UniSoft
{{Short description|American software developer}}
{{Distinguish|Ubisoft|UNISOC}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = UniSoft Corporation
| logo = UniSoft logo.png
| industry = Software development
| founded = {{start date and age|1981|10|05}} in Emeryville, California
| hq_location_city = Millbrae, California
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| website = {{url|unisoft.com}}
}}
UniSoft Corporation is an American software developer established in 1981, originally focused on the development of Unix ports for various computer architectures. Based in Millbrae, California, it now builds standardization and conformance testing applications for the digital television market.
History
UniSoft was founded on October 5, 1981, in Emeryville, California.{{cite web |url=https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=UniSoft&SearchSubType=Keyword |title=Business Search - Results |website=California Secretary of State |access-date=April 20, 2017}} Their original business was Unix development, and they were soon recognized as one of the early implementers of Unix for the emerging 16-bit microcomputer market.{{cite news |author=Michael Swaine |title=16-bit revolution, part 2: UNIX operating systems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ej4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA7 |work=InfoWorld |page=7 |date=February 15, 1982 |access-date=May 2, 2018 |quote=Within a year, companies like Unisoft of Berkeley took UNIX to the micros. [...] Several companies currently developing 68000-based computers are using Berkeley's UNIX; CM Technologies, Codata and Dual all depend on Berkeley's Unifosft for support.}} By 1989, they had completed over 225 Unix implementations on various hardware platforms, which was estimated to have been about 65% of all such ports.{{cite book |last1=Libes |first1=Don |last2=Ressler |first2=Sandy |last3=Ressler |first3=Sanford |title=Life with UNIX: a guide for everyone |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bH4hAQAAIAAJ |date=April 1989 |publisher=Prentice Hall |pages=24–25, 58 |isbn=9780135366578 |access-date=April 22, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://unisoft.com/history.html |title=History and Current Activities |website=UniSoft |access-date=April 20, 2017}} UniSoft's port of Version 7 Unix was the first operating system for Sun Microsystems' Sun-1 workstations and servers.{{cite web |url=http://www.sunhelp.org/faq/sunref1.html |title=The Sun Hardware Reference |website=SunHELP |last=Birdsall |first=James W. |quote=Sun-1's were the very first models ever produced by Sun. The earliest ran Unisoft V7 UNIX; SunOS 1.x was introduced later. |access-date=April 20, 2017}} It also developed Apple Inc.'s Unix variant, A/UX, for the Apple Macintosh II.{{cite book |last=Keefe |first=Patricia |chapter=Apple brackets Unix, Ethernet |title=Computerworld |journal=Computerworld: The Newsweekly of Information Systems Management |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZ4AAehqfn0C |date=March 2, 1987 |publisher=IDG Enterprise |issn=0010-4841 |page=94 |access-date=April 22, 2017 |quote=Unisoft Corp. has incorporated advanced connectivity features into the A/UX operating system, a Unix implementation developed for Apple by Unisoft.}} UniSoft UniPlus System V served as the basis of Silicon Graphics' GL2 operating system, which eventually evolved into IRIX.{{cite web|url=https://ryan.thoryk.com/sgi/irix_versions.html|title=History of IRIX|author=Ryan Thoryk|date=2021-10-07|access-date=2021-12-25}}
In 1991, the company moved to its current offices in Millbrae, California. UniSoft shifted its focus to the television industry in 1997, in order to address standards compliant software in that market. It now works solely in development, testing, and broadcast tools for digital television.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://unisoft.com/}}
Category:1981 establishments in California
Category:American companies established in 1981
Category:Software companies of the United States
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