Editing 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 architecture]]s. 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]].<ref name="Business Search">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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.}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="UniSoft history">{{cite web |url=http://unisoft.com/history.html |title=History and Current Activities |website=UniSoft |access-date=April 20, 2017}}</ref> UniSoft's port of [[Version 7 Unix]] was the first operating system for [[Sun Microsystems]]' [[Sun-1]] workstations and servers.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It also developed [[Apple Inc.]]'s Unix variant, [[A/UX]], for the Apple [[Macintosh II]].<ref>{{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.}}</ref> UniSoft UniPlus [[System V]] served as the basis of [[Silicon Graphics]]' [[GL2]] operating system, which eventually evolved into [[IRIX]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In 1991, the company moved to its current offices in [[Millbrae, California]].<ref name="Business Search" /> 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.<ref name="UniSoft history" />

== See also ==
* [[Callan Data Systems]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://unisoft.com/}}

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[[Category:A/UX]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1981]]
[[Category:Unix history]]
[[Category:Software companies of the United States]]


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