---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Founded December 1988 The Florida SunFlash The SunFlash Monthly Digest: June 1994 - Part 3 of 5 SunFlash Article Abstracts 47 to 93 June 1994 SunFlash Digest June 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electronic Journal For Sun Users Since 1988 John J. Mclaughlin, Publisher & Editor - flash@sun.com ____________________________________________________________________________ 66.m3 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 47 to 93 June 1994 66.47 Z-Code's Z-Mail For UNIX and MS Windows From: "Ken Burke" Popular UNIX E-Mail Software Now Operates Across Multi-Vendor Enterprise Nets The first cross-platform electronic-mail system based on Internet-standard networking and messaging protocols has been introduced by Z-Code Software, a division of Network Computing Devices (NCD). Z-Code has expanded its Z-Mail e-mail system, used by more than 35,000 UNIX users, to support Microsoft Windows systems as well as character display terminals. This represents the first time an Internet-style peer-to-peer model of e-mail has been available to provide a common mail environment to every desktop in the enterprise -- character and graphics terminals, desktop computers and workstations -- without the need for costly and cumbersome gateways. TRY Z-MAIL for UNIX or MS Windows FOR FREE!!! (see ftp and other instructions at end of article. -johnj) 66.48 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts (10 articles, 144 Kb, 1426 lines - about 22 US pages) 66.49 New features of 2.2 Release of SunSolve and Helpdesk Tools From: Anthony.Rietkerk@EBay (Anthony Rietkerk) Shipped to Customers on 5/27/94 The latest SunSolve and Sun HelpDesk Tools V2.2 CD-ROM releases, shipped 5/27/94, contain the following enhancements: 66.50 Galileo UK Chooses Sun Galileo UK has selected Sun Microsystems as the hardware solution for its National Vendor Platform project, through which UK specific vendors will have the means to distribute their products using the Galileo UK network. "The aim of the National Vendor Platform project is to link UK travel related vendors such as ferry operators, tour operators, consolidators and rail into the Galileo system. Travel agents can then offer a more comprehensive booking service to their clients," explained Jean Anderson, senior product marketing manager of Galileo UK. "We investigated the possibility of using existing platforms, but decided that a new, general-purpose UNIX platform best suited our needs today, and in the future." 66.51 NEW BOOK: Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets by Peter van der Linden A SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall book 352 pages; ISBN 0-13-177429-8 $32 US suggested list price This is a very different book on the C language! In an easy, conversational style, Peter van der Linden of Sun's compiler and OS kernel group, presents dozens of astonishing examples drawn from practical experience, including: * Software that blew up the space probe to Venus * The C bug that shut down the entire AT&T phone system * C programmer job interview secrets * Why programmers can't tell Halloween from Christmas day * The C code for a complete BASIC interpreter 66.52 SunSoft Announces POSIX.2 for Solaris From: Sun Press Relations SunSoft, Inc. announced that Solaris, the industry's leading 32-bit, multitasking UNIX operating system will now feature POSIX.2 compliance. This announcement is an important milestone in the company's long-standing strategy to promote the development and use of open industry standards in its products. SunSoft made its announcement in conjunction with an event held at the Canadian Embassy, by Mortice Kern Systems of Waterloo, Canada, which provided SunSoft with its POSIX.2 port. 66.53 Sun and ILX Announce Partnership for Financial Services From: Sun Press Relations ILX Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) announced that they have formed an alliance to provide market data solutions to retail brokerage firms nationwide. Under the terms of the agreement, ILX has ported its ILX Workstation market data software to Sun systems running the Solaris 2 operating environment and has become an authorized SMCC reseller. In addition, the two companies will cooperatively market ILX software on Sun systems to brokers, traders and asset managers throughout the financial services industry. 66.54 Call For Papers: SUG "UNIX and the Law" Symposium From: troll@sug.org (Alex Newman) Theme: UNIX and the Law Security Computers and Privacy UNIX and the Government Copyrights and Licensing The Sun User Group is pleased to announce its First Annual Technical Symposium, which will address the important issues of legality and morality that face computer users every day. Technical papers and presentations concerning this topical issue, as well as other topics of interest to the Sun/SPARC community, are invited. Manufacturers of computer equipment and software based on SPARC/Solaris technology are encouraged to participate in this conference with presentations, and technical talks. 66.55 SPARCclassic X X terminal Software Version 2.0 o X Terminal Software Version 2.0 provides the SPARCclassic X with many of the features most sought out by customers (e.g. Display Postscript, local Motif window managers) o Upgrades to X Terminal Software Version 2.0 are available o Transition of X Terminal Software Version 1.0 66.56 Oracle7 Release 7.1 on Sun Systems The new Oracle7 Release 7.1 for Sun(R) SPARC(R) systems running the Solaris(R) operating environment offers users with large databases an unmatched level of performance, announced Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC). Available today for the Sun platform, Oracle7 Release 7.1 has a new parallel software design that has been finely tuned by Oracle and Sun to take full advantage of the Sun symmetric multiprocessing architecture. With Oracle7 Release 7.1 on Sun, users with demanding database applications like large decision and OLTP support systems have an extremely low-cost alternative to the expensive mainframe solutions that have been the standard in the past. 66.57 Sun and Xerox Sign New Master Agreement Valued at $500M Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Xerox Corporation announced that they have signed a revised master agreement that has a potential value of $500 million in sales of Sun(R) products to Xerox over the life of the five-year contract. This master agreement extends the seven-year strategic relationship between the two companies. The new contract includes agreements with Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC), SunSoft and SunService. 66.58 Informix Parallel Processing Database Server on Eleven SMP Platforms Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFMX), the leading provider of parallel processing database technology, announced expanded availability of INFORMIX(R)-OnLine Dynamic Server(TM) 7.0 to 11 leading symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) hardware platforms - including Sun Solaris - beginning in September of this year. 66.59 Advanced Systems Table of Contents : June 1994 From: mac@advanced.com (Michael McCarthy) This is the second TOC for a trade magazine that I have posted. The feedback from posting the first TOC was very posative. I have asked serveral other UNIX/Sun trade publications to email me their TOC's as they go to press each month so that I might post articles similar to this. Advanced Systems Magazine is a 'trade publication' for UNIX professionals. It is free to qualified US subscribers. Nonqualified readers or overseas readers can subscribe for US$18 per year plus shipping. 66.60 HPCwire Table of Contents: June 24 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. 66.61 Elan Computer Group Announces SoftWatch From: Janet Kittleson Elan Computer Group, the industry leader in software licensing tools, announces SoftWatch, a software tool that allows end-users to get consolidated usage reports on all software applications and monitor and control networked software usage. SoftWatch gives system administrators and managers a simple tool for managing networked software application usage and provides them with a method of reporting on its usage.SoftWatch is designed to work with any off the shelf UNIX application. 66.62 Imageware Ships Surfacer(tm) for Sun Workstations From: debbie@piglet.portable.com (Debbie Herrington) Portable Graphics, Inc. announced that Imageware, Inc. is now shipping accelerated versions of its Surfacer v3.1 3-D surface modeling software for Sun SPARCstation systems. Imageware used the NPGL library from Portable Graphics to port the X Windows/Motifr version of Surfacer to the Sun platform where it runs at accelerated speeds. Surfacer was previously available on Silicon Graphics (SGI) IRIS and Indigo workstations. 66.63 Advanced Software Automation Software Engineering Tools From: eng@asa10.hindsight.com (Ellen Ng) Hindsight analyzes code, then graphically represents its logic in interactive structure charts, diagrams and reports. Hindsight identifies code deficiencies through test coverage, run-time performance and complexity analyses. New features such as memory error detection, flowcharter, unit tester, report generator, and interface to dbx make Hindsight even more powerful and efficient. 66.64 IONA Unveils Orbix(R) for Microsoft Windows 3.1 From: Colin Newman Orbix brings CORBA to the volume desktop IONA Technologies has released a beta version of its object request broker Orbix 1.2 for Microsoft Windows 3.1 to a limited number of its customers, the company revealed at the Securities Industry Association exhibition here today. Orbix is IONA's implementation of the Object Management Group's (OMG's) Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) specification, which unleashes the power of distributed object technology. Volume shipments of the finalised product will commence August 31, 1994. 66.65 Internet Services FAQ (ver. 1.8) From: Kevin Savetz This posting lists frequently asked questions and answers about Internet services. It should be read by anyone wishing to post to the newsgroup "alt.internet.services". It can also be ftp-ed from rtfm.mit.edu: /pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/faq *** TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 0: THE BASICS 0.1: What is the purpose of this document? 0.2: What is alt.internet.services? 0.3: I'm new to the Internet. Where do I start? 0.4: What kind of information is on the Internet? Why isn't there an encyclopedia on the Internet? SECTION 1: WHAT IS...? 1.1: What is Telnet? 1.2: What is anonymous FTP? 1.3: What is Usenet? 1.4: What is finger? 1.5: What is IRC? 1.6: What is Alex/Archie/Gopher/Hytelnet/Netfind/Prospero/ Veronica/WAIS/WHOIS/WWW/X.500? 1.7: What is MUD/MUSH/MOO/MUCK/DUM/MUSE, etc.? SECTION 2: HOW DO I...? 2.1: How do I send mail from the Internet to another network? 2.2: How do I access other systems from the Internet? 2.3: How do I contact a service provider? 2.4: How do I find out someone's e-mail address? 2.5: How do I get a name resolved? 2.6: How do I send e-mail to the White House? 2.7: How do I get stock market information? 2.8: How do I access the Library of Congress? SECTION 3: I NEED INFORMATION ABOUT... 3.1: Where can I get Internet access in my area? 3.2: I need a BBS (on the Internet or in my area)! 3.3: Is there a list of all the Internet services? 3.4: How do I get information about the Internet online? 3.5: Are there any magazines about the Internet? 66.66 The Unofficial Internet Book List From: Kevin Savetz Version 0.5 - 19 June 1994 - Featuring LOTS of new book information. This is an interim release - I still have a towering stack of new books to review or add to the list. Send comments & updates to Kevin Savetz . *** Table of Contents Vital Statistics This Month's Featured Book Alphabetical List of Internet Books Upcoming titles Publisher/Ordering Information Internet Book Information & Updates Online Legal, Ethical and Moral Stuff Where to Find this Document rtfm.mit.edu: /pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/book-list 66.67 FAQ: How can I send a fax from the Internet? From: Kevin Savetz *** Table of Contents Can I send a fax from the Internet? TPC.INT Remote Printing <2 area codes removed> Rabbit.rgm Sacramento Fax Service Digital Chicken Swedish University Network InterFax FAXiNET Unigate RadioMail Legal Stuff Where to Find this Document rtfm.mit.edu: /pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/fax-faq ftp.eff.org: /pub/Net_info/Technical/net-fax.faq 66.68 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts (10 9, 168 Kb, 3850 lines - about 59 US pages) 66.69 Upgrades to SPARCstation 5 and TurboGXplus Graphics Upgrade o New SPARCstation 5, 32 MB,70 MHz upgrades o New TurboGXplus graphics upgrade from TurboGX SPARCstation(TM) 5 system users may trade in their existing TurboGX(TM) graphics board and upgrade to TurboGXplus(TM) graphics performance. This is yet another option for Sun's higher end graphics users to be able to trade-up to higher level of performance while realizing trade-in credit for their existing graphics board. 66.70 Solsource Announces Rover: Contact and Calendar Manager for Unix From: sales@solsource.com Solsource Computers, Inc. unveiled at the SunWorld Expo new Unix software that provides users with an easy to use contact and calendar management tool. The new product, called Rover, is the first in the Unix market to integrate contact management, a day planner format calendar, and action item management with a graphical user interface. 66.71 O'Reilly/USENIX BSD4.4 Doc Set and CD From: Brian Erwin The USENIX Association and O'Reilly & Associates are publishing the final, definitive release of the Berkeley version of UNIX, which has been the basis for many commercial UNIX variants. Written by the Computer Systems Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley, the complete five volume set includes a CD-ROM and will be available in early July. 4.4 BSD SYSTEM MANAGER'S MANUAL (SMM) 4.4 BSD USER'S REFERENCE MANUAL (URM) 4.4 BSD USER'S SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTS (USD) 4.4 BSD PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE MANUAL (PRM) 4.4 BSD PROGRAMMER'S SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTS (PSD) 4.4 BSD-LITE CD COMPANION 66.72 Freedom Desktop 1.0 for Motif From: freedom@telerama.lm.com Freedom Software is shipping Freedom Desktop 1.0 for Motif, an advanced desktop manager integrated to the Unix environment. Beginning in March of 1994, more than 100,000 demo copies of Freedom Desktop 1.0 will be distributed worldwide through the Sun CDware 6 program. 66.73 New Version of ACCENT R 4GL Available From: dave@nis.com E-mail National Information Systems, Inc. (NIS), has released version 11.60 of the ACCENT R SQL 4th Generation Language and DBMS. ACCENT R 4GL is a high-productivity environment for developing applications. It features the efficiency and flexibility of a 3rd Generation Language within an Open SQL database architecture. NIS is a leading developer of 4th Generation Language (4GL) software. 66.74 Xyvision's Parlance Document Manager (PDM) 2.1 Available on Sun From: jhall@xyvision.com Xyvision, Inc. announced the release of version 2.1 of its Parlance Document Manager (PDM) content, workflow, and application management system. This new PDM release incorporates several major enhancements that augment performance and expand usability, including: * a PC Windows client for data creation and update * integration of INFORMIX-OnLine as the underlying database * graphical workflow creation tools * standard "Where Used" and "Work In Progress" reports * a Work Pool object allowing multiple access to individual projects * user interface enhancements 66.75 Object Design & Syrinx Offer Course on Object Database Technology From: "Luisa Zauli" Object Design, Inc. announced it has teamed with Syrinx Corporation to offer a new training course, Analysis & Design Techniques for Object Databases. The new course will make software developers more successful in deploying applications using object database technology. 66.76 Artecon Extends/Enhances Optical Jukebox Offerings and Lowers $/MB From: Gerry.MacDonald@artecon.com (Gerry MacDonald) Artecon unveiled enhancements and extensions to its optical jukebox family, dramatically lowering the cost per megabyte of optical storage in the process. 66.77 Artecon Adds SPARC 5 and 20 Support to SPHINX Rackmount Enclosures From: Gerry.MacDonald@artecon.com (Gerry MacDonald) Artecon announced the release of SPARC 5 and SPARC 20 versions of their widely popular SPHINX family of rackmount enclosures. 66.78 Artecon Sphinx 48 Volt Rackmount Enclosure From: Gerry.MacDonald@artecon.com (Gerry MacDonald) Artecon announced that they have developed a 48 volt version of their new rackmount enclosure, "Sphinx". This offering affords the same level of flexibility, high-availability and security to telecommunications companies that standard Sphinx products provide to commercial and government customers. 66.79 SunLink Software Operates on PTI/PCC SBus WAN Controller From: pccinfo@pt.com (Don Turrell) Performance Computer's dual port high speed intelligent WAN SBus Controller (Model PT-SBS332) now offers comprehensive "Plug N' Play" compatibility with SunLink WAN software packages available through SunSoft. This is accomplished through "ComLink" a transparent interface that operates on the PT-SBS332 and provides a fully compliant environment for the SunLink WAN packages. By providing a means of easily using the SunLink packages the user enjoys the advantages of operating standard Sun supported software with the performance enhancements and broad selection of line interface options found on the PT-SBS332 module. 66.80 A Concise Guide to UNIX Books (V 4.1, June 1994) From: sko@helix.net (Samuel Ko) From Samuel's Intro: This is a good selection of over 150 "best" books and documentation on UNIX and related areas like the Internet. The selection is based on i) recommendations from netnews readers, ii) the US/Canada sales figures, and iii) a bit of my own preference. ** Subject areas covered: A. General Unix Texts a. for beginning / intermediate users b. for intermediate / advanced users B. Shells C. Unix Editors D. Networking and Communications E. The Internet F. System Administration G. Unix Security H. Programming I. TeX J. X Window System K. Dictionaries and Glossaries L. Other Lists M. Other Books This doucment can be ftp-ed from: rtfm.mit.edu: /pub/usenet/news.answers/books 66.81 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts There were problems on Monday June 27th with email to aliases on sun.com including my aliases: flash@sun.com (add/delete, submissions etc) and flashadm@sun.com (send for full-text articles) If you tried sending mail to either of these aliases and it failed, please try again. If the problem happens again, then try sending your mail to flashadm@sunvice.east.sun.com or flash@sunvice.east.sun.com Sorry for the trouble! -johnj (11 articles, 101 Kb, 2555 lines - about 39 US pages) 66.82 NeXTSTEP/OpenStep FAQ From: Lil.Mohan@Corp.sun.com (Lil Mohan) Draft. Rev 04 (06/20/94) The FAQ is in three sections: I. SUN-NeXT PARTNERSHIP ISSUES II. THE PRODUCTS III. OTHER PRODUCT-RELATED ISSUES 66.83 Catalyst Flash: Developer Newsletter - Volume 5, No. 1 (1 of 3) From: Catalyst-Flash@Sun.Com (Susan Yeh) This is a text version of a newletter produced by Susan Yeh of SunSoft for developers. Many thanks to Susan for converting the newsletter to plain text and for giving me permission to post it to SunFlash. I have divided the newsletter into three parts as many people have a problem with mail messages greater that 32k. -johnj SUNSOFT ANNOUNCES SOURCE COMPABTIBLE SOLARIS FOR SPARC AND X86 NEW SOLARIS X11 SERVER - BUILT ON STANDARDS 66.84 Catalyst Flash: Developer Newsletter - Volume 5, No. 1 (2 of 3) From: Catalyst-Flash@Sun.Com (Susan Yeh) GET READY FOR THE SOLARIS COMMON DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT TELEPHONY COMPUTING WITH XTL TELESERVICES 66.85 Catalyst Flash: Developer Newsletter - Volume 5, No. 1 (3 of 3) From: Catalyst-Flash@Sun.Com (Susan Yeh) NEW FAX-ON-DEMAND HOTLINE FOR DEVELOPERS INTRODUCING THE SUNSOFT FORUM ON COMPUSERVE PROJECT DOE AND OPENSTEP EUROPEAN DEVELOPER PROGRAM TO SPUR SOLARIS X86 APPLICATION GROWTH BIL'S Q&A DO YOU USE THREADS? INTRODUCING THE SOLARIS DEVELOPER CURRICULUM BUSINESS STRATEGIES CAN YIELD HIGH RETURNS NEW SUNSOFT PRESS BOOKS WHO TO CALL 66.86 Fax On Demand solution for Solaris 2.x From: gradient@siemens.com Gradient Technology, Inc. announces Solaris 2.x support for its FaxDispatch(tm) Fax-On-Demand (FOD) solution for Unix environments. FaxDispatch FOD lets departments and enterprises automate document selection and delivery, to serve any user with a telephone and a fax. FaxDispatch FOD provides a voice menu to callers, quiding them in selecting documents from a database, and subsequently delivering the selected material over a multiline fax subsystem. 66.87 Pencom Certified to Offer Suite of SunOS to Solaris Migration Services From: Pam O'Neal Most managers of Sun systems today are considered making the move to Solaris. To assist these managers, Pencom is offering a suite of migration services designed to ensure a smooth transition at the lowest cost possible and with the least risk. Recently selected as a SunSoft Authorized Support Provider, Pencom is now offering Sun customers with one source for all their Solaris migration needs so they can reap the rewards of faster application development and hardware independence without the risks. 66.88 TransferPro - read, write, format Mac, DOS media under UNIX From: Melissa Beery Digital Instrumentation Technology, Inc. the creators of TransferPro, a file exchange software program that allows UNIX users to read, write and format Macintosh and DOS media, today announced a new release(R2V8) of their TransferPro product. 66.89 Aggregate Releases NetShare SDK for Building Distributed Apps Aggregate Computing announces the release of NetShare SDK (software development kit), the first commercially available development tool of its kind. NetShare SDK allows application developers to incorporate distributed processing capabilities into their own software appications. 66.90 Connectware's Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Product Portfolio From 6608992@mcimail.com The Connectware charter is to provide local area and wide area networking (LAN/WAN) convergence utilizing ATM technology, and to develop hardware and software products for integrating communications and information technology. CELLerity is an affordable ATM workgroup/departmental solution that includes a Hub and network interface cards (NICs) that support Sbus, EISA, TURBOchannel and PCI. Connectware is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMP (fortune 144, $3.45 in sales in 1993). 66.91 PDC: Metrum Tape Drives and Libraries (upto 12,600 Gb) From: khegarty@pa.pdc.com (Kelly Hegarty - PDC-HQ) PDC will market Metrum RSP-2150 tape drives and the RSS-b family of storage libraries nationwide, through its regional sales offices. The products will be integrated with PDC's BudTool, the first automatic backup and retrieval software for large, heterogeneous networks, and the leading backup product for storage libraries. Metrum storage libraries hold up to six drives and 600 cartridges, handling data capacities from 696 gigabytes to 12.6 terabytes. Each unit offers fast retrieval times, robotic mechanisms, inventory and security features, and comes with a standard twelve-month warranty. 66.92 ANDATACO's SCSI Bus Management Tool (SBMT) 2.0 Support Solaris, Motif From: emily@andataco.com (Emily Ospenson) SCSI Bus Management Tool is a software utility which enables SPARC workstation users to easily install, configure and analyze storage systems on their computer. The major enhancement in comparison with earlier versions of SBMT includes support for Solaris 2.x and Motif. SBMT 2.0 now also has the added capability to monitor the transfer speed of disk drives and includes support for ANDATACO's GigaRAID rackmount or tower systems attached to workstations. 66.93 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts