------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Sun FlashBack Sun FlashBack October 18th 1994 Sun FlashBack 1041-1049 October 1994 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Full-Text On Demand Newsletter John J. McLaughlin Publisher & Editor - flash@FlashBack.COM ______________________________________________________________________________ FlashBack continues to evolve! The sunflash-f mailing list is now active. That is, if you want to get the full-text to all the FlashBack articles automatically, then join sunflash-w instead of sunflash. You can do this by sending mail to Majordomo@FlashBack.COM with one unsubscribe command and one subscribe command. 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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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can subscribe to one of several mailing lists by sending mail to Majordomo@FlashBack.COM Include a subscribe line in the body of your message, thus: subscribe [
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