Consulting Specials Summary April 15, 1989 ====================================== = New or Changed Specials This Month = ====================================== NEW SPECIALS!! CONSULT-FAXTOOLS contains SunView applications and a daemon which allow reception, viewing, mailing, printing and saving of facsimiles on Sun workstations. A central "fax server", consisting of a Sun workstation and attached fax modem, can be used to deliver incoming faxes to any workstation accessable via email. It designed to work with the "Genius Transfax" fax modem. CONSULT-SCANTOOL is a source level software application that provides image capture and archive capabilities using either the Eikonix 850/1412 series camera or the Sharp JX-450 color scanner. Designed for use on Sun workstations with color or grey-scale frame buffers, and interfaced to the Sun through a National Instruments IEEE-488 to VME interface, Scantool provides a straightforward Sunview based user interface. CONSULT-HPLJET, a set of filters and utilities to take advantage of the capabilities of the HP LaserJet printer for SunOS4.0 on all architectures. These programs allow users to make full use of the LaserJet, supplying command line access to set page size, orientation, fonts and feed mode for text and density, orientation (supports software rotation), centering, inverting of standard raster images. The filters are also designed to be incorporated into the print spooling mechanism of SunOS for direct lpr(1) access. With use of the manual feed mode, for instance, you can easily print to letterhead or envelopes without having to bypass the spooling mechanism. Using the compresed font and the pr(1) command, two column printouts of source code on landscape paper for developers is possible. Printing of raster images is a breeze, for instance full screendumps can be rotated, centered and printed at 150 dpi for creation of overheads and documentation. Includes utilities for partial screendumps and manual pages for all programs as well as a sample printcap file. CONSULT-HSFS provides a NFS mountable High Sierra File System. Device Driver for Toshiba XM2100 CD-ROM drive is also included. This special will replace the current CONSULT-CDROM special. It will be available May 1, 1989. UPGRADES: CONSULT-DISKPURGE is now available as a user program under SunOS 4.0, for Sun3 and Sun4. This special will become obsolete with SunOS 4.0.3, as it's fuctionality will be part of the general release. OTHER CHANGES: We have revised the pricing for the specials to include "Site License" pricing. This price level gives the purchaser the right to use the special on an unlimited number of workstations within the the purchasing company. It differs from the "Unlimited" pricing level in that it does not include redistribution rights. CONSULT-ACTII and CONSULT-IMPRESS have been removed from the pricelist. CONSULT-CDROM has been replaced by CONSULT-HSFS as noted above. ======================= = General Information = ======================= Ordering information and contact information for each of the specials listed below are shown on the individual datasheets. Terms and conditions for consulting specials are shown on a separate terms and conditions statement. One-page datasheets for each of the consulting specials and the Ts&Cs statement are available through the consulting archive server. They may be printed in the local office using troff and a LaserWriter, and distributed to customers when appropriate. For more information on how to use the archive server to get datasheets, send a mail message to consult-info@sun with a subject line of "help". Some customer requirements are not addressed either by the standard Sun product offerings or by these "standard specials" from consulting. For those situations, be sure to present the option of time-and-materials consulting to your prospect. We have a staff of over 25 consultants with a wide variety of expertise, ready to go to work for you and your customers. ================================ = Specials Availability Policy = ================================ In general, consulting specials may not be purchased for unreleased hardware and pre-FCS versions of SunOS. Consulting requires a standard SunOS release with full source to be available first, before it is possible to port many of the consulting specials. Source generally becomes available to consulting two to four weeks following FCS of an official software release. This may limit the use of specials on some new hardware models until a standard SunOS release supporting the new hardware is available. Source is not generally released for special SunOS versions, beta/gamma releases, etc. ================= = Pricing Notes = ================= Prices shown on this summary are current U.S. dollar prices. These prices supersede any pricing shown on older copies of the datasheets. Prices are not discountable. For European customers, please contact the consulting staff at Sun Microsystems Europe for current special prices in local currencies. Good Selling! Sun Technical Consulting ============== = Price List = ============== (Note: Prices are not discountable. This includes OEM, VAR, University, and Catalyst discounts.) Single 10 Site Unlimited Upgrade ------ ------- ------ ---------- ----------- Network ------- CONSULT-GATEWAY 600 1,800 2,500 3,000 300 CONSULT-PROXYARP 300 600 900 900 300 CONSULT-CRAYATTACH 3,000 9,000 9,000 N/A 1,500 CONSULT-HYPERCHANNEL 3,000 9,000 9,000 N/A 1,500 CONSULT-XNS N/A 8,000 16,000 16,000 8,000 CONSULT-X25UUCP 1,700 5,200 17,000 17,000 950 Interfaces ---------- CONSULT-IKON85 950 2,850 5,500 5,500 750 CONSULT-IKON88 950 2,850 5,500 5,500 750 CONSULT-HSPEED 950 2,850 4,500 5,500 300 CONSULT-DR11W 1,350 4,050 6,500 6,500 750 CONSULT-SIP 1,350 4,050 6,500 6,500 750 Print Filters ------------- CONSULT-HPLJET 300 900 2,500 3,000 300 SCSI peripherals ---------------- CONSULT-MULTISCSI 600 1,800 2,500 3,000 300 CONSULT-OPTIMEM 2,600 7,800 12,000 18,000 1,300 CONSULT-HITACHI 2,600 7,800 12,000 18,000 1,300 CONSULT-FLOPPY 950 2,850 4,500 5,500 750 File Systems ------------- CONSULT-DOSVFS 2,600 7,800 12,000 18,000 1,300 CONSULT-HSFS 950 3,500 7,500 9,500 600 System V extensions ------------------- CONSULT-PLOCK 950 4,500 10,000 15,000 N/A Input / output devices ---------------------- CONSULT-GTCO 950 2,850 7,500 9,500 300 CONSULT_SUMMAMM 950 2,850 7,500 9,500 300 CONSULT_SUMMAMG 950 2,850 7,500 9,500 300 CONSULT_SUMMABP 950 2,850 7,500 9,500 300 CONSULT-BBAD 950 2,850 7,500 9,500 300 CONSULT-BBDA 950 2,850 7,500 9,500 300 CONSULT-CGONE 600 1,800 2,500 3,000 300 Single 10 Site Unlimited Upgrade ------ ------- ------ ---------- ----------- Utilities --------- CONSULT-TPUTIL 500 500 5,000 N/A 500 CONSULT-DPURGE 950 2,850 5,500 N/A 600 CONSULT-SECURE 600 1,800 3,000 N/A 300 CONSULT-STTY 600 1,800 2,500 3,000 500 CONSULT-DBXWORKS 3,500 9,500 21,200 N/A 1,300 CONSULT-FAXCOMP 300 900 3,000 4,000 300 CONSULT-EPCTOOL 600 1,800 3,000 N/A 500 CONSULT-TE100C 500 1,500 3,000 N/A 300 CONSULT-AUTODUMP 2,500 7,500 25,000 N/A 1,250 CONSULT-FAXTOOLS 1,300 3,500 9,500 N/A 500 CONSULT-SCANTOOL 2,000 6,000 9,500 15,000 1,300 ========================= = Availability Schedule = ========================= None of the specials have been tested on 3/E's yet. We know that the SCSI specials will require additional work. The rest of the specials should be OK. Unless otherwise noted, none of the specials are available for the 386i. An asterisk indicates the special is available today. 3.x Sys-4 3.2 4.0 (Sun-3) (Sun-4) (Sun-3 & Sun-4) ----------- ------------- ----------------- Network ------- CONSULT-GATEWAY * * * CONSULT-PROXYARP 3.3,3.4,3.5 never never CONSULT-CRAYATTACH 3.5 never * CONSULT-HYPERCHANNEL 3.5 never * CONSULT-XNS 3.2, 3.5 never * CONSULT-X25UUCP * never unscheduled Interfaces ---------- CONSULT-IKON85 * * unscheduled CONSULT-IKON88 * * * (not 4/1xx) CONSULT-HSPEED * never * CONSULT-DR11W * * * (not 4/1xx) CONSULT-SIP * never * Print filters ------------- CONSULT-HPLJET never never * (386i also) SCSI peripherals ---------------- CONSULT-MULTISCSI * * obsoleted CONSULT-OPTIMEM * never * CONSULT-HITACHI * never in progress CONSULT-FLOPPY * never in progress File Systems ------------ CONSULT-DOSVFS * never in progress CONSULT-HSFS never never May 1, 1989 System V extensions ------------------- CONSULT-PLOCK * * unscheduled 3.x Sys-4 3.2 4.0 (Sun-3) (Sun-4) (Sun-3 & Sun-4) ----------- ------------- ----------------- Input / output devices ---------------------- CONSULT-GTCO * never * (386i also) CONSULT_SUMMAMM * never unscheduled CONSULT_SUMMABP * never unscheduled CONSULT_SUMMAMG * never unscheduled CONSULT-BBAD * never * (not 4/1xx) CONSULT-BBDA * never * (not 4/1xx) CONSULT-CGONE * never unscheduled Utilities --------- CONSULT-TPUTIL * * * CONSULT-DPURGE * never * CONSULT-SECURE * * obsoleted CONSULT-STTY * * obsoleted CONSULT-DBXWORKS * never * (sun-3 only) CONSULT-FAXCOMP * * * CONSULT-EPCTOOL * never * CONSULT-TE100C * never unscheduled CONSULT-AUTODUMP * * * (386i also) CONSULT-FAXTOOLS * never * (3DR11W86i also) =============================== = Consulting Specials Summary = =============================== Network ------- Multiple ethernet controllers The standard "ie" driver shipped with CONSULT-GATEWAY SunOS is configured for up to two ethernet controllers. This software is configured for up to four ethernet controllers so that a machine can be a gateway between more than two networks. Support for subnets Subnetting is a popular way of breaking CONSULT-PROXYARP up a single internet network number among several physical networks (cables). SunOS 3.3 supports subnetting, but sites may not be able to upgrade all machines at once. CONSULT-PROXYARP allows the gateway machine, running 3.3 or later, to "cover" for other machines on the subnets that do not yet have subnetting support. Cray Channel Attach Support for Cray Channel Attach. CONSULT-CRAYATTACH Allows a Sun to communicate with a Cray over the 100 mbit Cray channel and act as a gateway. Supports TCP/IP. Driver is compatible with SunLink family. Requires FEI-3 VME channel adapter, available from Cray Research. HYPERchannel Interface Support for the connection of a Sun workstation CONSULT-HYPERCHANNEL to the HYPERchannel through an Ikon 10090 board plugged into the Sun and NSC A400 adapter. Enables a VMEbus based Sun workstation to serve as a HYPERchannel IP gateway to ethernet. HYPERchannel connected systems conforming to RFC 1044 can communicate with ethernet connected systems using the Internet Protocol (e.g. TCP/IP). RFC 1044 is NSC specification for IP communications over the HYPERchannel. Several systems conform to this RFC, including Cray, Vax (VMS and BSD), Silicon-Graphics and others. XNS networking software Kernel support for the XNS protocol; CONSULT-XNS targeted for experienced XNS hackers. Available ONLY for SunOS 3.2, 3.5, and SunOS 4.0. X.25 Uucp Support for Uucp to run on X.25 Lines. CONSULT-X25UUCP This special supports the f-protocol of Uucp. Interfaces ---------- Parallel printer interface Drivers for the Ikon 10085 (Multibus) CONSULT-IKON85 and 10088 (VMEbus) centronix/versatec CONSULT-IKON88 parallel interface boards. High-speed serial driver High-speed line discipline / STREAMS CONSULT-HSPEED module (kernel driver) for up to 38.4 Kbps input on the Sun serial ports. Generic DR11-W driver The DR11-W interface is highly programmable; CONSULT-DR11W most applications require a custom device driver. This driver provides a suite of ioctl calls that allow a user-level application to program the Ikon 10084, 10089 or 10077 DR11-W interface board. SCSI Driver Starter Kit Starter kit for scsi drivers. Includes CONSULT-SIP a "How-to" manual and sample skeleton code. The sample code provides a head start to writing an actual SCSI driver. Print filters ------------- HP Laserjet Print Filters Intelligent HP LaserJet print filters CONSULT-HPLJET providing extended access to the capabilitites of the printer. Consists of text and graphic filters with command line ability to set page size, orientation, fonts and feed mode for text and density, orientation (supports software rotation), centering, and inverting of standard raster images. Includes source, utilities for partial screndumps, manual pages for all programs and sample printcaps. SCSI peripherals ---------------- Multiple SCSI host adaptors Software support for addition VME SCSI CONSULT-MULTISCSI host adaptors. This special will not be upgraded to 4.0 because it will no longer be needed in that release. (This special used to be called CONSULT-SCSI2) Optimem 1000 driver SCSI driver for the Optimem 1000 write-once CONSULT-OPTIMEM optical disk subsystem. Raw disk support only -- no file system. Hitachi optical driver SCSI driver for the Hitachi OD301-1 write-once CONSULT-HITACHI optical disk subsystem. Raw disk support only -- no file system. Floppy disk driver SCSI driver for an IBM PC compatible floppy CONSULT-FLOPPY disk drive and file system support for a Unix (4.2 BSD) file system. File Systems ------------ MS-DOS file system SCSI driver for an IBM PC compatible floppy CONSULT-DOSVFS disk drive and file system support for MS-DOS file system. High Sierra File System SCSI driver for CD-ROM driver and file system CONSULT-HSFS Support for High Sierra Format. Read-only access - no mastering capability. This special replaces the former consulting special CONSULT-CDROM. System V extensions ------------------- Process locking Ability to lock pages of text or data into CONSULT-PLOCK physical memory. Input / output devices ---------------------- GTCo Tablet drivers Three line disciplines / STREAMS modules CONSULT-GTCO (kernel drivers) for the GTCo Micro Digipad digitizing tablet. One driver provides fast, buffered access to tablet data; another allows the tablet to replace the Sun mouse; the third allows the digitizer to be a SunView input device in addition to the mouse. Summagraphics Tablet drivers CONSULT_SUMMAMM Each line disipline emits absolute coordinates CONSULT_SUMMABP in the form of VUID mouse events for SunView CONSULT_SUMMAMG consumption. CONSULT-SUMMABP and CONSULT-SUMMAMG also send an out of proxmity event to the user. All three line disiplines also can be used to send ascii non-SunView event data back to individual user applications. Each line discipline supports modification to the scaling factor via ioctl(2) system call. This allows users to scale different size tablets and modify resoultions to meet their needs. Analog input driver Driver for the 12-bit MPV952 A/D boards CONSULT-BBAD by Burr-Brown. Input can be multiplexed through as many as 8 data acquisition channels. Analog output driver Driver for the 12-bit MPV954 DAC board by CONSULT-BBDA Burr-Brown. The board provides up to 8 channels of analog output. Sun-1 color on a Sun-3 Kernel modules necessary to hook a Sun-1 CONSULT-CGONE medium resolution color frame buffer up to a Sun-3 running SunOS 3.x. Sun-2's do not need this software. Utilities --------- Tape copying utility Copies tapes with arbitrary numbers of files CONSULT-TPUTIL with arbitrary blocking factors. Good for reproducing SunOS boot tapes. Disk Purge Purges data from a disk. Good for low to CONSULT-DPURGE medium security applications. Also available as a user level program for Sun3/4 under SunOS 4.0. This special will become obsolete with SunOS 4.0.3. Secure single user Requires root password to boot single-user. CONSULT-SECURE The Secure_single special has been obsoleted in SunOS releases after 4.0 because of the C2 Security features. To take advantage of this 4.0 feature use the C2conv(8) command and refer to the "Security Features Guide". Sttytool Window system tool for programming serial CONSULT-STTY port controller chips. dbxWorks An enhanced version of dbx which provides CONSULT-DBXWORKS source-level cross-debugging with Wind River Systems's VxWorks real-time executive. This replaces the standard dbx, and can be used for local debugging as well. Dbxtool can also be used with this modified dbx. CCITT (de)compression Library routines that perform CCITT groups CONSULT-FAXCOMP III & IV compression and decompression. These are the types of compression used by FAX machines. Enhanced pctool Enhanced version of pctool which extend the CONSULT-EPCTOOL COM ports, allowing them to be defined as tty ports, UNIX files, or sockets. Allows configuration of tty ports as raw or high-speed to allow connections with commercial data feeds. Allows specification of user defined fonts. User must have already installed the standard pctool (version 1.1 or 1.2). Color VT100 Terminal Emulator Enhanced version of SunLink TE100 which adds CONSULT-TE100C color attributes to the emulation. Eight colors are user defined and supported in any foreground/background combination accessed by the user through additional control sequences. The special also includes a color selection utility. This special may only be run on machines licensed for standard SunLink TE100. Automatic Network Disk Dump A SunView window-based application which CONSULT-AUTODUMP enables a systems administrator on a large site to plan and perform nightly dumps of file system partitions from several work- stations to a single medium. The history of all dumps is recorded in a single file. It is primarily intended for usage with a high capacity storage medium such as the Exabyte 8mm video cassette shoebox. Fax Modem Tools SunView applications and a daemon which CONSULT-FAXTOOLS allow reception, viewing, mailing, printing and saving of facsimiles on Sun workstations. Scanner control and image processing CONSULT-SCANTOOL A SunView window-based application which provides image capture and archive capabilities using either the Eikonix 850/1412 series camera or the Sharp JX-450 color scanner. Designed for use on Sun workstations with color or grey-scale frame buffers, and interfaced to the Sun through a National Instruments IEEE-488 to VME interface, Scantool provides a straight- forward Sunview based user interface.