---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Weekly Sun FlashBack October 3rd to October 9th 1994 (1021-1033) SunFLASH Vol 70 #11 October 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Electronic Journal For Sun Users Since 1988 John J. Mclaughlin, Publisher & Editor - flash@sun.com ____________________________________________________________________________ 70.11 Weekly Sun FlashBack October 3rd to October 9th 1994 (1021-1033) The Sun FlashBack is an Electronic Journal for the users of Sun Microsystems computers. FlashBack will carry articles that do not originate from Sun Microsystems. Please send article requests to flashback@flashback.com and not flashadm@sun.com (275 lines) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun FlashBack 1021-1033 October 1994 A Full-Text On Demand Newsletter John J. McLaughlin Publisher & Editor - flash@FlashBack.COM ____________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the second edition of the Sun FlashBack! The Sun FlashBack is an Electronic Journal for the users of Sun Microsystems computers. FlashBack will carry articles that do not originate from Sun Microsystems. E.g. o Non-Sun Product Descriptions (software and hardware) o New Release News (software and hardware) o Electronic Newsletters o Trade Show/Conference Announcements o Table of Contents from Relevant Trade Publications o Appropriate Text Books Announcements FlashBack is designed to compliment SunFlash, which is an Electronic Journal that now carries only articles that come from Sun Microsystems. You can obtain the full-text of any of the FlashBack articles by sending email to: flashback@flashback.com with the list of required articles in the subject line, thus % mailx flashback@flashback.com Subject: 1001 1003 ^D % I had a few problems with the automatic response program and I had to increase my spool space. Please resubmit any requests that have not been answered. You can add the line email-to yourname@your.domain if you know (or suspect) that your mail system does not generate proper mail headers. -johnj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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