 10 Series and the micro Compstation. The Super Compserver 10 is a low-cost desktop server based on the Texas Instruments Inc’s SuperSparc chip and is compatible with Sun Microsystems Computer Corp’s Sparcstation 10. Priced from $16,000 for a system with 32Mb and a 1Gb disk, it can be configured with up to 10 storage devices including six 3.5 disks, three 5.25 SCSI II drives; and one floppy drive. The Model 10/30 ships in May, the others later this year. The baby has one 36MHz chip, two 64-bit MBus slots and four SBus slots expandable to nine with optional SBus expansion chassis. Built-in ISDN is standard, as is a single-slot graphics accelerator and CD-quality 16-bit audio. It is offered with either Solaris 1.1 or 2.1. Standard software includes the Open Windows Version 3 windowing system and Tatung’s Mdesk package, which consists of Motif 1.1.4, X Window System 11.5 and X.desktop 3.0. The MicroSparc Series currently comprises the micro Compstation LC and micro Compstation LX, each with the new 50MHz Texas microSparc, starting at $3,790. The micro Compstation LX is from $4,690 with Solaris 1.1 bundled. Entry-level models offer 16Mb expandable to 128Mb; a 207Mb disk expandable to 2Gb, and 1.44Mb floppy; ISDN and 16-bit audio are options via a single-slot SBus board. The micro Compstation LC has CG3 Super VGA graphics board and 14 1,024 by 768 colour display; the LX, for graphics-intensive work, has a GX accelerator board and 15 1,152 by 900 colour display.
