sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sunflash@suntri sunflash-Send requests and problem reports to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunFlash March 1993 Table Of Contents SunFLASH Vol 51 #toc March 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SunFlash Aliases New Mail Headers Information About SunFlash SunFlash Archives SunFlash Archive Sites and Locations Titles And Sizes For March's Articles Summary of March's Articles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boy, was this a busy month! In fact, I have posted more articles (66) in more issues (42) and more lines (10,000+) than in any other month. By type: 22 Third party announcements, 28 Sun press releases, 7 configuration or technical detail articles, 4 conference/satellite announcements, 2 usenet articles, two Sun newsletters and a price alert! 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Size Directory/Filename 1993/51.00.toc 1993/51.mar.tar.Z 27088 1993/50.00.toc 139637 1993/50.feb.tar.Z 31113 1993/49.00.toc 169435 1993/49.jan.tar.Z 18304 1992/48.00.toc 108351 1992/48.dec.tar.Z SunFlash Archive Sites and Locations ------------------------------------ ftp server Directory name newstop.ebay.sun.com sun/sunflash (Sun access only) sunsite.unc.edu pub/sun-info/sunflash solar.nova.edu pub/sunflash src.doc.ic.ac.uk sun/sunflash ftp.uu.net systems/sun/sunflash ftp.adelaide.edu.au pub/sun/sunflash -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Titles And Sizes For March's Articles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Count Vol.# Title 166 51.01 Solaris Developer Conference March 29-31 235 51.02 New Configs with 1.05Gb disk 139 51.03 New Upgrades with 1.05Gb disk 131 51.04 High-Speed Communications Standard 314 51.05 HOT OFF THE PRESS 85 51.06 SunSoft Software Centre in Ireland 180 51.07 SunLink FDDI/S 2.0 312 51.08 Prices Changes For Older Products 109 51.09 SMCC and SynOptics Collaborate on ATM 113 51.10 Email Registration For Dev. Conference 306 51.11 Third Party Product Announcements 270 51.12 SunNews:GAINMomentum, Stanford, Venezuela 260 51.13 Solaris CMW 1.0 253 51.14 Sun CallTracker for Resellers 130 51.15 SunSoft Offers OLIT 3.0 Source 301 51.16 Third Party Product Announcements 568 51.17 SunConnect Announcements 195 51.18 XGL 3.0 401 51.19 SOLARIS DEVELOPER CONFERENCE Update 506 51.20 March 29th, Sunergy Satellite Broadcast 91 51.21 SMCC Development With Russian Company 65 51.22 Linkon SBus Multimedia Card 417 51.23 Third Party Product Announcements 196 51.24 UNIX: Common Open Software Environment 811 51.25 Sun Managers Frequently Asked Questions 628 51.26 Third Party Product Announcements 155 51.27 SMCC Unveils SPARC CPU Roadmap 114 51.28 PC-NFS 5.0 Networking Software 152 51.29 Sun, Andersen and Petroleum Industry 164 51.30 February 1993 Sun Technical Bulletin 726 51.31 Recent Internet Books 65 51.32 Sun and JWP Sign Local Government Pact 279 51.33 SunSoft delivers Solaris for x86 245 51.34 SunSoft Announces Solaris 2.2 166 51.35 SunSoft Introduces Solaris Live! 96 51.36 SunSoft and SMCC Customer Service 99 51.37 USL And SCO License ONC+ 73 51.38 Solaris on PowerPC Architecture 107 51.39 SunSoft: Second Project DOE Milestone 58 51.40 SMCC To Sell And Support Solaris For x86 174 51.41 SunNews: NASA, Norway Air , UFREIGHT 450 51.42 Third Party Product Announcements Total 10305 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of March's Articles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51.01 Solaris Developer Conference March 29-31 March 29-31, 1993 The Santa Clara Convention Center Santa Clara, CA 51.02 New Configs with 1.05Gb disk *********************************************************** * * * New configurations include: * * * * - 1.05GB SPARCstation 10 models 30 and 41 * * * * - 1.05GB SPARCserver 10 models 30 and 41 * * * * - SPARCstation LX 1.05GB, 32MB RAM * * * *********************************************************** SMCC is introducing several new SPARCstation(TM) 10 and SPARCstation LX(TM) configurations. Beginning immediately, Sun is offering SPARCstation 10 and SPARCserver(TM) 10 model 30 and 41 1.05GB internal disk drive configurations. In addition, SPARCstation LX is now available in 1.05GB, 32MB memory configurations. 51.03 New Upgrades with 1.05Gb disk New 1.05-gb Configurations for upgrades for Upgrades to SPARCstation 10 Model 41 Sun announces an addition to its line of upgrades to the SPARCstation(TM) 10. Available immediately are 1.05-GB internal disk drive configurations for upgrades to the SPARCstation 10 Model 41. That means customers who are upgrading from SPARCstation 1, SPARCstation 2, and SPARCstation IPX(TM) can choose a SPARCstation 10 Model 41 diskfull chassis swap upgrade which includes a 1.05-GB internal disk drive. Upgrade configurations with the 424-MB internal disk drives remain available. 51.04 High-Speed Communications Standard Workstation Producers Advance High-Speed Communications Standard HP, IBM, Sun Call Channel Key to Future Applications San Francisco, Feb. 23, 1993--Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation today announced the Fibre Channel Systems Initiative, a joint venture to advance Fibre Channel as an affordable, high-speed interconnection standard for workstations and peripherals used in thousands of commercial and technical applications. 51.05 HOT OFF THE PRESS Recent News February, 1993 Published by SMCC Public Relations 51.06 SunSoft Software Centre in Ireland Focus On Software Localization For Europe DUBLIN, IRELAND, March 2, 1993 -- SunSoft, Inc., the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that it will establish a European Software Centre in Dublin, Ireland. The announcement, made in conjunction with the Industrial Development Authority of Ireland, represents the growing importance of Ireland and its talent in the global computing market. SunSoft will manage development and localization of its Solaris software environment at the new centre. 51.07 SunLink FDDI/S 2.0 - Provides FDDI/S support for Solaris 2.1 - Provides single attach connection conforming to ANSI FDDI network standard - Single SBus board connects to an available SBus slot in any SPARC system including SPARCserver product family - Provides redundant connection for high connectivity in server type machines - Includes SunNet Manager proxy agent for SMT 6.2 for easy FDDI network management - Built-in test, power-up, and extended diagnostic features 51.08 Prices Changes For Older Products **************************************************** * Price increase on the SPARCstation ELC, * * SPARCstation IPC, SPARCstation 2, SPARCserver * * 600MP-Cypress and related upgrades -- * * EFFECTIVE February 2, 1993 * * * * Transition timetable for SPARCstation ELC, * * SPARCstation IPC, SPARCserver 600MP-Cypress * * systems * **************************************************** 51.09 SMCC and SynOptics Collaborate on ATM SynOptics to Provide First Low-Cost ATM Card for SPARC Systems MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - March 1, 1993 - Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) and SynOptics Communications, Inc., today announced they have formed a technology partnership agreement under which the two companies will develop asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology for future products. ATM is an emerging open network industry standard. This agreement allows the two companies to work quickly and in parallel to ensure rapid time to market, lower costs and technology sharing as ATM matures. The first fruit of this collaboration will be a low-cost SBus card from SynOptics to attach Sun(TM) SPARC"(R)/Solaris"(R) workstations or servers to an ATM local area network. 51.10 Email Registration For Dev. Conference Several people and asked me how they can register for this conference by email. The email address for registering for the Solaris Developer Conference is: 72571.1341@Compuserve.Com 51.11 Third Party Product Announcements SoftComm Professional Communication Software for UNIX Book: UNIX Power Tools SPARC International Peripheral Verification Testing Program SPRY PC Client (NFS, Windows, netware etc) 51.12 SunNews:GAINMomentum, Stanford, Venezuela This article contains three recent Sun Press Releases. -johnj Sun Selects Sybase's GAINMomentum For Global MIS Initiative SMCC Donates To Stanford Heart Program New Sun Subsidiary Established In Latin America 51.13 Solaris CMW 1.0 *************************************************** * Solaris CMW 1.0 - the high-trust version of the * * most popular UNIX workstation operating system * * * * Complete trusted distributed CMW solution * * * * Compatible with a large number of customers' * * favorite commercial applications * * * * Ease of use for users and administrators * *************************************************** 51.14 Sun CallTracker for Resellers - A powerful, full-featured call management system that supports the service request process from start to finish - Allows for submission, assignment, escalation, resolution, closure and reporting of end-user service requests - A knowledge management feature enables storage of solutions for future reference - Customizable for the specific needs of the resellers' help desk environment - Highly integrated with SunNet(TM) Manager 51.15 SunSoft Launches OLIT 3.0 Source Marketing Program If you want this s/w call SunSoft at (310) 348-6090. -johnj - OpenWindows V3.0 source is available from SunSoft for $295 until June 30th - OLIT source, available as part of this product, provides a reference for GUI development - This program provides the source for Read-Only purposes - OLIT 3.0 source marketing program is NOT available through SMCC SunSoft Product Marketing is announcing a marketing program which allows customers to purchase the OpenWindows V3.0 source product (OWNSRC-03-3.0) for $295. This program is effective immediately and continues until June 30, 1993. The special pricing is ONLY available to customers who purchase this product directly from SunSoft. 51.16 Third Party Product Announcements INGRES/Windows4GL ON OPEN LOOK Audio Broadcasts over the Internet Partner & Liken Provide Interoperability For Macs and Suns Demo Version of Liken available via ftp 51.17 SunConnect Announcements This article contains four (4) SunConnect announcements from the recent INTEROP show in Washington DC. Sun Microsystems Computer Company specific announcments with part numbers, prices, etc. will be posted soon. -johnj SunNet Manager Leads Market In Shipping Applications SunConnect Announces Free Software Offer For Lexcel Lance+ Customers MCI and SunConnect Announce Development Agreement Enhanced SunLink Enterprise Computing Products 51.18 XGL 3.0 - Reduced Prices Solaris XGL 3.0 Developers Kit now only $495USD! - Tightly integrated with OpenWindows Version 3 - Support for the Solaris 2.1 - Loads of new features - Supports all Sun SPARC processor-based systems with color frame buffers Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (TM) (SMCC) announces the availabilty of Solaris (R) XGL (TM) 3.0, a high performance, immediate mode graphics environment for Solaris 2.1. 51.19 SOLARIS DEVELOPER CONFERENCE Update Note that this article contains more information that the hard-copy invitations that have been mailed out over the past few weeks. 51.20 March 29th, Sunergy Satellite Broadcast "The Future Of Data Communications" For questions about the Sunergy program, please send email to sunergy_information@Corp.Sun.COM 51.21 SMCC Development With Russian Company MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. March 16, 1993 Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today signed a technology licensing and joint development agreement with ELVIS+ Ltd., a private Russian corporation, to develop wireless network communication technology to be incorporated into its nomadic computing strategy. SMCC will also be taking a 10 percent equity position in ELVIS+. 51.22 Linkon SBus Multimedia Card MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --March 15, 1993-- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) and Linkon Corporation of New York announced today that Linkon will be developing an SBus multimedia communications card, called the LINK-Engine FS3000, for the Sun Solaris operating environment. The card gives desktop computers a complete interactive voice response system, with speech recognition and fax capabilities. The card will be available on Sun SPARCstation and SPARCserver systems by June of 1993 and will be the first SBus solution to support voice processing applications for distributed processing computers. 51.23 Third Party Product Announcements WireTap, an NFS monitoring tool SQL-BackTrack: BACKUP FOR SYBASE DATABASES Parallax Graphics Announces RTVnet: Realtime Video Over ATM High Speed Serial Ports for High Speed Modems Andataco Announces New 8mm Tape Subsystems 51.24 UNIX: Common Open Software Environment UNIX LEADERS ANNOUNCE COMMON OPEN SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT Six Companies Agree On Software Technologies And Common Desktop Reinforce Commitment To Open Systems SAN FRANCISCO, UNIFORUM, March 17, 1993 -- Worldwide UNIX system leaders Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corp., The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Univel and UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. today announced their intent to deliver a common open software environment across their UNIX system platforms. This announcement is in response to increased customer demand for consistent technologies across multiple platforms, greater technology choice, increased cost savings and quicker time to market. 51.25 Sun Managers Frequently Asked Questions From: John DiMarco To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.edu Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 00:30:37 -0500 Sun-Managers' Frequently Asked Questions Last update: March 8, 1993 This is collection of common questions posted to the sun-managers mailing list twice a month. It is intended to benefit Sun System Managers and reduce traffic to the list by providing quick answers to common problems. 51.26 Third Party Product Announcements FrameMaker 3.1.2 for Solaris 2.1 Galaxy Distributed Application Environment Advent IMAGER APERTURE CARD scan software for Vidar AC20-2 Liken 1.3 from Xcelerated Systems. E-mail and Meeting Maker Support ACCENT ToolKit -- Motif and OPEN LOOK Graphical Interface ToolKit 51.27 SMCC Unveils SPARC CPU Roadmap MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- March 22, 1993 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today unveiled the industry's most comprehensive CPU design strategy based on the SPARC(R) microprocessor architecture. Called the SPARC CPU Roadmap, it provides details on nine CPU designs currently under development that are grouped into three microprocessor design families. Two of the families -- microSPARC(TM) and SuperSPARC(TM) -- have already resulted in CPU implementations shipping in volume from one of SMCC's microprocessor foundry partners, Texas Instruments. The third family, called UltraSPARC(TM), heralds SMCC's expansion into 64-bit SPARC implementations. Microprocessor products resulting from this strategy power current and future SMCC computer systems, providing scalability and binary compatibility across all product lines running the industry leading Solaris 2 distributed operating environment. As part of its SPARC Technology Business, SMCC is making resulting CPU designs and microprocessors available to the open market. 51.28 PC-NFS 5.0 Networking Software From SunSelect Note that SMCC will introduce PC-NFS 5.0 and SelectMail pricing and availability over the next few months. -johnj NEW PC-NFS NETWORKING SOFTWARE FROM SUNSELECT BROADENS SUPPORT FOR MAJOR PC ENVIRONMENTS Version 5.0 Enhancements Include Support for Windows Sockets API, Improved Terminal Emulation, NetBIOS Support, and Server-Based Licensing CHELMSFORD, Mass.--March 22, 1993--SunSelect, a business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today introduced a new version of its industry-leading PC-NFS(R) networking software. 51.29 Sun, Andersen and Petroleum Industry SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND ANDERSEN CONSULTING ANNOUNCE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ALLIANCE The following announcement was made today by Andersen Consulting and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation. 51.30 February 1993 Sun Technical Bulletin This article describes the contents of the Software Technical Bulletin (STB) for February, 1993. It is posted to SunFlash to make those customers who have a support contract aware that they should be receiving this execellent publication. This article contains two parts: o Table Of Contents for February 1992 o STB Editor's Introduction 51.31 Recent Internet Books This article by John S. Quarterman(sq@tic.com) was recently posted to a number of newsgroups. See the end of the article for contact information for the author. -johnj Newsgroups: misc.books.technical, alt.books.technical, alt.internet.services, news.newusers.questions From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko) Subject: rfc1432.txt - Recent Internet Books Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1993 09:13:45 GMT Probably you will find the following bibliography of Internet books by John Quarterman useful ... Source: ftp site: nic.ddn.mil file: /rfc/rfc1432.txt 51.32 Sun and JWP Sign Local Government Pact MILPITAS, Calif. March 24, 1993 -- Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc., (Sun Federal) and JWP Information Services today announced they have signed an agreement that authorizes JWP to market and resell Sun SPARC(TM) workstations and server systems to state and local governments throughout the United States. JWP is one of the leading system integrators for such users, while Sun systems -- running the Solaris(R) computing environment -- are the world's top-selling workstations and servers. Most of the users to be served by JWP are involved in moving information systems and critical software applications from a traditional mainframe computing environment to a distributed client-server environment. Under the agreement, JWP will offer state and local government customers integration, installation, and maintenance services. The two companies will also initiate joint sales efforts to penetrate the state and local government market, where JWP's field sales is especially strong. 51.33 SunSoft delivers Solaris for x86 First Software Environment To Run Across Leading RISC And CISC Processors Expanded Sales Force, Distributors And Resellers To Sell Product SANTA CLARA. Calif., March 29, 1993 -- SunSoft, Inc. today announced shipment of its Solaris for x86 distributed computing environment. This makes Solaris the first software environment on the market to run seamlessly across the highest volume RISC and CISC processor architectures, SPARC and x86. The announcement was made at the annual Solaris Developer Conference which was attended by more than 1,700 international software developers and system manufacturers. 51.34 SunSoft Announces Solaris 2.2 New Features For Enterprise-Wide Computing Market SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29, 1993 -- SunSoft, Inc. today announced major enhancements to the Solaris 2 software environment specifically designed to address the needs of enterprise-wide computing. The software now offers increased performance and new system administration, graphics and desktop features, delivering the industry's most powerful 32-bit commercial software solution to customers worldwide. 51.35 SunSoft Introduces Solaris Live! Technology Partnerships with Toshiba, Matsushita, Centigram SANTA CLARA, Calif. --March 29, 1993-- SunSoft, Inc., today introduced Solaris LIVE!, an extensive array of multimedia technologies for the Solaris distributed computing solution. Now users can achieve more powerful enterprise interaction by integrating multimedia elements into their electronic correspondence. Solaris LIVE! supports distributed, realtime workgroup collaboration, video conferencing, audio, and image integration into electronic documents. SunSoft also announced continued innovation in multimedia through technology partnerships with Matsushita Electric Industrial, Toshiba and Centigram to create value-added extensions to Solaris LIVE!. 51.36 SunSoft and SMCC Customer Service: Solaris Support On SPARC And x86 SANTA CLARA, Calif. --March 29, 1993-- SunSoft, Inc., today announced a service agreement with Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s Worldwide Customer Support (WWCS) organization. Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, the organization will service and support unmodified versions of SunSoft's Solaris distributed computing software on SPARC and x86 platforms, meeting the needs of users operating in heterogeneous computing environments. Solaris end users will now be able to use one source for all support and service requests for both SPARC and x86 platforms. 51.37 USL And SCO License ONC+ UI-ATLAS Roadmap and Common Open Software Environment to Include ONC+ SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29, 1993 -- SunSoft today announced agreements with USL and SCO whereby the two companies will license SunSoft's ONC+ networking technology. With this announcement, ONC+ is now available to vendors representing a majority of the current UNIX software market. ONC+ is based on the industry-standard ONC/NFS networking technology which has a total installed base of more than 4 million nodes worldwide. In addition, ONC+ has been adopted for the recently-announced common open software environment being developed by Hewlett Packard, IBM, SCO, SunSoft, Univel and USL. 51.38 Solaris on PowerPC Architecture Santa Clara, Calif., March 29, 1993 -- SunSoft, Inc., the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that it would develop a version of its Solaris software environment for Motorola's PowerPC reduced-instruction set computing (RISC) microprocessor architecture. Motorola plans to cooperate with SunSoft's development team to ensure that the Solaris software environment will be optimized to run on the PowerPC platform. 51.39 SunSoft: Second Project DOE Milestone Distributed Object System Speeds Up Application Development SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29, 1993 -- SunSoft today announced that it has reached the second milestone in its Project DOE (Distributed Objects Everywhere) program with the completion of the distributed object system. This new foundation builds on the industry-standard ToolTalk interapplication communication product -- the first component of Project DOE -- to give software developers a head start in creating next-generation distributed object-oriented applications. SunSoft demonstrated the new object system running across the network here today, giving more than 1,700 attendees a glimpse of the power of Project DOE. 51.40 SMCC To Sell And Support Solaris For x86 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California - March 29, 1993 - Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today announced that it will sell and provide end user support for the Solaris(R) distributed computing solution for x86. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Annual Solaris Developer Conference being held here today. "While SMCC won't be selling x86 hardware, we are the leading end-user distribution and support organization for Solaris worldwide. It's a natural fit for us to use that expertise and experience to bring Solaris to end users. By providing x86 end-users with Solaris we give them a single, open robust software environment for heterogenous hardware platforms," said Larry Hambly, Vice President of Marketing for SMCC. "As the common open software environment evolves Solaris 2 will be the basis for our implementation of those capabilities." 51.41 SunNews: NASA, Norway Air , UFREIGHT NASA AWARDS SUN FEDERAL CONTRACT FOR CAE/CAD WORKSTATIONS NORWAY MODERNIZES AIR TRANSPORT SYSTEMS WITH SUN UFREIGHT SELECTS SUN COMPUTERS 51.42 Third Party Product Announcements Informix Ships On SunSoft Solaris 2.1 SDRC Introduces Revolutionary Mechanical Design Software TIVOLI ANNOUNCES NEW SOFTWARE FOR SUN WORKSTATIONS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu, ftp.uu.net, sunsite.unc.edu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@Sun.COM. +1 305 351 4909