Alpha Microsystems: The Santa Ana provider of...

Alpha Microsystems: The Santa Ana provider of information technology products and services reported net income of $42,000, or 1 cent a share, for the second fiscal quarter, compared with a net loss of $582,000, or 9 cents a share, for the like period last year. Sales for the quarter ended Aug. 27 declined 12% to $8.6 million from $9.8 million. The company said last year’s results included sales from operations that have since been divested.

For the first half of the fiscal year, net income totaled $93,000, or 1 cent a share, which included a one-time gain of approximately $211,000 from the company’s sale of its Pick operations in this year’s first quarter. For the first six months of the prior year, the company posted a net loss of $731,000, or 11 cents a share. Sales were down 13% to $17.2 million from $19.8 million.