---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Founded December 1988 The Florida SunFlash The SunFlash Monthl% Digest: June 1994 - Part 2 of 5 SunFlash Article Abstracts 1 to 46 June 1994 SunFlash Digest June 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electronic Journal For Sun Users Since 1988 John J. Mclaughlin, Publisher & Editor - flash@sun.com ____________________________________________________________________________ 66.m2 One or two paragraph summaries of articles posted during June 1994. You may request the full text of any of these articles by sending mail to flashadm@sun.com with a list of 1 or more space separated article numbers (e.g. 63.87 62.32) in the Subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SunFlash Article Abstracts 1 to 46 June 1994 66.01 SunFlash Editor's Monthly Letter From: John J. McLaughlin, SunFlash Editor/Publisher From The Editor Popular SunFlash Articles from March, April, May How To Request A SunFlash Article - Example SunFlash Email addresses Call For Submissions Distribution Options Local Distribution Aliases 66.02 SoftQuad announces WYSIWYG HTML Editor available for FTP From: ian@sq.com SoftQuad ships HoTMetaL -- First Commercial Quality Editor for the World Wide Web At the first International World Wide Web Conference at CERN in Geneva, SoftQuad announced SoftQuad HoTMetaL and SoftQuad HoTMetaL PRO, the first word processors to provide a simple way to create documents for the World Wide Web, the application of the Internet that is experiencing the most rapid growth in network traffic. 66.03 All Major Accounting Packages Available on Sun Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) announced that leading financial accounting applications, including packages from CODA, Great Plains Software, IMRS, Lawson Software, PeopleSoft, Quality Software Products and SQL Financials International, are now available for the Solaris(R) 2 operating environment. Together with an extensive array of existing accounting packages, this represents more than 90% of the UNIX(R) financial accounting market that runs on Sun(R) systems. 66.04 SPARCstation Voyager Industry's Most Compact, Ergonomic Workstation The Industry's First Compact, Nomadic, Workstation - Delivers full features and capabilities of a SPARCstation - Redefines desktop workstation ergonomics - Introduces breaktrough nomadic capabilities The SPARCstation Voyager system is a new ultra compact, high performance workstation. The SPARCstation Voyager delivers all the capabilities of a SPARCstation and more in a system which is unbelievably small, quiet, ergonomic and energy efficient. The system also introduces nomadic capabilities for remote client-server operation outside the traditional office environment. Product features include high-resolution LCD flat panel displays, PCMCIA expansion cards, a sophisticated power system with worldwide ready AC and rechargeable battery operation. The SPARCstation Voyager also provides software and hardware support for remotely networked client-server operation with a telephone line connection via standard ISDN or an optional modem. 66.05 SunService Offers Disaster Recovery Services SunService, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, today announced the availability of disaster recovery services to its customers in the U.S. through an alliance with SunGard Recovery Services Inc. This service will enable Sun Microsystems' customers to maintain their critical business functions and applications in the event of a disaster, either natural or created, such as flood, earthquake, or fire. 66.06 Sun's Hottest Newsletter This article contains the text of a newsletter, "Sun's Hottest", that is printed and mailed to many customers. It is an excellent summary of Sun's recent product announcements. Send comments to Tracey Hoskinson at comments@goldenbear.Corp.Sun.COM C O N T E N T S Enterprise computing in a changing world (Fingerhut) World's largest customer database running on Sun Sun helps New Zealand's IRD collect Synopsys soars with SPARCclassic X Information highway pilot projects using Sun technology Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) NetWorker for Solaris offers backup and recovery solution The OpenStep Developer Starter Kit SolarNet brings corporate computing power to the PC The Industry's most innovative X-terminal just got better Sun Agreement with Novell Sun Agreement with Fujitsu 66.07 Sun Users Choose Sun as Best in Its Class Based on a flurry of awards stemming from reader responses given by a variety of publications, computer users continue to prefer Sun workstations and servers for technical computing. Ranked as the world's leading workstation and server vendor by International Data Corp., Sun Microsystems has maintained its leadership position with technical users despite increased competition from other vendors. 66.08 Sun Gains Momentum in Transportation Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) is making significant strides in the worldwide air transport industry, as demonstrated by recent wins at leading airports and airlines, as well as new partnerships with software vendors. New Sun(R) system users include: Air France, Air New Zealand, DHL International Ltd., Munich Airport, Canadian Airlines, Monarch Airlines, SITA, Maritz Travel Company, and Emirates (international airline of the United Arab Emirates). In addition, a partnership with Lochard Environment Systems has resulted in wins at various airports. SMCC's roster of partnerships with transportation software solution providers and system's integrators is now more than 200. 66.09 SPARCclassic X Software Enhanced Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) introduced significant software enhancements to its SPARCclassic(TM) X system, including the industry's only free Adobe Display PostScript(TM) capabilities, improved network management and a choice of window managers. These capabilities, added to the existing features of the SPARCclassic X -- including unmatched ease-of-installation/administration and easy, inexpensive upgradeability -- make this a top X terminal solution. 66.10 HPCwire Table of Contents: June 2 HPCwire is a for-fee Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing. This article is the weekly Table of Contents. There are articles in this HPCwire Table of Contents that non-subscribers can retrieve, but you must be a subscriber to request the bulk of the articles. A free trial subscription is available. 66.11 Seay Systems Announces Availability of EasySpooler Release 3 From: bob@seaysys.com (Robert J. Fazen) EasySpooler, a division of Seay Systems, Inc. (Dallas) has announced general availability of EasySpooler Release 3.0 for UNIX platforms. EasySpooler is a print manager/spooler that brings mainframe print scheduling functionality to UNIX. The new release incorporates network addressing features, support for unlimited numbers of printers and users, and the ability for non-technical users to customize and manage print jobs to thousands of printers throughout an enterprise. 66.12 Visual Thought 1.0 Beta From: william@confluent.com (William Tseng) Visual Thought 1.0: General-purpose drawing and diagramming tool From: info@confluent.com (Confluent Product Information) Confluent, Inc. announces Visual Thought(tm) 1.0 Beta, a multipurpose drawing and diagramming tool targeted at applications as diverse as software design, business graphics, training, and technical documentation. Confluent is looking for beta testers for Visual Thought. If you become a beta tester, you will receive free usage and support during beta, plus a 35% discount off the commercial release. For more information, send e-mail to info@confluent.com. 66.13 SunPro and Symantec Choose Tom Sawyer Graph Layout Software From: bmadden@tomsawyer.com (Brendan P. Madden) SunPro, the software development business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., has licensed the Graph Layout Toolkit for use in the SPARCworks 3.0 Development Environment. The SPARCworks Development Environment uses the Graph Layout Toolkit Hierarchical Library for advanced graphical data inspection within the SPARCworks debugger. The Graph Layout Toolkit can be used in software development environments for visualization of call graphs, inheritance hierarchies, makefile dependency graphs and for many purposes specific to displaying program structure. Symantec has integrated the Graph Layout Toolkit Hierarchical Library as a component of its acclaimed Time Line 6.0 Project Management System for Microsoft Windows. Tom Sawyer Software provides the placement technology behind Time Line's new Outline PERT and Time-Scaled PERT features. Outline PERT provides a logical representation of a project and all of its sub-projects while Time-Scaled PERT shows projects and sub-projects with time-constrained tasks. 66.14 ICL Announces TeamOFFICE Groupware for Solaris From: "Anne M. Prine" <0006308359@mcimail.com> Extending its support for client- server workgroup computing in multi-vendor environments, ICL's Santa Clara, California-based TeamWARE Division announces that its popular TeamOFFICE groupware suite will soon be available for SPARC-based servers running Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system. The Solaris version of TeamOFFICE is expected to begin shipping during the third quarter. Available modules will include TeamForum bulletin board conferencing, TeamLibrary document management, TeamCalendar group and resource scheduling and TeamMail electronic mail. The product will support PC clients running Windows. 66.15 TRW Smart Search: Interface to Data Sources Internal and External From: dbk@mozart.esl.com (David Kay) TRW Smart Search Provides a Single Interface to Internal and External Data Sources Information Retrieval Access Software Delivers a Wealth of Enterprise Library Resources to User Desktops TRW Business Intelligence Systems announced TRW Smart Search, information retrieval access software that provides a single user interface to multiple data sources. TRW Smart Search simplifies information retrieval by providing an easy-to-use graphical interface for searching multiple internal and external data sources. 66.16 UniPress Announces Microsoft LAn Manager for SunOS Ships From: Maureen Russell UniPress Software, Inc., a leading developer and distributor of PC-UNIX Connectivity software, announces that the SunOS version of Microsoft LAN Manager for UNIX (LMU) is in full production June 1, 1994. LMU for Sun allows Sun workstations to act as servers for PC client applications on MS-DOS, MS Windows, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, and OS/2 platforms. It combines the interoperability that allows users to share applications, information and resources across platforms with the high performance of Sun servers. 66.17 CERAM's TurboCard SBus Compressed RAM Disk Solaris 2 Support From: bmiller@ceram.com (Bill Miller) Solaris 2 device driver support is now availble for CERAMs TurboCard SBus Compressed RAM Disk. TurboCard provides up to 160MBytes of compressed RAM disk in a single SBus slot. Multiple TurboCards can be installed on a sinlge system for up to at least 960MBytes of RAM storage. 66.18 New Exabyte 8mm Tape Library From: khegarty@pa.pdc.com (Kelly Hegarty - PDC-HQ) To answer the UNIX marketplace's growing need for cost-effective storage management, PDC has announced the immediate availability of the EXB-210 8mm Library. The EXB-210 is the first of Exabyte's new family of half-high libraries, supporting two half-high drives and up to eleven 8mm data cartridges. 66.19 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts (9 articles, 108 Kb, 1001 lines - about 16 US pages) 66.20 Sunergy #10: A Discussion of Object Technologies From: Vicki.Pedretti@Corp (Vicki Pedretti, Sunergy Program) Live from ObjectWorld, San Francisco JULY 28, 1994 8:30 - 10:00 am PDT The need for a distributed, object-based application framework to dramatically reduce the cost of developing, using and managing enterprise applications is greater than ever. This is due to the complexities and costs associated with Software development, which has not kept pace with the powerful and cost effective hardware developments. In this live broadcast "SUNERGY #10" industry experts will take a look at Object Oriented Software Development, emerging new technologies that will enable creation of reusable software components that can be distributed and integrated into applications across the network and what the future holds in store for this promising technology. 66.21 SunExpress Is First to Distribute Sun Tuner SunExpress, Inc., the direct marketing subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., announced that it is the first, and currently the only sales channel for Sun(TM) Tuner. Sun Tuner provides access to broadcast and cable channels from Sun workstations as part of an overall desktop multimedia solution. For example, traders in a major brokerage house using Sun Tuner can switch between CNN and in-house broadcast financial analysis to monitor breaking news for critical business decisions. 66.22 SunSoft Introduces SunNet Manager 2.2.1 SunSoft introduced SunNet Manager(TM) 2.2.1, an enhanced version of its open systems-based network management platform for users of Solaris(R)1 (formerly SunOS(TM)4.3.1), Sun Microsystems' enterprise-wide multi-tasking distributed computing environment. SunNet Manager 2.2.1 software provides users with the same ease-of-use and quick installation and configuration features previously only available in SunNet Manager 2.2 for the Solaris 2 system software environment. 66.23 Sunergy Joins World Wide Web From: Vicki.Pedretti@Corp (Vicki Pedretti, Sunergy Program) Sunergy information can now be accessed via Mosaic on the World Wide Web. Use the following URL: http://www.sun.com/sunergy 66.24 World Cup on Mosaic From: Will Shelton, Shane Sigler The World Cup USA '94 World Wide Web information servers are part of World Cup USA '94 and the World Cup Technology Partners' (Sun, EDS, and Sprint) goal to provide the world's most technologically advanced sporting event in history. I. Results and Standings II. Game Sites and Schedules III. Participating Teams IV. World Cup Information V. Host City Information URL's North and South America: http://www.worldcup.com Norway http://wc94.oslonett.no UK http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/wc94 Japan http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/wc94/index.html 66.25 SunWorld's "Most Innovative New Product" Winners SunWorld '94 Recognizes Most Innovative New Products Through Awards Competition The producers of SunWorld '94 announced the winners of their Most Innovative New Product Awards Competition, a program recognizing new products displayed at SunWorld '94, taking place this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. 66.26 Free CD-ROM with Sun User Group Membership If you join the Sun User Group now, we'll send you the newest Sun User Group CD-ROM absolutely FREE. The "Fun in the Sun" CD-ROM contains 350 megabytes of Graphics Utilities, Sounds, Art, Movies, Games, Text and other materials to personalize your workstation and lighten up your computing environment! There's a table of contents below, but first.... 66.27 Updated Internet Services List (June-1-94) From: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff) Popular listing of services available on the Internet. Includes ftp, telnet, gopher, mail, and finger services. Summary: +ACLU Gopher, +Chabad Lubavitch Gopher, +FDA BBS, +GPO Database, +Law Resources List, +MedSearch America, +Online Book Initiative, +Quake info, +Social Security Gopher, +TV News Archive, -Nielsen TV Ratings. 66.28 INTERNET TOOLS CD-ROM - request for submissions From: modus@aol.com (Modus) Modus, publishers of Modus Online Magazine (online Windows magazine for Excalibur BBSes), is seeking submissions, recommendations and subscriptions for a new INTERNET TOOLS CD-ROM, and MODUS CD-ROM MAGAZINE. 66.29 The Internet Mall: Shopping the Information Highway [01 Jun, 94] From: taylor@netcom.com (Dave Taylor) A monthly listing of commercial services available via Internet. We welcome almost twenty-five new shops to the Internet Mall with this issue and encourage you to check them out too! Highlights include Judaica through the Web, CollectorsNet, European perfumes, Discovery Toys and Natural Stiches, and artists and musicians will want to check out Kalidospace too. -dave 66.30 Solaris SW FAQ - Monthly post From: ric@updike.sri.com (Richard Steinberger) Solaris 2.x compatibility information. Here is an attempt to provide some information about SW that may run under SUN's Solaris 2.x OS. Feel free to send additional information regarding other tools that you would like to see included. If possible, include details as to whether that product runs under 2.x [include x]. This list is now available via anonymous FTP from updike.sri.com. 66.31 SPARC-FLASH 6/94: Table of Contents From: claire@sparc.com (Claire Pinkham) The following is the table of contents for SPARC-FLASH, the monthly email bulletin from SPARC International. If you would like to receive a free subscription to SPARC-FLASH, please send your full name, title, company and email address to sparc-flash-request@sparc.com. 66.32 USENIX Symposium on High-Speed Networking (August 1-3) From: toni@usenix.org (Toni Veglia) Organization: USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA 1994 USENIX Symposium on High-Speed Networking August 1-3, 1994 Claremont Hotel & Resort, Oakland, CA The participants will examine the current issues and trends in high-speed networking, and explore the impact of high-speed networks on systems and applications design. In an attempt to temper the hype about the "information superhighway" by presenting what is real today, researchers from both the UNIX and the high-speed networking community will share their experiences and the lessons they have learned on different operating systems and high-speed networks. 66.33 New Project Gutenberg Etexts From: "Michael S. Hart" This is the Short Edition of the June, 1994 Project Gutenberg Announcement [See below for information about receiving the whole Newsletter] Includes "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson and "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle. (Project Gutenberg makes the full-text of many documents available on-line. CD-ROMs are availabe from Walnut Creek CDROM. A future SunFlash will provide details - johnj) 66.34 XGL Mailing List From: cardiac@netcom.com Announcing the formation of a mailing list devoted exclusively to XGL. This list exists to promote the discussion of Sun Microsystem's XGL Graphics Library for Solaris 2.x. All matters concerning XGL, including questions, bugs, suggestions, sample code, and comments are welcome. 66.35 HPCwire Table of Contents: June 10 HPCwire is a for-fee Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing. This article is the weekly Table of Contents. There are articles in this HPCwire Table of Contents that non-subscribers can retrieve, but you must be a subscriber to request the bulk of the articles. A free trial subscription is available. 66.36 HPCwire Table of Contents: June 17 HPCwire is a for-fee Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing. This article is the weekly Table of Contents. There are articles in this HPCwire Table of Contents that non-subscribers can retrieve, but you must be a subscriber to request the bulk of the articles. A free trial subscription is available. 66.37 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts (11 articles, 368 Kb, 3878 lines - about 59 US pages) 66.38 Walnut Creek CDROM Offers 29 Different CDROM Titles This catalog is dated 16 March 1994. The most current version of this catalog is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cdrom.com:/pub/cdrom/catalog, by fingering info@cdrom.com, or you can request it by sending email to (the human at) info@cdrom.com. The CDROMs include: utilities, games, images (GIFs etc), ClipArt, Internet Info, Ham Radio information, programming tools, source code, technical documentation, music, video, sounds, etc for DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, NeXT, Amiga, Atari, Mac. Note the Project Gutenberg title - johnj 66.39 NETstor Delivers HSM Software for Solaris 2 From: gregg@netstor.com (Gregg Juettner) NETstor, Inc. announced that its Automated Storage Management (ASM) software for Solaris 2.3 is now shipping. NETstor ASM software products that support Solaris 2 include Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM), Cache Manager, Network Migration and Network Backup. 66.40 O'Reilly's E-mail Directory From: Brian Erwin !%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing & Networks By Donnalyn Frey & Rick Adams 4th Edition June 1994 662 pages, ISBN: 1-56592-046-5, $9.95 (US) 66.41 O'Reilly Net Audiotapes From: Brian Erwin The globalization of the Internet, satellite-based Internet Protocol multicasting, and strategies for dealing with Internet address allocation are just three of the subjects discussed by leading Internet developers on four new audiotapes we just released. "Notable Speeches of the Information Age, John Perry Barlow" USENIX Conference Keynote Address - 90 minutes "Global Network Operations" Carl Malamud interviews Brian Carpenter, Bernhard Stockman, Mike O'Dell, and Geoff Huston - 2 hours "Mobile IP Networking" Carl Malamud interviews Phil Karn and Jun Murai - 1 hour "The Future of the Internet Protocol" Carl Malamud interviews Steve Deering, Bob Braden, Christian Huitema, Bob Hinden, Peter Ford, Steve Casner, Bernhard Stockman, and Noel Chiappa - 4 hours 66.42 Parallax Graphics Products For Solaris 2.3 From: bkay@parallax.com Full Size, Full-Motion Video Now Available for Solaris 2.3 Parallax Graphics announced the first full-motion, true color, full size video products available for the Solaris 2.3 operating environment. With this software, Parallax Graphics offers a new API and standard widget-based tools for developing video and multimedia applications. These tools take advantage of the X11R5 compliance in Solaris 2.3 to support interoperability across Parallax Graphics-equipped workstations from Sun and Hewlett-Packard. The new software supports the hardware-based compression and decompression in the PowerVideo and XVideo cards, freeing system CPUs to drive software applications and maximizing productivity in a multi-tasking environment. 66.43 PAX 2.1: Fault Tolerant Scheduler with Dynamic Net load Balancing From: francov@vxm.com (Franco Vitaliano) PAX 2.1 (currently only for SunOS 4.1.x users) is a distributed, fault tolerant scheduler system with dynamic network load balancing. PAX 2.1 automatically finds idle network CPU cycles, and is very good at managing and running largely independent chunks of work, such as: distributed batch jobs, client/server applications, and discrete, coarse grained network parallel applications. PAX 2.1 is an ideal software solution for downsizing mainframe class jobs onto low cost, high performance, networked workstation clusters. 66.44 PremLink 1.0 Element Management System for Sun From: mike@premisys.com (Mike MacFaden) IMACS provides a compact, economical solution for users who need reliable access to today's public and private voice and data services. Applications of IMACS include: - ISDN Primary Rate Interface controller - T1/E1 companding and signaling conversion - LAN/WAN internetworking - Frame relay assembler/disassembler or concentrator - 256 x 256 DS0 digital cross connect system - voice compression server for cellular and other hybrid networks 66.45 Quadralay Corporation Announces UDT for C/C++ v 1.3 From: combs@quadralay.com (Brian Combs) Quadralay Corporation announced a new release of its popular UDT for C/C++ development environment, a software tool that greatly simplifies the design, implementation, maintenance, and management of C and C++ source code and documentation. Trial copies available by ftp. 66.46 VERITAS File and Disk System Management Software For Solaris From: Williams J. David The UNIX Industry's Defacto Standard File and Disk System Management Software now Runs on Solaris VERITAS Software announced the availability of VERITAS Volume Manager VxVM(r) and VERITAS File System VxFS(r) on all Sun Microsystems workstations and servers running Solaris version 2.3 and greater. The on-line VERITAS utilities reduce the cost of system management, guarantee system integrity, improve performance, and decrease downtime.