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Newsgroups: lou.sun Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!tulane!daemon From: daemon@cs.tulane.edu () id AA27618; Sun, 3 Jan 93 20: 10:47 PST Subject: 48.00 SunFlash: December 1992 Table Of Contents Original-Message-Id: <9301040410.AA25108@sunvice.East.Sun.COM> Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-23476]: rex Message-ID: <1993Jan4.041233.23525@cs.tulane.edu> Precedence: junk Sender: news@cs.tulane.edu Reply-To: <owner-sunflash@housun.Central.Sun.COM> Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA Errors-To: <owner-sunflash@housun.Central.Sun.COM> Distribution: lou Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:10:10 GMT Return-Path: <owner-sunflash@housun.Central.sun.com> Approved: tulane Content-Length: 18389 Lines: 432 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunFlash December 1992 Table Of Contents SunFLASH Vol 48 #toc December 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note From The SunFlash Editor Summary of The Florida SunFlash For New Subscribers Summary Of 's Messages (line count + title) Summary of Messages Sent This Month (issue # and synopsis) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The archive files for December 1992 should be available by the end of this week. There are compressed tar files for each month as well as the whole of last year. An archive of the first 1000 articles has been placed on the SunFlash archive servers. With tools such as SearchIt and TextTract this archives can easily be searched. This archive, which is just under 4 megabytes, is called: florida.sunflash.vol.0-45.tar.Z It is a compressed tar file of the first 45 volumes (just over 1000 articles) of The Florida SunFlash. This archive will expand to about 13Mb. To help people who search with programs such as archie (see SunFlash 27.14, "The Archie Archive Server"), the full archive names are: solar.nova.edu:pub/sunflash/florida.sunflash.vol.0-45.tar.Z src.doc.ic.ac.uk:sun/sunflash/florida.sunflash.vol.0-45.tar.Z ftp.uu.net:systems/sun/sunflash/florida.sunflash.vol.0-45.tar.Z ftp.adelaide.edu.au:pub/sun/sunflash/florida.sunflash.vol.0-45.tar.Z SunFlash Archive Sites and Locations newstop.ebay.sun.com (Sun access only) sunsite.unc.edu pub/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 If you want a copy of an article that you missed, please fetch the volume that contains the missing article. If you cannot use ftp, then send the volume.issue (e.g. 45.00 for this article) to flash@sunvice.east.sun.com and I will email the article to you. John J. McLaughlin Systems Engineer & SunFlash Editor Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA January 3st, 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of The Florida SunFlash For New Subscribers The Florida SunFlash is an electronic news service for Sun Microsystems computer users. It is distributed from over 90 Sun offices and by about 40 Sun Local Users Groups in more than 45 countries. The Florida SunFlash has a subscription base of more that 100,000 Sun users. 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 $ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Titles And Sizes For December's Articles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Count Vol.# Title 151 48.01 Catalyst CDware(tm) - Volume 4 559 48.02 Specials From Sun Consulting 381 48.03 SPARCcenter 2000 Upgrades 404 48.04 Third Party Product Announcements 602 48.05 Hot Off The Press 136 48.06 SunPro, FORTRAN 90 and NAG 62 48.07 Sun Educational Services Special Offer 432 48.08 Upcomming Book Titles From SunSoft Press 320 48.09 Grants, Sitka, SunPro & SunConnect Expand 169 48.10 HP/Apollo Trade-up 525 48.11 NeWSprinter 20 and NeWSprint 2.1 801 48.12 Object Oriented Software Providers 669 48.13 SPARCcenter 2000 Series Series 210 48.14 The SPARCstation 10 Model 20 230 48.15 SunSHIELD ARM: Questions & Answers Total 5651 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of December's Articles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48.01 Catalyst CDware(tm) - Volume 4 Facts-At-A-Glance SunSoft's Catalyst CDware(tm) is the world's most comprehensive CD-ROM resource for SPARCarchitecture-based products. Catalyst CDware has been the standard in desktop shopping since its first release in November 1990. The Volume 4 release delivers the latest applications ported to Solaris(R) 1.x/2.0 environments. Volume 4 provides informative test runs, either through self-running or hands on interactive product demos. Some of the products can be purchased directly off the disc through a simple phone call to the vendor or their authorized resellers. 48.02 Specials From Sun Consulting Sun consulting product a number of "software special" (often as a result of their consulting activities). Many of those software special are made available to customers through Sun consulting. This article describes some of the special that are available. Note that availability of some of these special many be limited to specific hardware/OS combinations. -johnj 48.03 Upgrades to the SPARCcenter 2000 Series ************************************************************************* * - Upgrade customers take full advantage of the incredible * * performance and expandability of the SPARCcenter(TM) 2000 Series * * * * - Enclosure exchange upgrades to the SPARCcenter 2000 series from * * SPARCserver(TM) 690MP, SPARCserver 490, and SPARCserver 390 rack * * servers * * * * - Disk upgrades from IPI to Differential SCSI available when * * customers buy enclosure exchange upgrades to SPARCcenter 2000 * * Series * * * ************************************************************************* 48.04 Third Party Product Announcements SmartStar Corporation Announces Minimum-Code Client-Server Application Development Dedicated MS Windows to UNIX E-mail ANS CO+RE EXPANDS FAMILY OF SECURITY SERVICES New Liken Features; Package Supports E-mail 48.05 HOT OFF THE PRESS, December, 1992 SUN'S MOMENTUM SMI Highlights SunConnect Highlights SunExpress Highlights SunPics Highlights SunPro Highlights SunSelect Highlights SunSoft Highlights SunSolutions Highlights STATE OF THE BUSINESS SPARC Facts Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation Recent News December, 1992 Published by SMCC Public Relations 48.06 SunPro, FORTRAN 90 and NAG SUNPRO ANNOUNCES FORTRAN 90 TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT WITH THE NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS GROUP, LTD. Next Generation Scientific Computing Tools to Offer Increased Power and Flexibility MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif - December 15, 1992 - SunPro(tm), the software development business of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that it has entered into a technology development and licensing agreement with The Numerical Algorithms Group, Ltd (NAG(TM)). The agreement centers on NAG's Fortran 90 technology. Fortran 90 is the new international standard for the Fortran programming language that adds important numerical processing and software engineering capabilities to the existing Fortran 77 standard. Fortran is used extensively to develop scientific and engineering software, a market that SunPro currently dominates with its SPARCompiler(tm) Fortran 77 product. SunPro will use NAG'stechnology to develop and market a high performance Fortran 90 development system based on SunPro's proven SPARCompiler and SPARCworks(tm) development environment technologies. 48.07 Sun Educational Services Special Offer I have placed a copy of the text for the Winter/Spring January-June 1993 Sun Educational Services catalog in the SunFlash ftp archive servers. It is called sun-ed-catalog-jan-jun-93.Z (57Kb). -johnj BUY THREE COURSES AND GET ONE FREE!!! This offer is good on all Sun Educational Services standard lecture/lab courses offered at any of our facilities located throughout the United States. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: o Courses must be completed APRIL 2, 1993. o Registration for all four courses must be made at the same time. Payment for courses must be made with a single purchase order, check or credit card. o This offer does not apply to dedicated or on-site course offerings. o The free course will be of equal or lesser value of the four. 48.08 Upcomming Book Titles From SunSoft Press This is an article by Karin Ellison, Publisher of SunSoft Press. It describes the books that will be available from SunSoft Press in 1993. Titles Covers in this article: Solaris Porting Guide ToolTalk and Open Protocols: Inter-Application Communication All About Administering NIS+ Solaris International Developer's Guide Other SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall books under development: Solaris OpenWindows User's Guide (OpenWindows Version 3.1) Solaris OpenWindows DeskSet Reference (OpenWindows Version 3.1) Solaris OpenWindows Desktop Integration Guide (DIG) (OpenWindows Version 3.1) The ToolTalk Service: An Inter-Operability Solution Solaris Application Developer's Guide (AppDevGuide) Solaris System Administrator's Guide Guide to Solaris Other SunSoft Press/Ziff-Davis books under development: 48.09 Sun News: Grants, SunSelect and Sitka, SunPro & SunConnect Expand This article consists of 4 Sun press releases: Sun Microsystems Foundation Makes New Community Grants SunSelect and Sitka Combined SunPro Expands Worldwide Distribution Network SunConnect Expands 48.10 HP/Apollo Trade-up Promotion Now includes SPARCstation 10 Model 30 Customer Migration Support Expanded Beginning December 7, 1992, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation(TM) (SMCC) has expanded its aggressive trade-up program for the HP/Apollo installed base. A direct trade-up path to the SPARCstation(TM) 10 Model 30 is now available to the HP/Apollo installed base. All trade-up paths to the SPARCstation 10 Model 30 will be orderable until March 26, 1992 at the current special prices. Sun has teamed up with Paranet, a consulting firm with considerable Apollo DOMAIN(R) and UNIX(R) experience, to offer migration services to customers requiring outside expertise to migrate from DOMAIN to UNIX. 48.11 NeWSprinter 20 and NeWSprint 2.1 Sun's Network Printing Solution *************************************************************************** * * * o The NeWSprinter(TM) 20 adds a fast and high * * quality printing solution to Sun's product offerings. * * * * o Prints 11" X 17" spreadsheets and CAD plots, as well as * * European A4 and A3 sizes. * * * * o Includes 2 adjustable trays, each with a 250 sheet * * capacity, and an available 1500 page feeder option, * * allowing longer periods between paper refills and * * without interrupting print jobs. * * * * o Dual adjustable trays and an optional feeder for * * transparencies, envelopes, & labels, allowing a choice * * of appropriate size paper or media for printing * * without moving from the workstation. * * * * o Provides lower cost operations and higher reliability * * by providing longer lasting toner/drum cartridge and * * replaceable fuser unit, and 50,000 page/month duty cycle. * * * * o With today's introduction of the NeWSprint 2.1 product * * the product transition begins for NeWSprint 2.0. * * * *************************************************************************** 48.12 Object Oriented Software Providers This article is based upon an internal Sun email which was a reply to the question "What third party Object Oriented Software Providers have applications which run on Sun ?" I am sure that this list is not complete, but it should be a useful starting point for developers who are interested in "Objects". Sun offices should now have copies of a new Catalyst portfolio of Third-Party Object oriented solutions vendors. A SunFlash article in the near future will describe that portfolio in more detail. 48.13 SPARCcenter 2000 Series Series "The Right Size for the Data Center" **************************************************************************** * * * Introducing the SPARCcenter(TM) 2000 Series: the world's most powerful, * * expandable, and affordable UNIX server. * * * * MOST POWERFUL: * * SPECrate_int92 SPECrate_fp92 AIM-3 * * (jobs/min) * * Sun SPARCcenter 2000 8,047(8-way)## 10,600 (8-way)##1,631.2(8-way) * * * * MOST EXPANDABLE: * * Max mem Max Disk #CPU * * Sun SPARCcenter 2000 5GB 1TB 20 * * * * MOST AFFORDABLE: (US LIST FOR COMPARISON) * * * * Entry $$/MB memory $$/GB disk * * Sun SPARCcenter 2000 $ 95K $66 $2,206 * * * * * * - Headroom for growth along multiple dimensions: * * - 10x for cpu (2-20 processors) * * - 80x for memory (64 MB - 5 GB) * * - >200X for disk (4.2 GB expandable to 1 TB) * * * * - Incorporates new innovations such as the XDBus(TM) system bus, GTL * * & ASR XDBus system bus: 64-bit, packet-switched bus * * achieves unmatched throughput & scalability to 20 processors. * * Codeveloped with Xerox. * * GTL (Gunning Transceiver Logic): low power, high performance * * ASR (Automatic System Recovery): Allows system to configure around * * faulty components. * * * * - Available SunService(SM) 2000 support program, providing * * comprehensive support for datacenter environments. * * * * - Exciting, third party partnerships with Storage Technology, * * Epoch, Computer Associates, Legent, Tivoli, Fusion Systems Group, * * and more for systems management and high availability software that * * augments the SPARCcenter 2000 Series business solutions capability. * * * * SPARCcenter 2000 Series: The Right Size for the Data Center * * * **************************************************************************** 48.14 The SPARCstation 10 Model 20 Latest Addition to SPARCstation 10 Product Family ********************************************************************* * * * Introducing the SPARCstation 10 Model 20, featuring: * * o 33MHz SuperSPARC uniprocessor delivering ~2X * * SPARCstation 2 performance * * o Priced 10% less than Model 30 * * o $6500 Model 41 upgrade * * o 19"G, 19"C, 16"C GX configurations offered. * * o Fully configured with 32MB memory, 424MB drives * * * * Estimated Performance: * * SPECint92 41 * * SPECfp92 44 * * MIPS 91 * * Mflops (DP) 18 * * * * Availability: Immediate delivery * * * ********************************************************************* The Model 20 was first offered as a promotional product to a limited number of geographies in Q1. Because of the strong and positive customer response to this promotion, we are now expanding the Model 20 offering and making it available to all, *worldwide*. The Model 20 gives you the opportunity to offer customers a SPARCstation 10 immediately and at an attractive price. 48.15 SunSHIELD ARM: Questions & Answers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is an internal memo written for the Sun field sales force. -johnj ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This memo, which is in Q&A format, positions Sun SHIELD Account Resource Management (ARM). SunSoft and SMCC Marketing have provided this to assist our sales force in planning the most efficient use of ARM with their customers. We also wanted to reiterate the fact that SunSoft is committed to providing security functionality within its Solaris environment - as demonstrated by SunSoft FREELY supplying Sun SHIELD Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET) as part of Solaris 2.0. We hope this memo is useful in planning your use of ARM now and in the future. Regards, The SMCC Security Team ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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, uunet.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. (305) 776-7770. TRACE: To: sunflash@housun.Central Errors-to: owner-sunflash@housun.Central.sun.com