---------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 1990 Software Technical Bulletin Contents SunFLASH Vol 20 #12 August 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [] 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 SPARC Subjects: SPARCstation SCSI Addressing This month's SPARC subjects include three topics. In addition to an update on SPARC SIMM memory prices and SPARCstation benchmarks, SPARCstation SCSI addressing is discussed in detail. SunOS Subjects: SunOS 4.1 and Standards This month's SunOS Subjects sections features a technical paper on SunOS 4.1. The paper compares SunOS 4.1 compatibility with SVID and 4.3BSD. World Hotlines For Sun customers world-wide served by your local service groups, use the customer service telephone numbers listed in this monthly item. Also, look to this section during the upcoming year for details on your local support call policies and procedures. Reporting Bugs World-Wide A list of Sun service centers, addresses, email hotlines, and telephone hotlines appears. The information in this monthly note continues to be expanded as Sun software service centers are added world-wide. STB Subscriptions and Duplication This notice is published monthly, giving customers useful information regarding ordering multiple STB hardcopy subscriptions, and duplicating additional STB copies from a single `master' copy. This duplication permission is limited, as detailed in the note. Configurations: Current Sun Software Products and Release Level Tables The seven tables showing current Sun software product release levels appear monthly. These tables show release levels for operating systems, communications products, unbundled languages, unbundled applications, unbundled graphics, other products, and TOPS networking products. The tables in this issue are updated through June 29, 1990. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sunflash is an electronic mail news service from Sun Microsystems, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. It is targeted at Sun Users and Customers. As a field sales and support office, we try to keep SunFlash useful and interesting to you. If you have any comments or suggestions for enhancing SunFlash, please send them to us. SunFlash is distributed via a hierarchy of aliases. Try to address change requests to the owner of the alias that you belong to. If you want to be added to the SunFlash alias, please contact the systems engineers at your local Sun office. Many Sun Sales offices distributed SunFlash through their own SunFlash alias. Address comments to the SunFlash editor (John McLaughlin) at sun!sunvice!flash or flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.