---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Third Party Product Announcements SunFLASH Vol 51 #11 March 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SoftComm Professional Communication Software for UNIX Book: UNIX Power Tools SPARC International Peripheral Verification Testing Program SPRY PC Client (NFS, Windows, netware etc) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SoftComm Professional Communication Software for UNIX Telephone: 916-757-1180 or 800-554-5465 (U.S. & Canada only) Telefax: 916-757-6314 Internet: micrlink@alcor.ucdavis.edu Address: Davis, California 95616 U.S.A. Microlink Technologies, Inc. has released SoftComm, a software communication package for SUN workstations. SoftComm is the latest addition to our family of information management tools. SoftComm is an exceptionally powerful and easy to use communication software package for SPARC based SUN Workstations running under the UNIX SunOS 4.1.1 or higher operating system. SoftComm enables any two computers to openly exchange information and transfer files. SoftComm integrates the industry standard Z-Modem protocol for optimum performance. 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. SoftComm's ease of use far exceeds that of UUCP and dramatically outperforms UUCP in terms of speed and reliability. In addition, SoftComm has been extensively field tested by both novice and experienced UNIX users. SoftComm sessions can be automated by the use of MicroScript, SoftComm's interpretive scripting language. MicroScript is provided to help users automate repetitive tasks and to greatly reduce complex communication functions to one, or a few simple keystrokes. MicroScript is easy to learn, implement, and operate. The list price for SoftComm is U.S.$495.00. Prices for multiple licenses are available upon request. Microlink is offering SoftComm at a special promotional price for a limited time. SoftComm is currently available for U.S.$395.00. SoftComm is shipping immediately. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Erwin Subject: Book: UNIX Power Tools Contact: Brian Erwin, brian@ora.com Public Relations Org: O'Reilly & Associates Address: 103A Morris Street, Sebastopol CA 95472 Phone: 707-829-0515 Fax: 707-829-0104 UNIX Power Tools by Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides 1,168 pages, ISBN 0-553-35402-7, $59.95 (Special overseas price $85.00 includes air courier delivery to most countries for one copy of the book) Includes CD-ROM (Available exclusively to individual customers direct from O'Reilly & Associates. Bookstore and distributor accounts must contact Bantam books.) The first "shrink-wrapped" UNIX code will be made available on CD-ROM as part of the _UNIX Power Tools_ book/CD-ROM package. The CD-ROM includes all of the scripts and aliases from the book, plus perl, GNU emacs, pbmplus (bitmap manipulation utilities), ispell, screen, the sc spreadsheet, and about 60 other freeware programs. All software is precompiled for Sun3, Sun4, DECStation, HP 9000 (700 series), SCO UNIX (SCO UNIX binaries will likely also run on other Intel UNIX platforms, including Univel's new UNIXware), and SCO Xenix. Source code is also available. The CD-ROM takes up 60-70Mb of disk space. The CD and book are a package and not available separately. The book is comprised of 55 chapters. Articles include information abstracted from O'Reilly's Nutshell handbooks, new information that highlights program tips, shell scripts, aliases, oddments of history, key UNIX concepts, tips posted to the Internet over the years, and other accumulated wisdom. Includes chapters on: * Logging In and Logging Out * Setting Up Your Terminal * Shell and Environment Variables * Redirecting Input and Output * Moving Around In A Hurry * File Security * Ways to Get Disk Space * Spell Checking, Word Counting * vi Tips and Tricks Textual Analysis * GNU Emacs * The sed Stream Editor * The awk Programming Language * Perl, a Pathologically Eclectic * Shell Programming for the Rubbish Lister Uninitiated * Shell Script Debugging and Gotchas * C Programming...NOT * Help - on line documentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individuals and corporations, both domestically and internationally, can order this book directly from O'Reilly & Associates, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time. Phone (707/829-0515 or 800/998-9938 in the U.S. or Canada), FAX (707/829-0104), e-mail (order@ora.com), or write O'Reilly & Associates, 103 Morris St., Sebastopol, CA., 95472, USA. Please note that _UNIX Power Tools_ is an exception to our normal domestic and international distribution agreements: * O'Reilly can accept international orders from individuals for _UNIX Power Tools_ ONLY and not for any other O'Reilly book. * Overseas orders for O'Reilly books other than _UNIX Power Tools_ will be returned unfilled. * All international orders must be prepaid by credit card, or with a cheque in U.S. dollars on a U.S. bank and will be shipped by air courier only. * O'Reilly cannot accept bookstore or book distributor orders for this books; please contact Bantam Books. To find bookstores where _UNIX Power Tools_ is available, contact Bantam Books at 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103; or phone 212/493-9666. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SPARC International Peripheral Verification Testing Program Contact: Roger Sack Org: SPARC International, Inc. Address: 535 Middlefield Road - Ste. 210 Menlo Park,CA 94025 Email: sack@sparc.com Tel: 415-321-8692 Fax: 415-321-8015 ASSURANCE AND PROMOTION OF PERIPHERALS SPARC International, Inc. (SI) provides an independent testing and branding service for Peripherals that assures buyers of both' product functionality and verified operability across multiple SPARC Compliant(TM) systems. BROADER PROGRAM This service for peripheral manufacturers is part of the broader Compliance and Verification test-thing commitment at SPARC International., The Peripheral Verification Testing (PVT) Program which Verification tests several classes of peripheral products including: SCSI Devices, SBus Products, SIMMs, Monitors, and, Keyboards on SPARC Compliant systems. The Peripheral Verification Testing program was developed in response to demands from peripheral vendors for an independent testing service on SPARC-based systems. Vendors have collectively shipped increasing numbers of SPARC-based products worldwide for use in the nearly 700,000 SPARC-based systems installed to date,. Verification Testing across multiple SPARC Compliant Systems FREES VENDORS FROM HAVING TO PURCHASE, INSTALL AND TEST additional systems at their OWN location. LEVERAGE YOUR ENGINEERING STAFF In the PVT program, SPARC International uses the vendors' own routines to test products on multiple SPARC Compliant systems in its Menlo Park, California Testing Laboratory. Upon completion of testing,SPARC International issues a SPARC Verified seal to the vendor and a technical report detailing the systems on which a specific product tested successfully. For those products which did not test successfully, the vendor is sent a confidential report specifying those systems on which the product proved incompatible. Assistance is than provided by SPARC International to help achieve successful testing on SPARC Compliant systems. LET SI TRACK NEW SYSTEMS AND UPGRADES Ongoing testing on newly announced SPARC Compliant systems and upgrade testing at the latest SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD) level assures up-to-date verification of Peripheral products and reduces the need for vendors to track new SPARC system product announcements. Updated reports for specific Peripheral products is provided to Peripheral Vendors on a quarterly basis. SI WILL HELP PROMOTE YOUR VERIFIED PRODUCTS The PVT Program not only guarantees SPARC compatibility for Peripheral products but also promotes brand recognition and customer confidence.through the use of SPARC trademarks to identify product(s) as SPARC Verified.After successful completion of Peripheral product testing SPARC Certificate of Verification and the SPARC Verification Trademark License issued to the Vendor. SPARC International then promotes the specific SPARC Verified product throughout the SPARC member community and to SPARC-LINE newsletter subscribers, as well as throughout the end-user and reseller marketplace. In addition, SPAR Verified vendors can gain further exposure by participating with SPARC International in major industry trade shows which offer low-cost promotional platforms and opportunities to establish alliances with other SPARC International members. COST-BASED PRICING Pricing for this SPARC International service, which includes the testing on all lab SPARC Compliant systems and the SPARC Verification Trademark License is $1500 per product. The fee for testing a modified product is $900. The ongoing and upgrade testing and brand promotion fee is $250 per quarter. Because SPARC International is a non-profit organization, all fees for SPARC International member services are based on cost and, accordingly, are adjusted periodically. Annual dues for an Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) membership in SPARC International are $500. FOR MORE INFORMATION: For details regarding the SPARC Verification Testing process and SPARC International membership information, contact Roger Sack (see above) About SPARC International: ************************* SPARC International, located in Menlo Park, California, was founded in February 1989 as an independent, not-for-profit corporation charted with directing the evolution of the SPARC microprocessor architecture (designed by Sun Microsystems), developing the market for SPARC Compliant(TM) products, establishing and evolving SPARC Compliance Definitions (SCDs), and providing compliance and migration tools and testing services to software developers, chip manufacturers, add-in/add-on hardware suppliers, and systems suppliers. Membership is open to all component, hardware, peripheral and software vendors, as well as individuals interested in promoting the SPARC architecture as an open RISC standard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dave@spry.com (Dave Pool) Subject: SPRY PC Client (NFS, Windows, netware etc) Org: SPRY, Incorporated Address: 1319 Dexter Avenue North Seattle, Washington 98109 Phone: (206) 286-1412 Fax: (206) 286-1722 email: sales@spry.com SPRY'S $99 PC CLIENT FOR SUN Sun tested and approved Windows TCP/IP with NFS Sun Solaris can now provide a better solution and gain a competitive edge over Local Area Network Servers. SPRY's PC Client for Sun is only $99 and will give Sun users complete connectivity out of the box. This package includes File Sharing with Sun NFS, Windows Mail, Terminal Emulation and Printer Services to Solaris and Peer to Peer networks. WHAT DO YOU GET FOR $99? SPRY's PC Client for Sun is the best way to connect a PC to a Sun platform with it's user friendly and simple to install Windows TCP/IP package. FEATURES: - NFS Client for File Sharing - Full TCP/IP Stack for Windows and DOS - Windows Telnet (VT220 & VT100) - Windows FTP - Windows Implementation of Internet Mail (AIRMAIL) - NetWare Coexistance - Support for all Sun Operating Systems including the new Solaris 2.1 on Intel and Sparc - Novell LAN Workplace and WinSock API Socket Support - The Largest 3rd Party Support for SQL Database (Informix, Oracle, Sybase) and X Windows Applications (AGE Xoftware, Hummingbird HCL-eXceed, NCD PC XView, Visionware X-Vision) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. 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