-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SunFLASH August 1990 Table Of Contents SunFLASH Vol 20 #toc August 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the August TOC for SunFlash. If there are any items that you missed and really want to see, please send email directly to me at flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. If the demand for back issues justifies the effort, I will install a program to service such requests automatically. For more information about SunFlash, send mail to info-sunflash thus: $ mail info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM Subject: info info ^D $ -flash Summary Of August's Messages Line Count Vol.# Title 97 20.01 Sun Common Lisp Rel 4.0 & OPEN LOOK 1592 20.02 FSF GNU Newsletter 180 20.03 PCNFS Boards 566 20.04 OPENWINDOWS & Fonts 714 20.05 Sun Local Users Groups 160 20.06 Miscellaneous Tips 147 20.07 PR: Visualization Workstations 136 20.08 PR: Sun's Financial Results 189 20.09 GFX for SunOS 4.1 & 4.0.3 172 20.10 Introduction To Sunspots 60 20.11 Catayst CDWare 69 20.12 August STB Contents 80 20.13 September STB Contents 130 20.14 OpenWindows 2.0 Overview 86 20.15 OpenWindows Documentation 89 20.16 PR: GE Standarises on SPARC 115 20.17 WorldWide Sun Hotlines 506 20.18 Report Bugs & Bug Database 79 20.19 PR: Sun Increases Equity Base 133 20.20 Customer Warning System (CWS) 388 20.21 SPARC Information 74 20.22 SunExpert, August 1990 124 20.23 Managing Networks With SunNet Manager 99 20.24 AT&T's Kavner Resigns from Sun's Board 330 20.25 Sun Consulting Specials 1653 20.26 Master Printcap - IV 53 20.27 Sun Cancels Stock Offering 577 20.28 Sun 3 to SPARC Upgrades 36 20.29 Sun & Wavefront 81 20.30 XGL 1.0 Shipping 75 20.31 Scottish Courts To Use SPARC 104 20.32 Japanese OpenWindows total 8894 20.01 Sun Common Lisp Rel 4.0 & OPEN LOOK MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --July 31, 1990-- Sun Microsystems today introduced the Sun Common Lisp 4.0, a new version of its popular language for the artificial intelligence (AI) market, along with a new version of its Symbolic Programming Environment SPE(TM)(Symbolic Programming Environment), a set of integrated tools for developing applications in Sun's Common Lisp. A new window interface, LispView(TM), has been added to Sun's Common Lisp 4.0, making it easier for Lisp programmers to create applications that use the OPEN LOOK(TM) graphical user interface. A Delivery Tool Kit that helps make end-user applications more efficient and compact has also been added. In addition, the new release supports the standard Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). 20.02 The Free Software Foundation's GNU's Bulletin This is an article forwarded from USENET. As many of the GNU tools are used by Sun customers - especially GNU EMACS - I thought that it would be of general interest. No endorsement by Sum Microsystems. Inc is implied etc. etc. -flash Here is the info-ized version of the latest GNUs Bulletin, which was first distributed at the June 90 Anaheim, CA Summer Usenix. This info-ized version is essentially the same as the printed version except for typography and a few graphics. Please freely redistribute this text to other forums under the term of the Copyright Notice below. 20.03 PCNFS Boards Boards Supporting PC/NFS * Info extracted from matrix in LAN Magazine article "Hardware Detente - Getting Ethernet and Token Ring to Work Together", May 1990 * A few of the drivers for these cards are included with PC/NFS. The others are provided by the board makers and must be obtained from them. * This is probably not a complete list, so don't get too upset if your favorite board is not included. * Sun Microsystems does not guarantee the accuracy of this information :-) Please double check with the vendors, and treat this list as a 'good place to start checking from' -flash 20.04 Some Tips Regarding OPENWINDOWS and Fonts This is from an internal, technical correspondence that I have been given permission to pass on. If you are planning to have X windows running on multiple platforms, it is likely that you will find this information useful. - flash 20.05 SUN LOCAL USER GROUP REFERENCE LIST Newsgroups: comp.org.sug Subject: July LUG List Date: 30 Jul 90 19:04:35 GMT Sender: peter@world.std.com (Peter Salus) 20.06 Miscellaneous Tips Subject: 4/490 8mm tape Subject: How to make your LaserWriter go twice as fast... Subject: Disk erase in SunOS Subject: Scan Rates For Sun Monitors Subject: IBM coax connect 20.07 PR: Visualization Workstations SUN INTRODUCES POWERFUL VISUALIZATION WORKSTATIONS DALLAS --August 6, 1990-- At the Siggraph '90 conference today, Sun Microsystems unveiled visualization workstations powered by the new VX and MVX visualization accelerators. These new visualization models of Sun's powerful deskside SPARC(R) workstations deliver high performance across the full range of visualization techniques, including image processing, volume rendering, 3-D graphics and high-quality rendering. Such visualization capabilities have previously been available only on the most costly graphics supercomputers or on multiple special-purpose accelerators. 20.08 PR: Sun's Financial Results Sun Net Income Up 83 Percent - Revenues Near $2.5 Billion MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- August 9, 1990 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW) today reported results for its eighth full fiscal year ended June 30, 1990. Revenues for fiscal 1990 were $2.47 billion, a 40% increase over the $1.77 billion in fiscal 1989. Net income for the year was up 83%, to $111.2 million, or $1.21 per share, from the $60.8 million, or $0.76 per share, reported a year ago. 20.09 GFX for SunOS 4.1 & 4.0.3 Announcing 4.1-GFX Rev 1 and 4.0.3-GFX Rev 2 OpenWindows and GX users take note ! -flash In order to provide post-SunOS 4.1 support for our new and existing graphics products, 4.1-GFX Rev 1 is available for systems running SunOS 4.1 and a new version, 4.0.3-GFX Rev 2, is available for systems running SunOS 4.0.3. These new GFX products are only necessary when ordering new products as listed below. 20.10 Introduction To Sunspots This article is an introduction to the Sunspots mailing list/USENET news group. Sunspots is managed by Bob Greene of Rice University and it is producted independently from Sun Microsystems. This message was posted to the Sunspots list by Bob Greene. 20.11 Catayst CDWare This write up of CDWare includes some updated telephone numbers - flash Catalyst CDWare (TM) is a self contained software information and demonstration package on a compact disc. Its menu-driven overview uses the intuitive point-and-click OPEN LOOK (TM) graphical user interface to make software demos and programs easy to try. And Catalyst CDWare includes easy ordering information. When you are ready to purchase software applications, simply contact the Catalyst (TM) vendors or their authorized resellers. 20.12 August 1990 Software Technical Bulletin Contents [] SPARC Subjects: SPARCstation 1 SCSI Addressing [] SunOS Subjects: SunOS 4.1 and Standards [] Updated world hotlines for customer service calls [] Updated world-wide bug reporting information [] STB subscriptions and duplication [] Configurations: updated software release level tables, effective June 29, 1990 20.13 September 1990 Software Technical Bulletin Contents [] STB Sections in new order [] SPARC Subjects: the SPARCstation IPC [] SunOS Subjects: Secure Networking [] Configurations: updated software release level tables, effective July 27, 1990 [] Updated world hotlines for customer service calls [] Updated world-wide bug reporting information [] STB subscriptions and duplication information 20.14 OpenWindows 2.0 Overview OpenWindows Version 2: Product Announcement This article contains an overview of the new release of the OpenWindows Version 2 application environment. 20.15 OpenWindows 2.0 Documentation This article contains a list of OpenWindows 2.0 documentation including titles and part numbers. 20.16 PR: GE Standarises on SPARC SUN MICROSYSTEMS SPARC/UNIX WORKSTATIONS NAMED STANDARD FOR ALL GE AEROSPACE DIVISIONS MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--August 13, 1990-- Sun Microsystems SPARC(R)-based computer workstations and servers have been selected as the standard product for all GE Aerospace divisions. Sun was chosen after a competitive selection process that was part of GE Aerospace's ASSIST (Aerospace Support for Systems, Integration, Software and Test) program. The major goal of ASSIST is to develop standard hardware and software systems for engineering use throughout GE Aerospace divisions. 20.17 WorldWide Sun Hotlines Note that these service hotlines are available to those customers who have a valid support contract in place. - flash Sun Customers throughout the world have service hotlines available for both software and hardware support questions. The service hotlines are shown below. If your country is not shown in the table, please phone your local Sun sales office. 20.18 Report Bugs & Bug Database Submitting Bugs and Email Service Calls This article contains two sections for submitting bugs. The first section describes procedures to use within the United States. The second section describes procedures within Europe. 20.19 PR: Sun Increases Equity Base MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --August 13, 1990-- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW) announced today that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement of a proposed offering by the company of 5,938,834 new shares of Common Stock together with 1,061,166 shares to be offered by certain selling stockholders. Of the shares to be sold, 5,600,000 will be offered in the United States by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Salomon Brothers Inc and Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. Of the shares to be sold, 1,400,000 will be sold outside the United States by an international syndicate managed by Goldman Sachs International Limited, Salomon Brothers International Limited and Dean Witter Capital Markets---International Ltd. The Underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase an additional 1,050,000 shares of Common Stock from the company to cover over-allotments. 20.20 Customer Warning System (CWS) Announcing Sun Microsystem's Customer Warning System for Security Incident Handling In order to best serve our customers' service needs, Sun has established a Customer Warning System (CWS) for handling security incidents. 20.21 SPARC Information This is an article from a mailing list called info-sparc. Subscription information is included at the end of this article. -flash This article comprises a listing of SPARC information. There are three sections: architecture and software chip manuals and data sheets board manuals. 20.22 SunExpert, August 1990 For your information. SunExpert in a Sun specific trade magazine that is free to qualified buyers. Forwarding this table of contents does not imply an endorsement by Sun Microsystems. I will occasionally mail out various 'table of contents' to remind you of the existence of various Sun User targeted publications. -flash 20.23 Managing Networks With SunNet Manager Sun Educational Services is pleased to announce the offering of the new "Managing Your Network Using SunNet Manager - SA-340" course! This course is designed for experienced system and network administrators with at least six month's exposure to SunOS who want to use SunNet Manager to monitor their existing distributed work groups. SunNet Manager is a network management software platform product that provides end-user monitoring and control functions as well as development tools. This course focuses on how to use SunNet Manager's administrative tools to gather data such as Ethernet interface statistics, host memory utilization, host performance and routing table statistics from nodes on existing networks. 20.24 AT&T's Kavner Resigns from Sun's Board MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Aug. 23, 1990-- Sun Microsystems and AT&T today announced the resignation of Robert M. Kavner from Sun's board of directors. Kavner, who is AT&T's group executive for data systems and federal systems, joined Sun's board in June, 1988, as AT&T's designee under the terms of the stock purchase agreement dated January 4, 1988 between the two companies. AT&T has indicated that it does not intend to exercise its right under that agreement to designate a replacement for Kavner. 20.25 Sun Consulting Specials Sun Microsystem's Consulting group has created many software packages for customer requirements that Sun's standard software offerings do not cover. These s/w packages have become know as 'consulting special'. This article lists 4 new specials and about 40 existing ones. 20.26 Master Printcap - IV This LONG article (> 1600 lines) contains over 60 printcap entries. It has been collected and maintained by rik@Corp.Sun.COM. Note that it is very difficult to verify all configurations hence the disclaimer "Use At Own Risk". -flash 20.27 Sun Cancels Stock Offering MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. August 24, 1990 Sun Microsystems, Inc. today withdrew its planned offering of common shares. As announced on August 13, Sun had offered to sell 5.9 million shares of common stock together with 1.1 million shares offered by certain shareholders. 20.28 Sun 3 to SPARC Upgrades Sun is announcing new upgrades to help customers migrate to SPARC. This message includes a Summary of Changes in the SPARC Upgrades Program, and Detailed Ordering Information. 1. Summary of Changes in Upgrades A. New Paths have been added B. Existing Paths are simpler; prices are reduced C. Upgrades to Sun-3 Systems are being discontinued 2. Detailed Order Information for New and Changed Upgrade Paths A. Upgrades to SS1+ B. Upgrades to SS300 C. Upgrades to SS400 20.29 Sun & Wavefront Sun and Wavefront Sign Marketing Agreement Dallas, August 7, 1990 -- Sun Microsystems and Wavefront Technologies have signed a development and marketing agreement under which Wavefront's Visualizer Series (tm) products will be available for Sun's SPARC (R) workstations and servers. The Visualizer Series is an industry leading advanced 3-D animation, simulation, data/analysis package. With this agreement, Wavefront joins Sun's Catalyst program for third-party software and hardware vendors. Details on the availability and price of Wavefront's Visualizer Series products for Sun workstations will be announced at a later date. 20.30 XGL 1.0 Shipping XGL, Sun's new, high performance, full functioned, 2-D/3-D graphics interface for Openwindows started shipping this week. XGL is designed for developers of graphical applications in MCAD and EDA, as well as Animation, Simulation and Earth Resources/GIS. 20.31 Scottish Courts To Use SPARC MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--August 27, 1990-- Sun Microsystems has won an order worth more than $5 million (U.S.) from the Scottish Courts Administration (SCA), headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, to automate the administration of criminal cases in the country's Sheriff courts. 20.32 Japanese OpenWindows Endorsed by Toshiba, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, 55 Others Includes First Toolkit to Conform to XIM TOKYO --August 29, 1990-- Sun Microsystems today introduced a version of its OpenWindows(TM) application development environment adapted for the Japanese language, giving software developers an easy-to-use, open solution for porting applications to Japanese. The new Japanese OpenWindows includes the OPEN LOOK(R) graphical user interface, the X11/NeWS(TM) window system, DeskSet(TM) productivity tools and the XView(TM) toolkit. 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