This is the Monthly table of contents for the "FlashBack" Electronic Journal. It is posted to o members of the flashback mailing list o members of the flashback-m mailing list o the newsgroup comp.sys.sun.announce The Monthly table of Contents for the October, 1994 editions of some related Electronic Journals are 70.00 for "SunFlash" and 5013 for the "Internet Sun FlashBack". You can send for any articles that was posted to these Electronic Journals by sending mail to FlashBack@FlashBack.COM Include the article numbers for the the articles that you want in the Subject line. E.g. to obtain all three monthly summaries: % mailx FlashBack@FlashBack.COM Subject: 70.00 5013 1050 ^D % Some other reference articles 9001 About the SunFlash/FlashBack Journals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents 1021 The INTERNET BUSINESS Book 1022 O'Reilly/Internet In A Box 1023 O'Reilly's Mosaic Handbooks (Mac, MS-Windows, X) 1024 Six new SunSoft Press books 1025 SunSoft Press: PC Hardware Config Guide (for Solaris x86) 1026 ALL ABOUT ADMINISTERING NIS+ (Second Edition) 1027 Rightsizing the New Enterprise: the Proof, Not the Hype 1028 SBus Product Directory (15th Edition) 1029 WEBster, a twice-monthly E-zine covering the World Wide Web 1030 HPCwire Table of Contents: October 7 1031 OCTOBER Advanced Systems Magazine TOC 1032 Advanced Systems Magazine Editorial (from October 1994 issue) 1033 THE NEW UNIX PROFESSIONAL - from Advanced Systems Magazine 1034 Starlight Networks Seeks Beta Sites for Solaris Video Server 1035 Session Log from Microport Systems 1036 Visual Thought 1.0: Multipurpose drawing and diagramming tool 1037 ACCENTServer UNIX E-Newsletter 1038 WEBster Table of Contents: October 11 1039 Call for Participation: 9th Annual X Technical Conference 1040 General Information About the Electronic Frontier Foundation 1041 Parallax Graphics Client for StarWorks for Solaris Video Server 1042 GNN October Update 1043 Programmed Logic Disk-Doubler Software for Solaris 1044 Aurora Transfer Floppy Drives to MicroMechanics 1045 H P C w i r e 1046 NetCon - Transparently Networking MS-DOS, Unix and NetWare. 1047 SoftComm: Modem Communications For Solaris 1048 Stalker Security and Accountability Software For Sun and IBM 1049 Box Hill Announces the Shipment of the Mod Box 5000 1050 Sun Flashback October 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1021 The INTERNET BUSINESS Book By Jill H. Ellsworth, Ph. D. and Matthew V. Ellsworth The INTERNET BUSINESS Book is the first book about about how to do business on the Internet. This book is the result of extensive research by a professor, Dr. Jill H. Ellsworth: Internet insider, Fortune 500 consultant, and author of over two dozen articles and 3 books, and Matthew V. Ellsworth, technical book writer and publisher of the Internet Demystifier and Monthly Gazette. The Internet can be used to dovetail with your existing non- electronic marketing strategies. The INTERNET BUSINESS Book offers an approach to solid marketing ideas and strategies for putting your business on the Internet. It deals with acceptable use policies and customs of the Internet and details what business activities are appropriate and which are not in the current Internet environment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1022 O'Reilly/Internet In A Box Internet In A Box is now available! O'Reilly is the exclusive distributor of Internet In A Box to bookstores. Spry is making the product available in the United States and Canada only. Internet In A Box is the first shrink-wrapped package to provide a total solution for PC users to get on the Internet. It provides instant connectivity, a multimedia Windows interface, a full suite of applications, and a complete online guide to the Internet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1023 O'Reilly's Mosaic Handbooks (Mac, MS-Windows, X) On October 4, we will release these three book/software packages for using Mosaic to navigate and find information on the World Wide Web (WWW): The Mosaic Handbook for the Macintosh By Dale Dougherty and Richard Koman The Mosaic Handbook for Microsoft Windows By Dale Dougherty and Richard Koman The Mosaic Handbook for the X Window System By Dale Dougherty, Richard Koman, and Paula Ferguson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1024 Six new SunSoft Press books Just published by SunSoft Press: o Rightsizing the New Enterprise: The Proof, Not the Hype o Sun Performance and Tuning: SPARC and Solaris o PC Hardware Configuration Guide for DOS and Solaris o Solaris Implementation: A Guide for System Administrators o All About Administering NIS+, Second Edition o Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques Information SunSoft press books can be found at http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1025 SunSoft Press: PC Hardware Config Guide (for Solaris x86) This book guides you through x86 hardware installation and configuration for both stand-alone and networked PCs running both DOS and Solaris x86. It eliminates trial-and-error methodology by providing the author's time-tested approach to configuring your PC in stages, verifying and testing at each stage. Information this and other SunSoft press books can be found at http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1026 ALL ABOUT ADMINISTERING NIS+ (Second Edition) The Second Edition is Completely Revised. Includes scripts, transition planning guidelines, and API functions. Written for network administrators who want to know more about NIS+, the network information services of SunSoft's ONC+ product. Discusses the capabilities of NIS+, its requirements, how it works, and how to get the most out of it. Information this and other SunSoft press books can be found at http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1027 Rightsizing the New Enterprise: the Proof, Not the Hype This book defines the "how-to's" of rightsizing based on the actual experiences that Sun went through in rightsizing its mainframe data center to support a heterogenous client/server distributed environment. Information this and other SunSoft press books can be found at http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1028 SBus Product Directory (15th Edition) The 15th edition with updates since June is now available for both the North American/Pacfic Rim and European markets. The SBus Product Directory is independently produced and is designed to serve the end users, resellers and system integrators by providing them with an easily accessed information source for in-production products. This edition now profiles of 290 SPARC-based systems from board level to desktop to servers and over 400 add-in products from 140 manufacturers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1029 WEBster, a twice-monthly E-zine covering the World Wide Web First issue was available Sept. 13, 1994. For a free trial subscription to WEBster, send a blank e-mail message to 4free@webster.tgc.com As Mosaic software opens up the World Wide Web to an estimated 1 million new users every year, a centralized information and news source is needed to help information seekers navigate cyberspace and detect trends that will assist them in making informed business decisions, and maximizing the power of the Web for personal and business reasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1030 HPCwire Table of Contents: October 7 October 7, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 39 HPCwire is a for-fee Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High-Performance Computing. This is the weekly table of contents. Free trial subscrptions are available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1031 OCTOBER Advanced Systems Magazine TOC From: michael.mccarthy@advanced.COM (Michael McCarthy) Advanced Systems, the product magazine for Unix professionals, is published each month by International Data Group (IDG) and specializes in comparative product reviews. Cover Story: Integrated Apps: Are they worth their weight? REVIEWS HP G70 server, leak detectors, AutoCAD Designer, Lotus Notes, PunchClock, Action Manager NEWS AIX 4.1, HP's color LaserJet, ResourceCenter, Expressway, newest Alpha, Mosaic NetScape TECHNOLOGY feature "The New Unix Professional" COLUMNS including Hal Stern, Bill Rosenblatt, Chuck Musciano, Harris & Randy, Bruce Tognazzini ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1032 Advanced Systems Magazine Editorial (from October 1994 issue) (This is the editorial from October's Advanced Systems - johnj) From: michael.mccarthy@advanced.COM (Michael McCarthy) SIGN UP NOW! We get plenty of vendor advice. Now I want you to join our Reader Advisory Board and give us a piece of *your* mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1033 THE NEW UNIX PROFESSIONAL - from Advanced Systems Magazine From: mac@Advanced.COM (Michael McCarthy) With a bit of forethought and attitude adjustment, its possible for Unix experts to avoid career tarpits. By Bill Rosenblatt (From the October 1994 issue of Advanced Systems Magazine, copyright 1994 Integrated Media Inc., all rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.) My thanks to Michael McCarthy for this sample article. -johnj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1034 Starlight Networks Seeks Beta Sites for Solaris Video Server Last year Sun contracted with Starlight Networks, Inc. to port Starlight's popular video server software to a Solaris environment. Starlight (see VARBusiness- "Serving up Video," August 1994) is now on the verge of shipping five important new software products involving digital audio/video in a networked environment; Sun/Solaris as a video server on Ethernet is one of these new products. Sun Microsystems' computers and Starlight's video server software provide corporations, schools, and government services with the technology to distribute digital audio/video ... on demand ...over existing LANs! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1035 Session Log from Microport Systems Session Log is a productivity software tool for users of Sun workstations. This unique efficiency tool allows workstation user sessions to be recorded and played back for use in automating numerous aspects of business. Recordings made with Session Log capture all mouse and keyboard interaction, not just screen images or X protocols. The captured recordings can be stored and played back at any time in the future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1036 Visual Thought 1.0: Multipurpose drawing and diagramming tool Confluent, Inc. announces Visual Thought 1.0, a multipurpose drawing and diagramming tool targeted at applications as diverse as software design, business graphics, training, and technical documentation. Visual Thought allows you to create presentation graphics, flowcharts, organizational charts, network diagrams, software diagrams, circuit and logic diagrams, technical illustrations, and much more. Features include extensive shape libraries, intelligent connections between objects, editable drag-and-drop palettes, integrated screen grab, 100-level multiple undo, "live" WYSIWYG, multiple views of the same document, and multimedia extensions for recording sounds and importing images. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1037 ACCENTServer UNIX E-Newsletter ACCENTServer(tm) is a monthly publication of National Information Systems, Inc., (NIS) containing interesting news and views, and some hearsay from around the globe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1038 WEBster Table of Contents: October 11 Vol. 1: No. 3 W E B s t e r is a for-feel full-text on-demand electronic new service. A free trial subscription can be obtained by sending an e-mail to <4free@webster.tgc.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1039 Call for Participation: 9th Annual X Technical Conference The 9th annual X Technical Conference will be held January 30 - February 1, 1995 at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston, MA. The conference is sponsored by the X Consortium. There is no set theme for the conference; we are interested in submissions covering all aspects of X. Presentations on both research and commercial developments are encouraged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1040 General Information About the Electronic Frontier Foundation The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was founded in July of 1990 to ensure that the principles embodied in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are protected as new communications technologies emerge. Contents: o Introduction to EFF o Legal Services o Civil Liberties o National Network o Community Building o How to Find EFF Online o Why You Should Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation o Membership form ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1041 Parallax Graphics Client for StarWorks for Solaris Video Server Corporate quality video capture, compression and display products to be integrated with Starlight SWIM interface Parallax Graphics has announced its support for StarWorks for Solaris video networking software through integration with the SWIM development interface. Parallax Graphics products, XVideo and PowerVideo, allow developers and customers to capture, store, and display corporate quality video and images. The StarWorks integration adds support for storage and distribution of multiple streams of video across local and wide area networks, important for client-server applications like computer-based training, multimedia kiosks, process control, and GIS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1042 GNN October Update To subscribe, please send mail to info@gnn.com o New GNN Master Server o Recent Redesign of Home Page o Launch of I-media Center o Important Story -- Copyright Crisis o Mosaic Handbook Now Available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1043 Programmed Logic Disk-Doubler Software for Solaris Programmed Logic Corporation announced the release of its Desktop File System (DTFS) for users of SunSoft's Solaris 2.x operating system. DTFS is Programmed Logic's disk-doubler software that uses transparent file compression and a more efficient disk layout strategy to increase the disk capacity of computers running the UNIX operating system. This transparent on-the-fly compression file system with integrated "Undelete" utility is now available for Intel and SPARC systems running Solaris 2.x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1044 Aurora Transfer Floppy Drives to MicroMechanics Aurora Technologies has transferred its SPARC system external floppy drive technology and products to Cambridge, MA based MicroMechanics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1045 H P C w i r e October 14, 1994: Vol. 3, No. 40 This is a Text-On-Demand News Magazine for High Performance Computing. Trial subscriptions are available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1046 NetCon - Transparently Networking MS-DOS, Unix and NetWare. Ultra High-Performance MultiScreen DOS/Windows Terminal Emulator and Complete Novell NetWare compatible DOS/Windows to Unix networking solution. Oracle Client/Server from IPX/SPX to TCP/IP - Oracle SQL (TCP) Server Interface to SPX Protocols: NetConMT - Multithreaded Unix to Novell Connectivity Netcon Business Systems announced the first complete NetWare compatible network operating system for standard Unix platforms. With the addition of the NetCon 5.1 software, SCO and Sun Unix systems become NetWare compatible clients, and file, print and terminal servers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1047 SoftComm: Modem Communications For Solaris SoftComm is a powerful and easy to use modem communication package for Sun SPARC workstations, running under SunOS 4.1.X or Solaris 2.X. SoftComm integrates X, Y & Z Modem transmission protocols for optimum performance (Kermit in Oct '94). Supports VT-102 emulation under XWindows. With the implementation of advanced error-detection algorithms and disconnect recovery routines, SoftComm ensures reliable file transmission each and every time. This is especially critical when transmitting over noisy lines. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1048 Stalker Security and Accountability Software For Sun and IBM What's happening on your Unix systems? How do you know? Stalker can tell you! Stalker support announced for Sun Solaris 2.X, Sun Trusted Solaris, and IBM AIX. Stalker is the first distributed Unix security and accountability software for automatically detecting system misuse, intrusions, and abuse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1049 Box Hill Announces the Shipment of the Mod Box 5000 Box Hill Systems Corporation, a leading developer of high-availability storage management solutions and network backup products, is proud to introduce the Mod Box 5000. The newest in modular data storage and backup, the Mod Box 5000 is easy to configure and maintain, hot-swappable and fault-tolerant. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sun Flashback - A Full-Text On Demand Newsletter John J. McLaughlin Publisher & Editor - flash@FlashBack.COM Subscriptions to Majordomo@FlashBack.COM Article Requests to FlashBack@FlashBack.COM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c)FlashBack, Inc. You make redistribute this article as long as you keep this notice and respect any copyright notices of the individual articles.