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48.00 SunFlash: December 1992 Table Of Contents
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The Florida SunFlash
SunFlash December 1992 Table Of Contents
SunFLASH Vol 48 #toc December 1992
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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)
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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
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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
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Titles And Sizes For December's Articles
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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
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Summary of December's Articles
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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
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* - 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 *
* *
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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
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* *
* 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. *
* *
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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"
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* *
* 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 *
* *
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48.14 The SPARCstation 10 Model 20
Latest Addition to SPARCstation 10 Product Family
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* *
* 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 *
* *
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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
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The following is an internal memo written for the Sun field sales force.
-johnj
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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
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