---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunFlash June 1992 Table Of Contents SunFLASH Vol 42 #toc June 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note From The SunFlash Editor Summary of The Florida SunFlash For New Subscribers Summary Of June's Messages (line count + title) Summary of Messages Sent This Month (issue # and synopsis) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The archive files for June 1992 should be available by the end of this week. There is a compressed tar file of all of the 1991 articles (291 articles, about 1.25Mb - about 4Mb when uncompressed.) on all of the archive servers. 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Lauderdale, Florida USA July 2th, 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of The Florida SunFlash For New Subscribers The Florida SunFlash is an electronic news service for Sun Microsystems computer users. It is distributed by more than 90 Sun offices and by about 40 Sun Local Users Groups in more than 40 countries. The Florida SunFlash has a subscription base of more that 50,000 Sun users. This is the June 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 $ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary Of June's Messages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Count Vol.# Title 112 42.01 Leaders To Develop PC Net Management 93 42.02 Sun Selects Oracle To Manage Operations 66 42.03 SunExpress In Japan 87 42.04 SMCC And GE Information Services 444 42.05 Sun's HOTTEST Volume 2 Number 4 159 42.06 Next-Generation Distributed Computing 82 42.07 Mentor Graphics Migrates To Solaris 2.0 46 42.08 SMCC Opens Technology Center In Japan 95 42.09 SMCC, Coral Systems Fight Cellular Fraud 124 42.10 Sun users finalists in awards 223 42.11 VideoPix Technical Update 92 42.12 SunConnect Launches Operations In Europe 89 42.13 SunSelect Launches Operations In Europe 107 42.14 Oracle: Highest Sun TPC-A Benchmark 104 42.15 SunPro Opens European Headquarters 113 42.16 SunPro Announces C Transition Pack 110 42.17 SunPro Enhances SPARCworks Professional 95 42.18 Three Sun Users Win Awards 183 42.19 Next Generation of SPARC Architecture 118 42.20 SMCC Offers New Compilers And Tools 1033 42.21 SPARCworks Professional 159 42.22 Direct Xlib 1.0 333 42.23 Introducing Solaris 1.1 Version A 374 42.24 Third Party Announcements 1 399 42.25 Third Party Announcements 2 412 42.26 Third Party Announcements 3 75 42.27 SMCC: SBus Expansion Subsystem 361 42.28 SunSoft Delivers Solaris 2.0 for SPARC 193 42.29 Major Manufacturers Back Solaris 2.0 401 42.30 July 1992 STB Contents 345 42.31 Floating Licenses in Sun Products 56 42.32 SMCC Establishes Subsidiary In Mexico 196 42.33 Free UNIX International Collateral 77 42.34 Process Control Vendors Choosing Sun Total 6956 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of Messages Sent This Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42.01 Industry Leaders Work To Develop PC Workstation Management Solutions SunConnect, Intel, Microsoft and Novell, recently announced that they are working together to address PC workstation management issues. The press release is attached for your reference. INTEROP '92, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 1992 -- Intel Corp.; Microsoft Corp.; Novell Inc.; SunConnect, a Sun Microsystems Inc. business; and SynOptics Communications, Inc. today jointly announced at Interop '92 Spring that they are working together to address PC workstation management issues. Specific customer concerns that the group expects to address include: resource management, configuration management, performance analysis, software monitoring and security. The group intends to specify PC workstation information that can be integrated into a variety of network management environments. 42.02 Sun Selects Oracle Applications To Manage Worldwide Operations The following announcement was made Monday, May 25th by Oracle. While this announcement is a significant win for Oracle, it also emphasizes how Sun is moving towards running its business solely on its own technology and increasing market availability of client-server configurations to replace mainframe solutions. REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., May 25, 1992 -- Oracle Corporation today announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc., of Mountain View, Calif., has selected Oracle's manufacturing and financial applications for the worldwide automation of its manufacturing facilities. The multi-million dollar agreement also includes Oracle's computer-aided systems engineering (CASE) products. Oracle Manufacturing will be installed in Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation's (SMCC) manufacturing plants worldwide. Oracle Financials will be installed throughout Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s (SMI) subsidiaries, including sites in Europe, Asia and North America. Deployed on a client-server network of Sun SPARCservers and SPARCstations, this project will replace applications now consuming one mainframe computer at Sun. 42.03 SunExpress To Offer Easy Ordering Of Sun Products To End Users In Japan LINCOLN, Mass. --May 27, 1992-- SunExpress, a business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SMI), today announced it has expanded operations to Japan. SunExpress Japan provides a new channel of distribution for easy ordering and fast delivery of Sun products. Choosing items from the SunExpress(TM) catalog, users can place orders by telephone or fax and receive products within five business days. SunExpress will accept orders in Japan immediately. SunExpress offers users simple and quick access to customer-installable products, such as storage, supplies, accessories, software and bus expansion products. Knowledgeable telesales representatives will take orders, answer questions and provide sales assistance in both Japanese and English. 42.04 SMCC And GE Information Services SMCC And GE Information Services to Offer Networked Information And Document Management Solutions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 3, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) and General Electric Information Services (GEIS) announced a joint marketing and sales agreement to promote networked, UNIX-based information and document management systems. The new solutions will combine SMCC's industry-leading SPARCstation and SPARCserver systems and the Solaris operating environment with GEIS' expertise in systems integration and developing customized applications. Key to the new solutions are advanced database retrieval, messaging and electronic data interchange (EDI) technologies that allow users throughout an enterprise to share not only text but complex compound documents containing graphics and images. Included in these technologies is NeWSware, a unique on-line database search and electronic mail service based on the OpenWindows windowing environment and jointly developed by GEIS and Sun. NeWSware is the only such tool for UNIX that is available on a wide-area network. 42.05 Sun's HOTTEST Volume 2 Number 4 This is the text of a newsletter, "Sun's Hottest", that is being mailed to Sun customers. It is an excellent summary of recent products and news. -johnj C O N T E N T S Nothing is as powerful as freedom Applications: the only performance that matters Growing up vs. growing old The future is not an option When you put all this innovation together, what do you get? Multiprocessing on the desktop SuperSPARC: superscalar, super performance Quick upgrades with SPARC modules SuperCache for super-fast access ISDN today Speak into the microphone Speakerbox: sensational sound Leading-edge networking Solaris CD Best desktop "pizza box" yet Advanced power supply: cool and quiet Introducing SPARCstation 10 and SPARCserver 10 The platform for applications The platform for growth The platform for innovation Keep on upgrading Upgrade to SPARCstation 10 Upgrades to multiprocessing SPARCserver systems Multiprocessing workstation on a board In Short 42.06 Next-Generation Distributed Computing SUNSOFT UNVEILS NEXT-GENERATION DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLARIS SunSoft today announced its distributed computing technology directions for Solaris. The press release is attached for your reference. SMCC Note: As with all Solaris technology directions, SMCC expects to make Federated Services and ONC+ a standard part of all configured systems. ______________________________________________________________________ Enables Integration of NetWare, DCE and OSI Boasts Enhancements to Core ONC Services MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 1, 1992 -- SunSoft, Inc. today unveiled new technologies for its Solaris software environment allowing users to integrate multiple networking services into a single solution. Called the Solaris Federated Services, the technology allows third-party network products to plug into the Solaris software. These include Novell's NetWare, the Open Software Foundation's Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) and the International Standards Organization's Open Systems Interconnect (OSI). In addition, SunSoft enhanced its existing Solaris networking technology to feature new naming, filing, distributed application and security services. Called ONC+, the technology builds on the largest installed base in the heterogeneous networking arena. According to Dataquest, a market research firm based in San Jose, Calif., SunSoft's ONC technology currently has an installed base of 3.1 million nodes, a 42 percent growth increase since 1990. To date, more than 300 organizations have licensed ONC technology, including IBM, Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Novell. In addition, ONC implementations provide interoperability across all major types of computers from PCs to mainframes and across all major operating systems including MS-DOS, MacOS, OS/2, UNIX, MVS and VMS. 42.07 Mentor Graphics Migrates To Solaris 2.0 ANAHEIM, Calif. --June 8, 1992-- Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. (SMCC), SunSoft Inc. and Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that Mentor Graphics is migrating its industry-leading electronic design automation software to the Solaris(R) 2.0 operating environment. Mentor Graphics is porting its Sun-based products to SunSoft's new operating environment and expects to complete most of this effort in 1993. The announcement was made here at the Design Automation Conference (DAC). The Solaris 2.0 environment, which includes the SunOS(TM) 5.0 operating system, is based on UNIX(R) System V Release 4 (SVR4), with support for symmetric multiprocessing and multithreading. The Solaris environment has been designed to meet the needs of end users, software developers and system administrators in distributed computing environments. 42.08 SMCC Opens Technology Center In Japan TOKYO - June 9, 1992 - Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) announced today that it has opened its Japan Technology Center in Kanagawa Science Park, Tokyo. The engineering center, under the direction of Ed Ng, will build on key Japanese technologies in products developed by SMCC for worldwide markets. The center will explore joint development projects in areas such as peripherals, displays, input devices, portable products and consumer electronics integration. The center will also perform software localization and cooperative engineering with local suppliers. "Sun has always been committed to investment and growth in the Japanese market, " said Curt Wozniak, SMCC vice president of engineering. "The decision to locate this extension of SMCC engineering in Japan was in part based upon the strong engineering talent located here. We think of this organization as a "center of excellence" -- both in promoting innovative technologies and in developing strong technology partnerships." According to Dataquest, SMCC remains the top workstation vendor in Japan, with Sun products having led that market since 1987. 42.09 SMCC, Coral Systems Fight Cellular Fraud MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --June 8, 1992-- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) and Coral Systems Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly market Coral's "Intelligent Network" solution for cellular service providers internationally. Under the agreement, two new products, called HLR (Home Location Register) and FraudBuster, will be introduced at the end of 1992. The products will run on the Sun SPARCserver 600MP(TM) series and the Solaris(R) environment. With the tremendous growth in the wireless industry over the past five years and the decreasing costs a carrier can charge for service, competition has forced carriers to differentiate themselves through better customer service, enhanced service functionality and network reliability. Coral's wireless network software will give cellular service providers the ability to offer their customers more services, as well as protect themselves against revenue loss resulting from fraud. 42.10 Sun users finalists in awards MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --June 2, 1992-- A computer that teaches history. A workstation that scans 11,000 parking tickets daily. A six-legged robot, two stories tall, that can act as an astronaut on Mars and the moon. A computer that locates the ancient forests in North America. These are just a few of the projects being carried out by users of Sun systems who have been selected as finalists in the fourth annual Computerworld Smithsonian Awards. This international program honors innovative uses of information technology and the people who use them to achieve outstanding progress for society. Seven Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) users are among the 51 finalists from 10 categories nominated by leaders in information technology. The categories span from science and education to the environment and agriculture. One winner will be chosen at the awards ceremony, being held on June 8, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The winning applications will be showcased in "The Information Age: People, Information, Technology," a permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution that has already been seen by more than three million people. 42.11 VideoPix Technical Update or Why won't my VideoPix card descramble HBO? This is a brief article about Sun's VideoPix card by members of it's design team -johnj Over the last year since VideoPix FCS'ed to the marketplace, we have been asked some very good questions regarding VideoPix's capabilities and compatibility. In this article we will try and outline some of the basic principles and issues when dealing with the VideoPix card. VideoPix was designed to be Sun's first low cost video solution and to provide an easy answer to our customer request for an clean way to import video images onto the desktop. VideoPix is a multi-standard video capture product which can grab images from any NTSC or PAL source. 42.12 SunConnect Launches Operations In Europe Offices in France and the U.K. Opened to Offer UNIX Integration, LAN/WAN Connectivity and Network Management Products Across Europe Mountain View, Calif. - June 10, 1992 - SunConnect(TM), a Sun Microsystems Inc. business, today announced an expansion of its worldwide operations with the opening of two new offices in Europe. The offices are located in France and the United Kingdom and will market the full line of SunConnect UNIX(R) integration, LAN/WAN connectivity and network management products throughout Europe. SunConnect also announced the appointment of Laura Lilyquist, based in France, as marketing manager for Europe, and Peter Holland, based in the U.K., as sales manager for Europe. SunConnect will open an office in Germany by the end of calendar year 1992. 42.13 SunSelect Launches Operations In Europe Offices in UK for Sun Business Unit Joining UNIX and Personal Computer Environments BILLERICA, Mass. -- June 10, 1992 -- SunSelect(TM), the Sun Microsystems, Inc. business dedicated to integrating personal computing resources with open, UNIX(R) client-server environments, today announced the establishment of its European headquarters. The offices are located in the United Kingdom. SunSelect began operations on April 13, 1992 in Billerica, Massachusetts. It introduced the PC-NFS(R) 4.0 networking software product that allows personal computer platforms to take advantage of UNIX multivendor environments; the SunPC(TM) 3.0 line of high-performance personal computer emulation products, which enable SPARC(R) workstation users to run MS-DOS(R) and MS-Windows(R) applications; and NetWare(R) SunLink(R), a software product that connects Novell(R) NetWare LANs to SPARC server systems. 42.14 Oracle: Highest Sun TPC-A Benchmark First Performance Results for ORACLE7 Top 107 tps REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- June 11, 1992 -- Oracle Corporation today announced it has achieved the highest ever Transaction Processing Council Benchmark A (TPC-A local) result among database vendors running on a Sun SPARCserver 690MP. This benchmark test - which resulted in 107.28 transactions per second (tps) - is the first performance figure reported for Oracle's latest RDBMS release, ORACLE7. "This announcement marks the initial efforts of a long-term, joint development project between Oracle and Sun," said James Sha, vice president of Oracle's UNIX Products Division. "We have been working very closely with Sun over the last several months porting and optimizing ORACLE7 for the SPARC architecture. The on-going performance work will continue to enhance performance by exploiting Solaris 2.0 features and the recently introduced SuperSPARC-based SPARCserver family." 42.15 SunPro Opens European Headquarters Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business Unit Demonstrates New Products at Software Development `92 Wembley, United Kingdom -- June 15, 1992 -- SunPro(TM), a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, today announced that it has established operations in Europe to market software products that are crucial to the development of computer applications. These products include optimizing compilers for building new applications, programmer productivity tools that enable the developer to complete work faster and more accurately, and workgroup integration products that help teams of developers work together more effectively. SunPro has opened its European headquarters in Velizy, France. SunPro plans additional regional offices in the United Kingdom and Germany by the end of 1992. SunPro was formed as an independent business by its parent company, Sun Microsystems, Inc. in July 1991. Although primarily known as a systems manufacturer, Sun Microsystems has, since the company's formation, invested heavily in compiler and tool technology to increase the productivity of software developers. While Sun initially targeted these products exclusively to its own platforms, the company recognized the opportunity to satisfy increased user demand and expand its software business in the growing markets for the SPARC(R) platforms and Solaris(R) environment. As a result, Sun created the SunPro business unit and transferred its entire line of compiler and software development products, along with the associated engineering, marketing, and support staff to the new organization. 42.16 SunPro Announces C Transition Pack Transition Packs for C++, Pascal, and FORTRAN also available; Preserves investment in development tools through Solaris 1.0 to 2.0 transition MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 15, 1992 -- SunPro(TM), a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, today announced availability of the C Transition Pack -- a combination of compilers and development tools -- to ease migrating C applications from version 1.0 to 2.0 of the Solaris" operating environment. Through September 30, 1992, the C Transition Pack will be specially priced at $995, a savings of over 70% off regular SunPro list prices.Transition Packs were also announced for C++, Pascal, and FORTRAN at prices which represent a savings of over 35%. Each Transition Pack combines a compiler and development tools for use on Solaris 1.0 with the latest version of the SPARCworks(TM) Professional development environment for use on Solaris 2.0. In addition, customers who purchase and register the transition packs are eligible to reveive a free CD-ROM upgrade to the next release of SPARCworks Professional when available. SunPro has created Transition Packs as part of an overall strategy to support programmers in their efforts to complete the transition to the Solaris 2.0 operating environment. Because Transition Packs support Solaris 1.0 and 2.0 interchangeably, developers can preserve their investment in development tools throughout the migration. 42.17 SunPro Enhances SPARCworks Professional SPARCompilers yield 8-12% improvement on SuperSPARC; SPARCworks 2.0 to support both versions of Solaris operating environments MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 15, 1992 -- SunPro(TM), a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, today announced enhancements to its SPARCworks(TM) Professional family of development environments that improve performance of applications running on SuperSPARC(TM)-based workstations by 8% to 12% over the previous release. Tools and language features initially released only for Solaris 2.0 will be available on Solaris 1.0 to further support application migration. In addition, SPARCworks Professional packages utilize a new flexible network licensing scheme that enables tools and compilers to support different versions of the Solaris environment interchangeably. SunPro's enhanced compilers for ANSI C, C++, FORTRAN, and Pascal extract added performance from SuperSPARC, the industry's most highly integrated reduced instruction set computing (RISC) microprocessor. SuperSPARC's superscalar "engine" executes up to three instructions in each clock cycle. SPARCompiler(TM) products now employ new advanced optimization techniques and parallel instruction scheduling to enable developers to get the most out of SuperSPARC without sacrificing performance or binary compatibility with other SPARC implementations. Performance improvements were measured on a SPARCstation(TM) 10 (40 Mhz) running over 300 application benchmarks representing a broad range of typical workstation operations. 42.18 Three Sun Users Win Smithsonian Awards MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 15, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) announced that three SMCC customers have won this year's annual Computerworld Smithsonian Award for their innovative use of information technology. Federal Express Corporation, The Wilderness Society and Intelligenetics, Inc., were each honored at the awards ceremony June 8, 1992, in Washington, D.C. The fourth annual Computerworld Smithsonian Award recognizes the men and women who have achieved outstanding progress for society through their use of computers. The winning applications will be showcased in "The Information Age: People, Information, Technology," a permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution that has already been seen by more than three million people. Four other users of Sun systems selected as finalists include Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Design; Carnegie-Mellon University, Robotics Institute; City of Chicago's Bureau of Parking and Pacific Meridian Resources. Candidates were chosen by industry leaders in information technology in 10 categories spanning from science and education to environment and agriculture. 42.19 Next Generation of SPARC Architecture Next Generation of the SPARC(R) Architecture Unveiled SI Defines Architecture Road Map Into 21st Century End Users, Software Developers Get Painless Migration Path to 64-Bits MENLO PARK, Calif. -- June 15, 1992 -- SPARC International (SI) today announced the completion of SPARC Architecture Version 9, which extends the SPARC address space to 64-bits and offers performance and feature enhancements that will maintain SPARC's RISC leadership into the next century. The Version 9 Architecture specification is available now to SI members. Version 9 greatly extends the SPARC architecture while maintaining upward binary compatibility with current versions. This strategy shifts the traditional burden of "porting" applications from software vendors to SPARC International chip and system suppliers. This preserves the investments of both ISVs and end users. SPARC has the leading installed base of RISC/UNIX(R) software with over 5000 applications. Developed cooperatively by leading SPARC microprocessor architects from over a dozen companies, and approved unanimously by SI's Board of Directors, Version 9 contains new instructions, enhanced support for the UNIX operating system, and continued pioneering in multiprocessor support. Version 9 offers complete 64-bit extensions to the SPARC Architecture Version 8, on which current superscalar SPARC implementations, such as TI's SuperSPARC(TM) and Cypress Semiconductor's HyperSPARC(TM), are based. 42.20 SMCC Offers New Compilers And Tools Support Solaris 2.0, Tool Integration MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 16, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today announced pricing and availability for new versions of four SPARCompilers(TM) and the SPARCworks(TM) development tools, the first development environment for the new Solaris(R) 2.0 distributed computing environment. Significantly enhanced from previous versions, this suite of compilers and tools was developed by SunPro, a Sun Microsystems business unit, and gives programmers unparalleled productivity in designing UNIX(R) software on Sun(TM) SPARC(R) systems and other SPARC platforms. Also available is SPARCworks Professional, a package of a compiler and companion tools that saves money over individual product purchases. One factor making these new products very cost effective is floating licenses that let users buy fewer copies but still have access to the products. A very significant addition to these compilers and tools is application integration between products through SunSoft's ToolTalk(TM), which was designed for networked environments. This inter-application communication tool is built into the Solaris 2.0 environment -- based on System V Release 4, the UNIX standard -- and can speed the development cycle. Besides tightly integrating the various SPARCompilers and SPARCworks, ToolTalk will enable programmers to integrate third-party tools into the Sun environment as well. Already, ToolTalk is supported by CASE companies such as Cadre, CenterLine, Digital Tools, Frame, IDE, Interleaf, Softool, SunPro, and Visix. 42.21 SPARCworks Professional SPARCworks Professional Family * SPARCworks Professional C 2.0 * SPARCworks Professional C++ 3.0 * SPARCworks Professional FORTRAN 2.0 * SPARCworks Professional Pascal 3.0 SPARCompiler Family * SPARCompiler C 2.0 * SPARCompiler C++ 3.0 * SPARCompiler FORTRAN 2.0 * SPARCompiler Pascal 3.0 SPARCworks 2.0 Development Tools Special promotion for Solaris 2.0 migration * C Transition Pack * C++ Transition Pack * Fortran Transition Pack * Pascal Transition Pack * Very aggressive pricing for C Transition Pack and SPARCompiler C 2.0 42.22 Direct Xlib 1.0 New Product for Enhanced OpenWindows Version 3 Xlib Performance Transparently increases rendering performance for graphics intensive Xlib based applications + No change to application source code required + Ideally suited for MCAD, EDA and Visualization applications + Acceleration on GX, GXplus, GS and GT accelerators + Supports all OpenWindows Version 3 framebuffers + No charge, site-wide Right-to-Use license Direct Xlib is a new unbundled product which improves rendering performance of graphics intensive Xlib based applications. Running Xlib benchmarks such as "x11perf" on a SPARCstation2 GX results in roughly doubled raw Xlib rendering speed for many common graphics operations, and testing with real applications has shown up to 50% faster performance in graphics operations. 42.23 Introducing Solaris 1.1 Version A There will be some confusion over the name of this operating system. Here is a paragraph from later in this article that explains the relationship between Solaris X and SunOS Y: Solaris 1.1 Version A is comprised of the following components: OPEN LOOK, DeskSet, OpenWindows, SunOS and ONC. It is not correct to say Solaris *is* SunOS, since Solaris includes all 5 components and SunOS is only one piece of Solaris. Solaris 1.1 Version A contains SunOS 4.1.3 and OpenWindows Version 3 components. This is the o/s release that is required for the recently announced SS-10 and the new SPARCserver 600MP models. -johnj o Full system software support for the new SuperSPARC based SPARCstation 10 and SPARCserver 600MP Series in addition to the current SPARC platforms o OpenWindows Version 3 is default windowing system o First European localized Solaris product with OpenWindows translated in French, German, Swedish and Italian Solaris 1.1 SMCC Version A brings the full benefits of SunSoft's 32-bit distributed system software environment to the new SuperSPARC based SPARCsystem 10 platforms in addition to SMCC's current SPARC product line. OpenWindows Version 3 as the default windowing system, translated in French, German, Swedish and Italian, will facilitate the migration to Solaris 2.0 worldwide. 42.24 Third Party Announcements 1 Two new targets for TeleSoft's RISCAda Box Hill RAID Box PTI SBus Comm Controller Supports New Sftwr Tools and Protocols New C++ products from ParcPlace Systems 42.25 Third Party Announcements 2 Aurora High-Speed Parallel SBus Cards HeliosCOM+ High Speed Fax/Modem eNFS/Cache XCELERATED SYSTEMS DEBUTS LIKEN, VERSION 1.2 Sun,PC & Mac printing from Sitka 42.26 Third Party Announcements 3 Scopus launches ProTEAM SBus IPI Disk controller (SOLstor S212) NFS Monitor from Metrix Network Systems LCD Projector display with Laser for Sun 42.27 SMCC: SBus Expansion Subsystem Gives Three Extra Slots to SPARCstation, SPARCserver Systems MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 22, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today introduced the SBus Expansion Subsystem, a new high-performance desktop SBus expansion product that provides three additional SBus slots for several of SMCC's popular desktop workstations and servers. The SBus Expansion Subsystem gives users the freedom to use SBus cards of varying widths and not be limited to a system's current SBus capacity; SBus cards are available in single and double widths. In addition to providing three extra SBus slots, the new SBus Expansion Subsystem allows increased disk space, accommodating up to two 424-megabyte disk drives. The SBus Expansion Subsystem easily connects to the SBus-based SPARCstation(TM) IPX(TM), SPARCstation 2, the recently introduced SPARCstation 10 and the SPARCserver(TM) 630 system. It is housed in a compact "pizza box" desktop package that connects to the host over a cable from one of the SBus slots on the host. The SBus Expansion Subsystem provides higher performance for bus master devices than competing products, as well as auto configuration of SBus cards. In addition, the SBus Expansion Subsystem conforms to the SBus Specification B.0 and is IEEE compliant. 42.28 SunSoft Delivers Solaris 2.0 for SPARC SunSoft, the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced the first customer ship of Solaris 2.0 for SPARC users. The press release, which includes background information on the key technologies offered in Solaris 2.0, is attached for your reference. SMCC announced that Solaris 2.0 is available for all Sun workstations currently being shipped. Solaris 2.0 support for the SPARCstation 10, SPARCserver 10 and the SPARCserver 600 MP series is scheduled for later this year. All future SMCC workstation and server products will be based on Solaris 2.0 and future Solaris releases. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 23, 1992 -- SunSoft today announced the on-schedule shipment of the Solaris 2.0 software environment, the culmination of one of the computer industry's most ambitious software undertakings. Requiring more than 1,000 man years of development time, Solaris is the first system software product to combine the features of high-performance computing -- such as multitasking, multiprocessing, multithreading and network security -- with the ease of use of a personal computer bringing traditionally expensive commercial and technical computing processes to mainstream desktop computers. In addition, it is the only software solution available today that provides a compatible path to next-generation object-based computing. 42.29 Major Manufacturers Back Solaris 2.0 SunSoft, the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today released new information about Solaris 2.0 on the 80X86 platform. The following two press releases are attached for your reference: 1. Major Manufacturers Back Solaris 2.0 on 80X86 NCR, Zenith, Olivetti, Everex Announce Support ICL To Port Solaris To 80X86 Line 2. Solaris for X86 Demonstrated for First Time Featured on CompuAdd, Dell, and Zenith Data Systems 486 Systems Hardware Reference Configuration Announced NCR, Zenith, Olivetti, Everex Announce Support ICL To Port Solaris To 80X86 Line PC EXPO, New York, June 23, 1992 -- Today, major system manufacturers announced plans to support SunSoft's Solaris 2.0 distributed computing solution on the 80X86 platform. They are NCR, Zenith Data Systems, Olivetti and Everex. In addition, ICL, the leading UK-based computer systems company, will port Solaris 2.0 to its 80X86 product line. 42.30 July 1992 Software Technical Bulletin Contents This article describing the contents of the Software Technical bulletin (STB) is posted to SunFlash to make those customers who have a support contract aware that they should be receiving this execellent publication. Note that copies of the STB are sent to the people listed in the support contract. They have limited duplication rights (see notice included each month within the STB). ****** I have been given permission to place the PostScript version of the whole STB (about 100 pages) in the SunFlash archives on solar.nova.edu:/pub/sunflash/1992 171,958 bytes stbjul92.ps.Z This file should appear on ftp.uuu.net:systems/sun/sunflash/1992 and the other sunflash archives. This article contains two parts: o Table Of Contents for July 1992 o STB Editor's Introduction -johnj 42.31 Floating Licenses in Sun Products -- Reduces costs by allowing customers to pay for maximum concurrent usage of a product, rather than each potential user -- Part-time users have easy access to the software at a lower cost than full-time users -- Allows easy accounting of software usage and cost per user -- Protects customers by helping insure they are licensed for software they are using -- Provides access to accounts that require floating licenses as a prerequisite to doing business There is a trend in the software industry towards a floating license mechanism that allows customers to license software based on maximum concurrent usage of products instead of for every user that may, at some time, run those applications. The additional flexibility and accounting facilities of floating licenses have made them a mandatory item for many software transactions, particularly in the commercial markets. 42.32 SMCC Establishes Subsidiary In Mexico MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif -- June 24, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) announced today that is has established Sun Mexico as its 19th worldwide subsidiary and the second subsidiary in Latin America for SMCC. Sun Mexico will provide local sales, service and marketing support to SMCC's distributors, value-added resellers and customers in Mexico. The office will also focus on the recruitment of local independent software vendors to the Sun platform. 42.33 Free UNIX International Collateral This brief article is a listing of collateral that can be obtained for free from UNIX International. There is also a list of Migration Guides (at $50 a piece) and a catalog of System V Software for $15. -johnj From: wendi@ui.org Wendi Whilden ATT: +1 201 263-8400 x555 Assoc. Manager ISV Program UUCP: w.whilden@ui.org Attached is the list of available UI collateral. 42.34 Process Control Vendors Choosing Sun SMCC Expects $100 Million In Revenues By 1995 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- June 22, 1992 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. (SMCC) has been making rapid gains in the process control market, with one example being the introduction by The Foxboro Company of new Sun(TM) SPARC(R)-based industrial automation products. With the addition of Foxboro, three of the top distributed control system (DCS) vendors in the United States -- including Westinghouse and Johnson-Yokogawa -- now use SMCC's SPARC systems as their sole or primary platform. SMCC expects to sell more than $100 million in hardware into the process control market by 1995. 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