---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Founded December 1988 The Florida SunFlash The SunFlash Monthly Digest: May 1994 Abstracts of SunFlash Articles May 1994 (48 to 89) SunFlash Digest May 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electronic Journal For Sun Users Since 1988 John J. Mclaughlin, Publisher & Editor - flash@sun.com ____________________________________________________________________________ 65.91 Abstracts of SunFlash Articles May 1994 (48 to 89) From: John J. McLaughlin, SunFlash Editor A monthly summary of articles posted to the SunFlash mailing list. Articles of interest to the Sun Microsystems community (end-user, developers, admins, ISVs, OEMS, VARS, 1200+ Sun employees, etc) are posted to SunFlash's 140,000+ subscribers. 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. A description of SunFlash and instructions on subscribing can be obtained by sending mail to info-sunflash@sun.com -johnj (89 articles, 995 Kb, 22,540 lines - about 342 pages for full text) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstracts of SunFlash Articles May 1994 (48 to 89) 65.48 SPARC-FLASH 5/94 SPARCShop Publications From: claire@sparc.com (Claire Pinkham) This is part of the current edition of SPARC-FLASH. SPARCShop lists a number of SPARC related documents with pricing and ordering information. TECHNICAL DOCS: The SPARC Architecture Manual, Version 8 SPARC-V8E Embedded Supplement to SPARC-V8 The SPARC Architecture Manual, Version 9 Mbus Interface Specification (Version 1.2) SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.1, 2.1A or 2.2) SPARCBuilders Catalog (Winter 1993/94) SPARC Technical Papers Manual SPARC Strategy and Technology CatalogType 5 Keyboard Interface LICENSES: SPARC Architecture License Type 5 Keyboard Interface License 65.49 HPCwire Table of Contents: May 20 From news@hpcwire.ans.net 65.50 Updated Internet Services List (5/16/94) From: yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff) Listing of many types of Internet service including ftp, archie, gopher, chat, finger, ftp by email and many sites that allow telnet connections to specific applications (such as library catalog browsing) New/changed sections: -Billboard Charts, +Cookie Server, +Cycling Gopher, +Federal BBS, +Genomic Gopher, +HSTAT, +Weather Gopher, 65.51 OPEN LOOK GUI FAQ 01 of 04: General From: lee@sq.sq.com (Liam Quin) - SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada Overview of OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface that was recently posted to a number of USENET newsgroups. Subjects: Terminology: OPEN LOOK, OpenWindows, X11, XView, (MO)OLIT, Motif The COSE agreement Window Managers -- olwm, olvwm OpenWindows, Terminals, and Other Displays Configuration Files: Getting started with OpenWindows Key Bindings, Cut and Paste Applications: Finding Out... DeskSet, Calendar Manager, etc. Trouble Shooting: Strange Error Messages Trouble Shooting: It Won't Let Me Type Trouble Shooting: Not authorized to use display Trouble Shooting: other common problems Trouble Shooting: XView problems Fonts Environment Variables Where Can I get It? Ftp, implementations, etc... Bibliography -- books, manuals, journals, papers, beer-mats Getting this File, Revision History, Recent Changes 65.52 OPEN LOOK GUI FAQ 02 of 04: Sun OpenWindows DeskSet Questions FAQ for Sun's OpenWindows DeskSet productivity tools [1] What are the default key bindings in textedit and elsewhere? [2] What can I put in my .ttysrc? Where is it documented? [3] Is there a tty-based interface to cm (Calendar Manager)? [4] How can I arrange to have my .signature included in my outgoing mail? 65.53 OPEN LOOK GUI FAQ 03 of 04: the XView Toolkit FAQ for the freely available XView X Windows toolkit Contents: Sources Of Information: The Future of XView Scrolling Lists How do I keep a pop-up window displayed after a button is pressed? how do I make an XView button look pressed? OpenWindows 3 imake doesn't work properly The pop-up menu in my canvas has funny colours The second ttysw in my program doesn't work How do arrange to have a (Cancel) button to stop a calacuation? How do I put panel items on a canvas? 65.54 OPEN LOOK GUI FAQ 04 of 04: List of programs with an OPEN LOOK UI Contents: Applications: Application Builders Applications: Graphing Tools Applications: Utilities Applications: Other Tools: Terminal Emulators Other Commercial Applications Applications: toolkit Extensions OpenWindows 3 Ports XView 3 Ports XView 2 Ports Games (free and commercial) 65.55 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts 65.56 ACCENT STP Xview, OLIT and Devguide to Motif Conversion Tool ACCENT STP (Sun Transition Pack) is a source code translation package that converts OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications written in C or C++ language source code with Devguide, XView, and the OPEN LOOK Intrinsics ToolKit (OLIT) to Motif GUI applications. Expected conversion level is generally over 90% depending on the nature of the application. 65.57 BRIEF/vi Compatible GUI Text Editor CRISP 4.1.9 is avialable via anonymous FTP. For folks not familiar with CRISP, it is a BRIEF/vi compatible, _truly_ graphical text editor on Unix and Windows platforms that offers some of the most advanced set of features combined with an exceptional ease of use that is unheard of under UNIX. 65.58 Freeware for a Multimedia Internet From: rad!jmorgan@uunet.UU.NET (Jeff Morgan) Free multimedia screen movie software for non-commercial Internet users to expand your mind and internet communications capabilities. Also, free to all FTP archieve host contributors. 65.59 StatusLine: Share Status Messages With Users On A Network From: ddavis@netcom.com (Debra Davis) Do you want to broadcast important information to all of your WorkStations on the network? Then you need StatusLine. StatusLine is a X window-based application which enables users to disseminate short (five text lines or less) "status" messages to other StatusLine users on a network. 65.60 Red Brick Warehouse V 2.1 for Sun SPARC (Solaris 2.3) From: Ken Nicolson Red Brick Systems announces the immediate availability of the Red Brick Warehouse V 2.1 for Sun SPARC 1000/2000 server platforms running the Solaris 2.3 operating system. Red Brick is the first and leading relational database company focused exclusively on large-scale commercial data warehousing applications. Relative to traditional RDBMS products, Red Brick's technology offers several compelling points of differentiation that are specific to data warehousing and decision support applications. These points of differentiation are described below. 65.61 CheckVision: Imaging Products For Financial Services Organizations IA Corporation, formerly Litton Integrated Automation, announces their CheckVision family of check imaging products that provide financial services organizations (banks, mutual fund companies, brokerage houses) with significant operations savings, increased fee-income, product differentiation and a strategic advantage. It consists of the following products: o Check image statements o Image delivery/interchange o Archive and research o Check truncation 65.62 Amdahl Enterprise File Manager Enhancements for Solaris From: tzo70@oes.amdahl.com (Terri Ohryn Doyle) (408) 992-3065 Amdahl Corporation introduces enhancements to its Enterprise File Manager data management strategy. The addition of the A+USER Access backup management facility and a distributed version of the A+UniTree hierarchical storage manager (HSM) allow Amdahl to now offer centralized data management from distributed Solaris based systems. The A+USER Access backup facility integrates with the A+UniTree HSM to provide enterprise-wide backup and file management of data across departments and networks. 65.63 Amdahl's A+USER Access: Heterogeneous Central Backup From: Roger Goulart (rjg50@oes.amdahl.com) A+USER Access is a key component of Amdahl's Enterprise File Manager(TM) data management strategy ("Enterprise File Manager"). Enterprise File Manager consists of a suite of data management software, services, and hardware products, strategically integrated to give customers a complete turn-key enterprise data management solution. 65.64 Amdahl's A+UniTree 3.0 Hierarchical Storage Manager From: Roger Goulart * Amdahl's A+UniTree hierarchical storage manager is now available on Solaris systems. * A+UniTree is available in a distributed version, that localizes data movement across large-scale or geographically diverse environments. * With A+UniTree high-end robotic tape silos can now be both supported by Solaris systems and shared with an MVS system. * Amdahl A+UniTree automates the storage management process of maintaining files where they can be most productively used and most cost-effectively stored. Amdahl Corporation's A+UniTree(TM) hierarchical storage manager ("A+UniTree"), now available on Solaris platforms, is designed to provide safe and cost effective data management for large enterprise environments. As organizations become dependent on electronic data, departments and end-users start looking to the data center to efficiently manage their expanding distributed desktop data. A+UniTree reduces the costs associated with managing this data and increases end-user accessibility to data across the entire enterprise. 65.65 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts 65.66 Schwab Chooses Sun & Amdahl for Brokerage Systems Sun and Amdahl Corporation announced that they have been chosen by Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. to supply, integrate and maintain systems that will support operations of the entire Schwab branch organization and call center network. Over the next several years, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) will supply Schwab with 5,000 workstations and 100 server systems and Amdahl will serve as systems integrator and prime contractor for service and support. 65.67 DB2 to Be Available for Sun Platform Sun and IBM announced that they have signed an agreement to make IBM's DB2 relational database product available for Sun(R) SPARC(R) systems running the Solaris(R) software environment. For the first time, DB2 users can take advantage of the scalability and price/performance of SMCC's systems, the industry's number one UNIX(R) RDBMS platform. This will enhance SMCC's rightsizing solutions for customers expanding from centralized mainframes to UNIX open client-server environments. 65.68 New Spares Catalog Available from SunExpress From: ernest.indresano@East.Sun.COM For US Customers Only. The SPARES CATALOG features over 175 spares products manufactured by Sun Microsystems, Inc. companies - everything from systems and options parts to accessories and supplies. Product descriptions, illustrations of Sun systems, and convenient price listings help you quickly and easily identify the parts you need. - Over 175 spares products. - Schematic diagrams of Sun systems. - Competitive prices, free freight. - Same day shipping in most cases. 65.69 Emirates Chooses Sun Systems Emirates, the international airline of the UAE, has chosen Sun Microsystems as its strategic information technology partner. Under the partnership, Sun will provide hardware, software, integration and support services to Emirates in its move to an open systems information architecture. 65.70 SITA Selects Sun Computers Uptime is one of the most critical factors in systems that feed information to the travel industry. This is why SITA, provider of the world's largest data telecommunications network has selected computers from Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC). These systems are performing network management, monitoring the data transmissions of SITA's entire network to ensure it is functioning properly. With reliable network management, SITA has been able to upgrade its network, delivering an estimated tenfold increase in transmission capacity and expand from its traditional customer base of travel-related customers to other industries such as, manufacturing and services. 65.71 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts 65.72 SunWorld 1994 Moscone Center San Francisco June 13 - 18, 1994 SunWorld '94 is an excellent environment to explore the business and technical aspects of Sun Microsystems, as well as other complementary open systems products, technologies and solutions from over 250 exhibiting companies! SunWorld Conference Announcement More Information on the Conference Program IN-DEPTH CONFERENCE SESSIONS. SUNSERVICE TUTORIALS, Monday, June 13, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. SunWorld '94 Conference Sessions Sun User Group Mini Conference FULL-DAY CLASSES Travel & Hotel Information 65.73 More On SunWorld '94 in San Francisco From: arodger@mcimail.com non-800 Phone and Contact Information SunWorld '94 - San Francisco June 13 - 18 - Registration SunWorld '94 - Schedule At A Glance Formula 1 Grand Prix and INDY teams race to SunWorld '94 Sun designed Penske Cars at Indy Swiss Bank Corp Session with Zander & Jobs World Cup USA IS Directory To Deliver SunWorld Keynote 65.74 Nippon Steel Selects Sun as Integration Partner The SunIntegration business unit of the SunService division of Nihon Sun Microsystems K.K. today announced it has been chosen by Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) to provide comprehensive expertise, education, tools and consulting services as part of a multi-million dollar rightsizing program. 65.75 SPARCstation 20: The New Desktop MP Performance Leader o New SPARCstation 20 systems - Over 75% price performance boost for advanced desktop systems - Powerful 24-bit SX graphics and imaging now available standard - Stronger industry leading performance, "The Power of MP" - New lower entry prices for advanced desktop systems o New Upgrade Packages to SPARCstation 20 systems 65.76 SPARCstation 5 and 17-inch premium monitor o Introducing the SPARCstation 5 a new low cost high performance desktop delivering more than twice the performance of the SPARCstation LX, all in a new "pizza box" package that provides unprecedented expansion and configurability in its class of machine o Introducing Solaris 2.3 Edition II o Introducing the 17-inch premium color monitor 65.77 Introducing New SPARCstation 5 Configurations Sun announces six new configurations for the SPARCstation(TM) 5 system, the "Value Leader"for Network Enterprise Desktop. These new configurations were created in response to field demand, increased yield of 85-MHz microSPARC(TM) II processors, and a supply constraint of 8-MB memory SIMMs. 65.78 SPARCserver 5 and SPARCserver 20 Systems o SPARCserver 5 - Sun's new workgroup file server and LAN server with high performance and great value o SPARCserver 20 - Sun's new workgroup or small department super server, providing greater performance and storage capacity for database, business and compute applications 65.79 Removal of SPARCstation 10M from the Price List SPARCstation 20M replaces SPARCstation 10M SunCamera available Worldwide SPARCclassic M upgraded to larger hard disk 65.80 SunWorld 94 Main Conference and Tutorial Program June 13-18, 1994 From: mac@advanced.com (Michael McCarthy) SunWorld 94 Main Conference and Tutorial Program Moscone Center, San Francisco This article contains the agenda for the four days of the SunWorld Conference and Tutorial Program. The first part is a simple agenda to give you an overview of what is happening when (2 pages). The second part has a detailed description for each event (15 pages). Related SunFlash articles contain information on contacts, registration, pricing, show floor, travel, hotels etc. See SunFlash 65.72 "SunWorld 1994 June 13 - 18, 1994" and SunFlash 65.73 "More On SunWorld '94 in San Francisco" The SUG part of this even is not described here. See SunFlash 65.07 "SUG Conference at SunWorld, June 16-18" 65.81 HPCwire Table of Contents: May 27 65.82 Netlist -> Mask in minutes.. New *procedural* CMOS synthesizer From: David Honig SIDAS, (a Smart IC Design Automation System) has just been released. It makes CMOS layouts from netlists. It uses fast procedural methods (rather than standard cells) to generate the layouts, resulting in denser layouts. It can handle circuits from one to 10,000 gates. 65.83 Build Enterprise Client-server Applications UNIFACE Six From: "Carrie Wong" Development teams can now rapidly build enterprise applications that are easily adapted throughout the application lifecycle with UNIFACE Six, a second generation client-server development environment, Uniface Corp. announced. The UNIFACE Six Component-Based Architecture consists of five integrated workbenches: Application Objects Repository Application Model Manager Rapid Application Builder Deployment Manager Developer Services Personal Series 65.84 IDE strikes Alliance with Nichimen Data Systems From: lalli@ide.com (Christopher Lalli) Interactive Development Environments, Inc. (IDE) of San Francisco, California and Nichimen Data Systems (NDS) of Tokyo, Japan announced the consummation of a strategic agreement. Under the agreement, Nichimen Data Systems, a subsidiary of trading company Nichimen Corporation, will be the first and exclusive master distributor in Japan for IDE's Software through Pictures for the Object Modeling Technique (StP/OMT). In addition, Nichimen Data Systems will be primarily responsible for the engineering efforts in producing a Japanese version of StP/OMT. 65.85 Novell Server Emulation under Solaris for x86 From: jal@puzzle.com SOFTNET UTILITIES is a high performance Novell server emulator for UNIX platforms. These products are ideal for those wishing to seamlessly integrate Solaris for x86-based platforms into existing PC Novell environments. Puzzle Systems Corporation, the market leader in UNIX-based NetWare server, client, and NFS emulation, has announced that their award winning SOFTNET UTILITIES product line has been ported to the Solaris for x86 environment. 65.86 Trapper - Smart Host Agent Support of Sun Solaris 2.X From: gordon@netpartners.com (Gordon Vickers) Network Partners, Inc., announced that its smart host agent, Trapper, now supports Sun Microsystem's Solaris 2.X operating system. Solaris now brings to three the number of operating environments that Trapper oversees; SunOS and SCO UNIX being the other two. Trapper handles activities such as monitoring, alarm thresholding and notification, and data logging in a much more efficient way, bringing these functions into the agent rather than handling them through the Network Management System, as is typically done. This helps to minimize network congestion, ensuring efficient operation of the network. 65.87 ANT "METIOR" 3-D HSM Installation From: Hal Abbott Automated Network Technologies (ANT) announced the installation and acceptance of their "METIOR" 3-D hierarchical storage management software at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), in Melbourne, Australia. Installed on a SPARC 10 with a 600 Gigabyte robotic tape library, the filesystem is NFS mounted by a CRAY-YMP and a network community of hundreds of workstations. 65.88 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts 65.89 SunSoft Licenses LEL from Lotus SunSoft, Inc. announced that it has licensed the LEL (Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit) software from Lotus Development Corp. SunSoft will evaluate LEL for future development efforts with respect to Project DOE (Distributed Object Environment) technology. 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