Davin Computer Corp, the Irvine, California company formed by Computer Automation founder David Methvin in 1985, is going public by reversing itself into Shifrin Corp, a quoted shell company. Davin was formed to develop a 64-bit minicomputer intended to sell for under $10,000 in large OEM quantities. The machine, previewed in June 1987 as the […]
Davin Computer Corp, the Irvine, California company formed by Computer Automation founder David Methvin in 1985, is going public by reversing itself into Shifrin Corp, a quoted shell company. Davin was formed to develop a 64-bit minicomputer intended to sell for under $10,000 in large OEM quantities. The machine, previewed in June 1987 as the BAT-64, is designed for transaction-intensive work under a proprietary real-time operating system called Darts, with Unix System V as an option (CI No 711). Development has moved on since then, and the scope of the machine has been extended to support data communications, text processing, database processing, transaction processing, manufacturing control and similar applications; the machine will be marketed to systems builders and other OEM customers rather than end users. Prototypes have been built and production models are scheduled for delivery late this year after completion of a public share issue in the new company to finance operations. Shifrin Corp was formed by Vintage Group Inc as a shell with 2,000 shareholders with the aim of acquiring a private company.
