ADVANCE RELEASE
 
	CONNECTATHON '89 SHOWCASES INDUSTRY-WIDE CONNECTIVITY
	Apple, DEC, H-P, IBM, Sun and More Than 60 Others
	Link Systems Together via ONC/NFS 
 
CONNECTATHON '89, SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- February 13, 1989 -- The
world's largest demonstration of applied networking among disparate
systems began today.  More than 65 computer hardware and software
manufacturers are gathering here this week for Connectathon '89, a
round-the-clock connectivity marathon that tests interoperability among
various implementations of the Open Network Computing/Network File
System (ONC/NFS(TM), NeWS(TM) and X11.  NeWS and X11 are windowing
technologies, from Sun Microsystems and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, respectively.  NFS, from Sun, is the de facto industry
standard for sharing computer files across a broad mixture of computer
systems.

Held February 13 - 17 at the Santa Clara Techmart in Santa Clara,
Calif., Connectathon '89 will bring together major computer industry
players, including IBM, DEC, Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Apple, and Cray.
Participants will cooperate closely, testing their implementations of
the industry-standard networking technology with dozens of other
vendors' versions.  The object of Connectathon is to achieve complete
interoperability among all vendors.  Well in excess of 2,000
connections will occur.

According to Sun's Vice President of Marketing Ed Zander, the event has
grown at a rapid pace since Sun launched it in 1986.  He said the
number of participants at this year's Connectathon has grown by
one-third since the last event.

"Connectathon has become a major connectivity event for the industry,"
he said.  "The extremely broad support demonstrated here for NFS and
network computing underscores the growing commitment to open systems.
Open networking computing has become an essential part of any overall
computing solution."

The keynote address at Connectathon '89 will begin at 11 a.m. on
Tuesday, February 14.  The speaker, Mark D. Stahlman, senior research
analyst with leading investment research firm Sanford C. Bernstein &
Co., will discuss "Network Computing: The Next Wave."  The talk will be
open to exhibitors, customers, press and industry analysts.

Immediately following the speech, there will be a panel on how NFS, X11
and NeWS technologies impact the industry. Connectathon's testing floor
will be open to the public on Friday, February 17, from 4-6 p.m.

NFS is part of Sun's Open Network Computing [ONC(TM)] environment of
network services and protocols.  NFS has more than 260 licensees
worldwide.

 	Connectathon 1989 Participant List 

Acer Counterpoint
ARIX Corp.
ASCII Corp.
AT&T
Altos Computer Systems
Apple Computer
Apollo Computer, Inc.
Ardent Computers
Architech Group Corp.
BBN-ACI
Beame & Whiteside Software
Cayman Systems, Inc.
Concurrent Computer Corp.
Convergent Technologies (The Network Computing Group of Unisys)
Cray Research, Inc.
Data General Corp.
Digital Equipment Corp.
DIAB Data -- AB
Encore Computer Corp.
ETA Systems
Excelan
Epoch Systems, Inc.
FRAME Technology Corp.
FTP Software, Inc.
GFx BASE
Graphic Software Systems, Inc
Grasshopper Software Group
Hewlett-Packard
Interactive Systems Corp.
IBM
Intergraph
Lachman Associates, Inc.
Legato Networking Services, Inc.
Locus Computing Corp.
MIPS Computer Systems
Mt. Xinu, Inc.
NCR Corp.
NeXT, Inc.
Network Computing Devices Inc.
Northern Telecom, Inc.
NEC Information Systems, Inc.
Network Research Corp.
Parallax Corp.
PFU Limited
Pyramid Technology Corp.
Prime Computer, Inc.
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Solbourne Computer, Inc.
Sony Corp.
Stellar Computer, Inc.
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems -- TOPS Division
Telelogic Corp.
TGV, Inc.
The Santa Cruz Operation
The Wollongong Group
Unisoft Corp.
University of Michigan
University of California at Santa Cruz
Visual Technology
Wyse Technology

Press contact:

Sharyn Sears
(415)336-7073