---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunFlash January 1990 Table Of Contents SunFLASH Vol 25 #toc January 1990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash is an electronic news service for Sun Microsystems computer users. It is distributed by more than 80 Sun offices and by about 40 Sun Local Users Groups in more than 20 countries. This is the January table of contents for the Florida SunFlash. If there are any items that you missed and really want to see, please send the required volume.issue numbers to flash@sunvice.East.Sun.com. For more information about SunFlash, send mail to info-sunflash thus: $ mail info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM Subject: info info ^D $ John J. McLaughlin, SunFlash Editor, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary Of Decembers' Messages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Count Vol.# Title 74 25.01 Welcome To The Florida SunFlash 158 25.02 Introducing The Florida SunFlash 371 25.03 1990 SunFlash Archive/Subject List 206 25.04 SunFlash Distributors 126 25.05 1991 Sun User Group CD-ROM (1991 SUGCD) 51 25.06 Workstation Market Survey 151 25.07 Introducing NeWSware 74 25.08 Summer 1991 Sun User Group Conference 294 25.09 Sun Catalyst Porting Reference Guide 428 25.10 Integrating E-mail and FAX 121 25.11 OpenWindows White Paper 79 25.12 OPEN SYSTEMS: Computing in the 1990s 117 25.13 Sun, FORCE Sign SPARC Technology Alliance 190 25.14 SMD Available on Upgrades to SPARCserver490 464 25.15 Third Party Product Annoucements 111 25.16 Sun's low-cost Video Capture Solution 122 25.17 Why UNIX Will Win on the Desktop 50 25.18 Sun To Sell Shares To AT&T 72 25.19 Sun58TE VERSION 1.1 126 25.20 SunPHIGS 1.3 159 25.21 SunGKS 4.0 104 25.22 SBus Extensions Total 3648 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of Messages Sent This Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25.01 Welcome To The Florida SunFlash Welcome to the third year of the Florida SunFlash. The distribution of this mailing list has greatly expanded over this part year. Here are some statistics for your information: Sun officees that distribute SunFlash to their customers: > 80 Sun Local User Groups the receive/redistribute SunFlash: > 40 Countries which have SunFlash subscribers: > 30 Number of articles posted to the mailing list: 215 in 1989 (~18 per month) 261 in 1990 (~22 per month) 476 total Number of organizations that Subscribe to SunFlash > 500 Number of Sun employees that Subscribe to SunFlash > 300 (plus sun.sunflash, an internal newsgroup) Archives of these messages can be found on the following machines: solar.nova.edu (Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA) paris.cs.miami.edu (University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA) Anonymous ftp is supported. The archive files are compressed tar files (one per month). 25.02 Introducing The Florida SunFlash Please forward this description of the Florida SunFlash to Sun users within your organization. -johnj The Florida SunFlash is a moderated e-mail based news service from Sun Microsystem's sales office in Ft. Lauderdale Florida, USA. This service was created for South Florida Sun Users and Customers. It is now being distributed to more than 80 Sun Offices so that they can further distribute The Florida SunFlash to their Users and Customers. The types of messages that are posted to The Florida SunFlash include: o Sun Press Releases o Sun Product announcements o Sun Promotions o Sun Education Promotions o Sun Federal Promotions o Sun User Groups announcements o Monthly Software Technical Bulletin table of contents o Sun Consulting Specials o USENET articles of interest o 3rd Party Product announcements o Sun-related Trade Rags' Table Of Contents 25.03 1990 SunFlash Archive/Subject List Archives of the 1990 SunFlash messages can be found on the following machines: solar.nova.edu (Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA) /pub/sunflash/1989 /pub/sunflash/1990 paris.cs.miami.edu (University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA) /pub/sunflash/1989 /pub/sunflash/1990 Anonymous ftp is supported. The archive files are compressed tar files (one per month). [My thanks to John O'Brien of Nova U. and Andrew Mossberg of U Miami.] 25.04 SunFlash Distributors Last update: 1/1/91 The SunFlash mailing list is distributed via a heirarchy of alises. This is a list of the organisations, especially Sun offices, that are known to distribute SunFlash. If you are a subscriber to SunFlash and your distributor is not included in the following list, please tell me how you are getting SunFlash. 25.05 1991 Sun User Group CD-ROM (1991 SUGCD) This is an announcement from the SUG. -johnj The 1991 SUGCD is right around the corner, bringing you the latest in UNIX freeware via the latest hardware and software technology. It will contain over 500 MB of useful text, source code, and executable programs, making it an unparalleled archive of usable UNIX freeware. The text section should be handy: Sun-Flash, Sun-Managers, and Sun-Spots, just for starters. Totally cross-referenced for easy searching. Actually, the whole disc (excluding compressed archives and other binary files) will be covered by an inverted index. The real bonanza, however, will be over in the program directories. Games, languages, graphics, administration and programming tools, you name it. Executable binaries for SunOS 4.1.1 on Sun-3's and Sun-4's, providing instant gratification. With handy utilities to install desired packages on your hard disk, etc. 25.06 Workstation Market Survey Sun remains the uncontested leader in the workstation market, according to Dataquest's 1990 workstation market survey released January 2, 1991 (and reported in the U. S. press January 3rd, 1991). HP and DEC each lost significant market share (-1.4% and -3.3% respectively), and IBM's 0.9% increase was still less than Sun's gain. 25.07 Introducing NeWSware This is a new service that is being introduced. Users can connect to Sun via a modem or X.25 network to obtain up-to-date information. I will post more details on how to subscribe, costs etc. as I get it. (This text was taken from a brochure, hence the marketing tone. I have seen this service demonstrated, and it's impressive.) -johnj 25.08 Summer 1991 Sun User Group Conference This is an article from the Sun User Group. -johnj Call for Papers: Summer 1991 Sun User Group Conference Hilton Hotel and Towers, Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 1991 SPARC: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE The Sun User Group is pleased to host this summer conference which will address SPARC technology. Technical papers and presentations concerning SPARC hardware and software, as well as other matters of interest to the Sun/SPARC community are invited. Manufacturers of computer equipment based on SPARC technology are encouraged to participate in this conference. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts (750 to 1000 words) and be sufficiently complete to allow the committee to understand and judge the submission. Abstracts should include: 25.09 Sun Catalyst Porting Reference Guide This article describes the contents of the above document. The Porting guide is available fron Sun sales offices. -johnj Sun Catalyst Porting Reference Guide provides information for vendors and customers so they can make easier porting decisions. 25.10 Integrating E-mail and FAX This is an article fro Sun-Spots that should be of general interest. -johnj From: Stefan Mochnacki Subject: SUMMARY: Integrating E-mail and FAX A few weeks ago, in v9n375, I asked about integrating FAX and e-mail on a network. I received MANY useful replies, and I particularly thank: 25.11 OpenWindows White Paper This is the table of contents from the OpenWindows white paper - available, at no charge, from Sun sales offices. This paper helps users understand the issues in migrating to OpenWindows. As new desktops come with OpenWindows pre-installed, more users are selecting OpenWindows at their default windowing environment. Hot issues such as performance and OpenLook vs. Motif are addressed (from the Sun point of view :-)). -johnj 25.12 OPEN SYSTEMS: Computing in the 1990s This article appeared in Forbes magazine in November 1990. It is reproduced with permission. -johnj Interview with Scott McNealy, president and CEO, Sun Microsystems. 25.13 Sun, FORCE Sign SPARC Technology Alliance SPARC Real-time to be Available on VMEbus and Futurebus+ MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --January 14, 1991-- Sun Microsystems and FORCE Computers today announced the signing of a strategic technology alliance aimed at making SPARC(R) the leading RISC architecture in the embedded systems market. FORCE, the industry's leading independent manufacturer of VMEbus products, will utilize its experience and success in the embedded systems market to build and sell SPARC-based real-time and UNIX(R) boards and systems. FORCE will also introduce SPARC technology to the Futurebus+ market. 25.14 SMD Available on Upgrades to SPARCserver490 Upgrades from Sun-3/280, 3/480, and 4/280 to SPARCserver490 - SPARCserver490 compute performance - Protect investment in SMD disk, tape & communications options - Supports simultaneous use of SMD & IPI Disk Controllers - Includes 32MB memory, expandable to 672Mb configurations - Includes CDROM drive In August 1990 Sun announced that technical problems had been discovered with Sun's upgrades from Sun-3/280, 3/480, and 4/280 to SPARCserver490. Specifically, there were spurious interrupt problems in some tests of SMD (575MB and 892 MB) disk drives and GCR 6250bpi tape drives on the upgrades to SPARCserver 490. Sun engineers have identified the source of the problems and developed solutions to address them. 25.15 Third Party Product Annoucements Fujitsu M2480, IBM 3480 Compatible Tape Drive Applix's new Asterix product for X [free demo] Robochart for PC and Sun Ariel Offers 25 MFLOP DSP Engine for the Sun SPARCstationTM EZ-ADMIN Maple V Computer Algebra System 01/07/91 Six Sigma Case upgrades database design tool Graphics Extensions to XView 25.16 Sun's low-cost Video Capture Solution DALLAS --January 22, 1991-- Sun Microsystems today announced at UniForum `91 that for the first time, desktop SPARCstation(TM) users can now easily capture and share still frame video images across a UNIX(R) network using Sun's new VideoPix(TM). It includes a postcard-sized add-in board and software that lets up to four users easily capture, manipulate, store and share color or black and white images from a variety of video sources. 25.17 Why UNIX Will Win on the Desktop This is an article by Dr. Eric E. Schmidt. of Sun Microsystems. It is reproduced with permission. -johnj It's trendy to say that the line between PCs and workstations is blurring. The real truth is that UNIX-based systems are taking over, and by the end of the 1990s, the market will clearly distinguish between two types of desktop computers: machines that run DOS and machines that run UNIX. DOS machines will be purchased primarily as single-user systems for stand-alone applications. And in the long run, the only single-user machines the only DOS machines will be in people's homes. 25.18 Sun To Sell Shares To AT&T MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- January 4, 1991 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc., (SUNW), today announced its intention to issue 491,755 shares of its common stock to American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). Sun's proceeds from the sale are expected to be approximately $13.7 million. Under the terms of a three-year agreement announced January 6, 1988, Sun was permitted to sell to AT&T, at Sun's option, newly issued shares in an amount of up to 15% of Sun's outstanding common stock; the exercise of this final installment, when closed, will increase AT&T's holdings acquired directly from Sun to approximately that amount. As specified in the agree- ment, AT&T was also permitted to purchase up to an additional 5% of Sun's common stock in the open market, thereby acquiring up to a maximum 20% interest in Sun, AT&T's approximate ownership following this transaction. 25.19 Sun58TE VERSION 1.1 Sun58TE is Sun's IBM 5080 emulation product. Sun58TE 1.1 now adds support for the GX, Sun's most popular graphics accelerator. This allows desktop SPARCstations to be used for Sun58TE terminal emulation. Sun58TE continues to support the CXP for deskside configurations. 25.20 SunPHIGS 1.3 NEW SUNPHIGS RELEASE FOR SPARC... ...OPTIMAL TUNING FOR GS + FASTER GS Solids Performance + Higher Quality + Dynamic Library Support 25.21 SunGKS 4.0 NEW SunGKS RELEASE FOR OPENWINDOWS VERSION 2 AND SPARC... + X11R4 SUPPORT ARRIVES! + 4-BIT PLANE MASKING! + MULTI-PRIMITIVE BATCHING! + HIGHER QUALITY! 25.22 SBus Extensions New Public SBus Committee Releases First 64-Bit Specification SANTA CLARA, Calif. --January 29, 1991-- Sun Microsystems today announced at BUSCON WEST that the industry's first 64-bit specification for a desktop I/O interconnect has been made available. This new extension of the SBus architecture will help system and add-in card developers improve the performance of SBus-based systems. 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