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From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorld Expo Rumors...
Message-ID: <519@nitrex.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 10:02:47 EDT
Article-I.D.: nitrex.519
Posted: Sat Aug 15 10:02:47 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 13:38:31 EDT
References: <1947@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <3657@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Reply-To: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Organization: The Standard Oil Co., Cleveland
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In article <3657@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> graifer@net1.UUCP (Dan Graifer) writes:
>In article <1947@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes:
>I haven't seen Scientific Micro Systems in any of the Mac rags... anybody
>know who these guys are?
>                              Dan Graifer
>                              graifer@net1.UCSD.EDU
>Disclaimer: Nobody ever listens to me anyways; Why should they start now?


SMS has been in the peripheral controller business for a long time.  I
recall admiring the design of their disc controller board about 1973!
As I recall, they were owned by a much larger business (Corning, Signetics,
maybe C owned S and it was :"Signetic Micro Systems" at one time ??? )
 and spun free.  Good business sense, little hype  -- even
in the wild days of the late '70s.  EXCELLENT match with a Mac drive
company, given the openness of the new systems.  Look for move into
IBM's new architectures (not just MicroChannel, but the unannounced
network-of-servers stuff).

Disclaimer:  All this is speculation and NOT endorsed by my employer,
who has other people who are paid to worry about truth.

Rob Lake