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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

	Software Specials Monthly Summary (August/September)
   
SunFLASH Vol 34 #16					        October 1991 
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Sun Microsystem's Consulting group has created many software packages 
for customer requirements that Sun's standard software offerings
do not cover. These s/w packages have become know as 'consulting specials'. 
This article lists some new specials.
 
To order these specials, or to find the price or availablity for a
specific configuration (h/w & SunOS release) please contact you local
Sun sales representative.

AUGUST, 1991  Announcements:
	
	CONSULT-ST3480 
		Now supported IBM 3480 compatible tape units such
	as the Fujitsu M2480. We now have a solution for those
	mainframe accounts that need to access data to IBM3480
	compatible tape drives from Sun.

	CONSULT-KBM
		Offered routines to map user addresses into kernel
	addresses spaces. Target customers are SBUS manufacturers
	or any value added hardware OEM with this requirement 
	in their device drivers.

	CONSULT-IGATEWAY
		Has been enhanced with a feature called BSD-CLIENT
	which build iftp and itelnet sources files based on 
	BSD4.3-Reno that can be ported to other vendors hardware
	running Unix.

	CONSULT-HCONS
		 is one solution of an overall network security
	policy. It is intended for sites that want to control 
	access to network services based on the requesting host's 
	Internet Protocol (IP) address and service number
	(TCP/UDP port or RPC number).
		

Feature Special of the month:

	CONSULT-XCOMP
		For customers having sun3 that need faster turn 
	around time for compilation, the customer can use this package 
	on a Sun4 host machine to generate Sun3 object code. This special
	is based on Sun 4.0 C compiler.


SEPTEMBER, 1991  Announcements:

It is with great pleasure for us to announce the availability of SPARC
Toolkit from Sun Professionnal Services starting Oct 1, 1991.  This
product line was previously available from corporate technology
marketing.

The SPARC Toolkit includes many of the useful software tools for
customers developing SPARC-based products. Please read below for more
details.

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SPARC Toolkit packages:

	CONSULT-SPARCsim 
		provides simulation of SPARC hardware used for debugging 
		system software even before the availability of hardware.
		Decouples software/hardware integration issues and help shorten
		development cycle for SPARC-based products. Binary version.

	CONSULT-SPARCsimsrc 
		source based of SPARCsim.

	CONSULT-SPARCmon
		is a C-based software monitor. It offers standalone
		libraries and download facilities and is highly adaptable to new
		target hardware. It also supports RDBXtool. Popular starter kit
		for embedded SPARC customers.

	CONSULT-RDBXtool
		offers source-level window-based and mouse-driven
		remote symbolic debugger of programs running on target hardware.
		Powerful tool often used by embedded SPARC customers.

	CONSULT-MPSAS
		supports the multiprocessing simulation requirements and
		advanced SPARC implementations that could not be supported by
		SPARCsim. Source based product only.

For any other information regarding Sun Consulting call (415) 336-2400
or email consult@sun.

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