who owns Multibus? or older Intel product? document by Herb Johnson, revised Nov 19 2007. Updated March 2015, see that section. Linked from this document which discusses the history of Multibus ownership: http://www.retrotechnology.com/dri/isis.html#owner Securities and Exchanges Commission document extracts, regarding Radisys's purchase of Multibus and iRSX technology from Intel. 1) Document SC 13d/A found at Web page: http://www.secinfo.com/d1hwz.81f.htm#3tv Filed On 4/29/97 · SEC File 5-45775 · Accession Number 50863-97-32 document SC 13D/A, Amendment to General Statement of Beneficial Ownership. [basically, Intel obatined $4 million in stock from Radisys, in exchange for Intel's ownership of certain assets as described below. The "reporting person" is Intel, the "issuer" is Radisys. - Herb] Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction. The Reporting Person acquired 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, and a warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase up to 300,000 additional shares of Common Stock of the Issuer, as an investment and in connection with an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") and certain related License Agreements (the "License Agreements") dated April 29, 1996 between the Issuer and the Reporting Person pursuant to which the Reporting Person (i) sold substantially all of the assets dedicated to the design, manufacture and sale of Multibus products as set forth in the Purchase Agreement to the Issuer, and (ii) licensed certain related intellectual property to the Issuer pursuant to the License Agreements. On April 25, 1997, the Reporting Person exercised the Warrant in full, surrendered 133,333 shares covered by the Warrant in payment of the aggregate exercise price of the Warrant, and acquired 166,667 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. --end--- ----------------------------------------------- 2) The Radisys 8-K/A report at the link below includes the statement quoted below. http://www.secinfo.com/dRqWm.9dbp.htm#3wz quote: The iRMX/Multibus Operation (OMO) has operated as a business operation of Intel Corporation. The accompanying financial statements were prepared to present the assets of OMO acquired by RadiSys Corporation, pursuant to the purchase agreement dated April 29, 1996, and the related net revenues and direct expenses of OMO. The financial statements are not intended to be a complete presentation of the results of operations of OMO. The OMO business consists of Multibus boards and related software which are sold into the Embedded Industrial Bus Computing marketplace. The principal markets for these products are in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Asia Pacific. --end quote-- Also, there is a Radisys filing as follows: http://sec.edgar-online.com/1996/11/14/00/0000893877-96-000375/Section11.asp Form:10-Q Filing Date:11/14/1996 Radisys Corp. --quote-- On April 29, 1996, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Intel Corporation ("Intel") that were dedicated to the design, manufacture and sale of all standard and custom Multibus I and Multibus II products ("Multibus") (collectively the "Acquisition"). In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition, Intel licensed certain Intel software to the Company. The Acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method. The results of operations for Multibus have been included in the financial statements since the date of acquisition. --end quote-- -------------------------------------------------- In addition, an online PDF document by blueprint Ventures (blueprintventures.com) by Jim Houston says that he "Led Intel’s first spin-out where patents and people were allowed to leave (Multibus. RadiSys) in 1996." www.opentechcenter.com/drupal/resources/blueprint-ventures-slides.pdf Houston was an Intel officer; he is currently a principal of BluePrint Ventures. His statement is informative in that, apparently, Intel held rights to its old technologies up until 1996. ---------------------- ********************************************************** Additional information added March 2015 search the Web for "The iRMX Multibus Operation (OMO) radisys Intel Corporation" http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/873044/0000912057-96-013686.txt FORM 8-K/A AMENDMENT NO. 1, April 29, 1996, RADISYS CORPORATION The iRMX/Multibus Operation (OMO) has operated as a business operation of Intel Corporation. The accompanying financial statements were prepared to present the assets of OMO acquired by RadiSys Corporation, pursuant to the purchase agreement dated April 29, 1996, and the related net revenues and direct expenses of OMO. The financial statements are not intended to be a complete presentation of the results of operations of OMO. ----------------- intel :: iRMX :: 142982-003 iRMX Programming Techniques Sep82" OCR text on archive.org. Document is identified by Intel as "OMO Technical Publications" ------------------- http://business.highbeam.com/3094/article-1G1-17528468/pentium-rides-multibus "Pentium rides Multibus" Electronic Engineering Times | October 23, 1995 | Lieberman, David Hillsboro, Ore. - Computer markets spin faster than they used to. Back at the birth of Multibus II, the 80286 microprocessor was king. It took four years for the 386 to surpass it in unit shipments, according to Intel figures, and three years for that processor to give way to the 486. Crossover to the Pentium has taken just two and a half years, and the Intel OEM Modules Operation (OMO) hopes to push the curve by introducing a new Pentium platform for Multibus II this week. ------------------------------ http://www.datasheetarchive.com/files/intel/products/design/news/omosale.htm apparently from an Intel online archive document. Intel and RadiSys Sign LOI to Transfer Multibus and iRMX® O/S and Multibus Product Lines RadiSys Corporation Press Release Intel Corporation and RadiSys Corporation recently signed a Letter of Intent to transition Intel's iRMX® Operating System and Multibus product lines to RadiSys over the next several months. Intel announced January 29, 1996 that it would be phasing out these product lines over the next 12 months while actively working to transition them to a manufacturer who would focus on Multibus market segments. Intel is taking this action to further sharpen its own focus on enhancing the computing and communications capabilities of the personal computer. RadiSys will form a new business unit to focus on these customers and on the iRMX O/S and Multibus product lines, which are also based on Intel technologies. The company has announced its intentions to ensure a long-term supply of the current hardware and software products, as well as development of significant product enhancements like a Pentium® Pro processor-based Multibus II CPU board. Subject to successful completion of due diligence by both parties and appropriate government approval, a definitive agreement between Intel and RadiSys is expected to be complete by May 1996. Under the agreement, RadiSys will receive product inventory, backlog and certain fixed assets from Intel. In return, RadiSys will issue 1,300,000 shares of stock to Intel, resulting in Intel holding approximately 17 percent of the outstanding shares of RadiSys on a fully diluted basis. Intel will also receive step-up warrants for 300,000 additional shares of stock exercisable within 24 months. In addition, the agreement calls for RadiSys to pay Intel $1.2M in cash in 1997. During this period, it is Intel's goal to support its customers and ensure an orderly transition. Warranties and repair support contracts will be honored. ---------------------- Tenasys - spinoff of Radisys ----------------------------- http://www.tenasys.com/tenasys-information/company-overview "A privately held company, TenAsys was founded by a team of software engineers who helped develop the ground-breaking object-based RTOS known as iRMX at Intel in the early 1980s." Tenasys has a number of PDF'ed Intel iRMX documents at www.tenasys.com/support/files/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TenAsys "The company was founded in 2000 as a spin-off of RadiSys Corporation to exploit the RTOS technology based on the iRMX and INtime for Windows products originally developed by Intel Corporation. RadiSys acquired the iRMX and INtime RTOS technology when they purchased Intel's Multibus division in 1996.[1][2]". Referemces are to *my Web page on Radisys/Intel* and to a Radisys press release about the Intel acquisition. http://www.csemag.com/home/single-article/tenasys-spins-off-real-time-software-business-from-radisys/4bb744c859bcafaa46ad7da7d49d0eb3.html Consulting-Specifying Engineer "magazine" "TenAsys spins off real-time software business from RadiSys" Staff, 07/01/2000 TenAsys Corp. (Beaverton, Ore.) and RadiSys Corp. announced May 23 an agreement to transfer development and maintenance of the iRMX and INtime real-time software products to TenAsys. TenAsys will develop, support, and sell the products worldwide. The engineering team includes key developers of the iRMX operating systems at Intel Corp. and the INtime real-time extension to Windows NT at RadiSys Corp. According to TenaSys, this will enable it to exploit the strengths and capabilities of the INtime and iRMX products to increase visibility and market presence, and improve customer relations and support. TenAsys plans to build on an installed base of hundreds of thousands of iRMX and INtime installations worldwide in mission-critical applications. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/irmxstuff/info yahoo group "iRMX & INtime Real-time Operating System" founded 1998 related Web site http://www.irmxstuff.com (dead link 2015) several messages a year since 2010 One 2010 message from a Tenasys source, suggests support for Intel iRMX PL/M products: "The iRMX For Windows add-on for INtime 3 ( http://tenasys.com/products/irmx_windows.php ) supports the 386 development tools including PL/M. We continued to use our PL/M and C development for iRMX using iRMX For Windows under INtime 3. - Regards, Rich" [poster "iRMXstuff"] ================== Herb Johnson retrotechnology.com