From: sdwyer@AGSM.UCLA.EDU (Steve Dwyer)
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Date: 5 Oct 92 18:45:39 GMT
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> > Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 07:34:10 EDT
> > Reply-To: "Association of Japanese Business Studies List"
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> > From: "James W. Reese" <R505040@UNIVSCVM.BITNET>
> > Subject:      AJBS-L 5 Oct 1992
> > To: Multiple recipients of list AJBS-L <AJBS-L@NCSUVM.BITNET>
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> >                           AJBS-L 10/05/92
> >
> >    James W. Reese, Editor R505040@UNIVSCVM (Bitnet)
> >                           R505040@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU (Internet)
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> >    Topic: Japanese DOS on IBM-AT
> >      Frm: Gaen Murphree <gaen@u.washington.edu>
> >      >To: AJBS-L@NCSUVM.CC.NCSU.EDU
> >     Sent: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:04:34 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > >The following press release describes a Japanese operating system<
> > >that will run on US IBM PC-ATs without modified hardware.        <
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Bilingual Japanese Operating System for US Software
> > Developers
> >
> > New Japanese MS-DOS-based operating system runs on IBM AT-
> > 386 compatibles and makes it easier for US companies to
> > develop products to sell in Japan.
> >
> > CONTACT:                Douglas Horn
> >                         Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
> >                         2737-77th Avenue SE, Suite 210
> >                         Mercer Island, WA 98040
> >                         Tel:    (206) 232-3989
> >                         Fax:    (206) 236-8102
> >
> > Sanyo Electric Company developed the Kanji386 software
> > driver that replaces the proprietary graphics adapter card
> > used for Japanese language support on micro-computers.  This
> > software-only solution allows Microsoft's Japanese AX DOS
> > 5.0 and Windows 3.0J to run on ordinary 386SX (or better)
> > CPU's with VGA graphics.  Sanyo's driver will be adopted by
> > other Japanese and foreign PC manufacturers as part of
> > Microsoft's new Japanese DOS 5.0 a/V.
> >
> > Benefits to US companies
> >
> > 1/      Easier to develop Japanese versions of products in
> >         order to generate new sales.
> >         Companies no longer have to import expensive Japanese
> >         computers in order to develop and test products
> >         destined for the Japanese market.  The standard IBM AT-
> >         386 compatable can be used for creating Japanese
> >         products.  US-based technical support, documentation
> >         and training is readily available to programmers
> >         through the distributor, Pacific Software Publishing,
> >         Inc.
> >
> > 2/      Japanese products developed with Kanji386 will operate
> >         on Microsoft's new      DOS 5.0 a/V to be released in Q1
> >         1993.  This assures compatibility with the O/S that
> >         will be running on 30-40% of the micro-computers
> >         selling in Japan by the end of 1993.
> >
> > 3/      Users of the Kanji386 Bilingual MS-DOS 5.0 and MS-
> >         Windows 3.0J can be     upgraded to Microsoft's new
> >         DOS 5.0 a/V and Windows 3.1J when they're       released
> >         in 1993.
> >
> > 4/      Kanji386, Bilingual MS-DOS and Windows can be bundled
> >         with US software-       based products on US-produced PC's
> >         and sold in Japan as turnkey solutions.
> >         The same system selling in the US can be modified at
> >         the software level and sold in Japan.  It's no longer
> >         necessary to set up a support contract with Japanese PC
> >         manufacturer's reseller network.  Because US-produced
> >         PC's provide more power at lower prices than Japanese
> >         PC's, US products bundled with computers will be more
> >         competitive.
> >
> >
> > Sanyo Electric's Japanese AX MS-DOS 5.0 and MS-Windows 3.0
> > for US' PC's
> >
> > Pacific Software Publishing, Inc. of Mercer Island, WA is
> > now shipping bilingual (Japanese and English) MS-DOS 5.0 and
> > MS-Windows 3.0 for use on non-Japanese 80386SX or better
> > micro-computers.  The Japanese language support on non-
> > Japanese PC's for Microsoft's systems is provided by a
> > special driver, Kanji386, developed by Sanyo Electric.
> > Sanyo's Kanji386 driver allows Japanese fonts to be stored
> > in RAM memory and direct screen display of characters on
> > standard VGA cards.  For accessing the Japanese character
> > sets through the keyboard, a popular front end processor, or
> > FEP, known as VJE-Beta is bundled with the system.  Keyboard
> > drivers are supplied for both the US AT 101-key and Japanese
> > AX 105-key style keyboards.
> >
> > The Kanji386 driver, Japanese MS-DOS 5.0 and MS-Windows are
> > available with technical reference guides to help developers
> > create Japanese versions of software applications.  The
> > system also serves as a test bed for software and hardware
> > products.  This represents the most cost-effective route for
> > US companies to develop and support products for the growing
> > Japanese market.  By utilizing the new system, US companies
> > are no longer required to import expensive Japanese PC's for
> > development and testing.
> >
> > Sanyo's Kanji386 and Microsoft's operating system is the AX
> > version MS-DOS 5.0 and MS-Windows 3.0, one of five different
> > implementations of MS-DOS and MS-Windows.  The AX is the
> > only Japanese micro-computer system based on the US AT-386
> > standard and the "AX" stands for "Architecture eXtended".
> > In other words, extended support for the Japanese language.
> > The AX version of MS-DOS and Windows 3.0 is supported by
> > over 650 Japanese hardware and software vendors.  Several of
> > the better known companies manufacturing AX versions of
> > micro-computers are Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi,
> > Mitsubishi, Oki, Sanyo, Sharp and Sony.
> >
> > The AX-based version of Kanji386 and MS-DOS will form the
> > "a" segment of Microsoft's new Japanese MS-DOS 5.0 a/V, to
> > be released in the 1st quarter of 1993.  The new MS-DOS 5.0
> > a/V will also be supported by micro-computers produced by
> > Toshiba, Fujitsu and foreign manufactured compatibles.
> > Based on Fujitsu, Toshiba and foreign clone manufacturers
> > adopting the new O/S, market share of AT-compatibles sold
> > with Intel 386SX/386/486 CPU's in Japan is expected to
> > expand into the 40%+ range.  For US companies, growth of
> > non-proprietary PC's in Japan simplifies the task of
> > localization and substantially increases the potential
> > market for hardware products.  Access to Microsoft's new
> > Japanese operating system opens the door for non-Japanese PC
> > manufacturers who can now sell systems with minimal
> > modifications.
> >
> > Since its release in 1988 by Sanyo, the AX system has often
> > been characterized as either "dead" or having a small
> > installed base in Japan.  AX computers are sold exclusively
> > within
> >
> > Japan's corporate market segment, account for more than 10%
> > of current sales and can run more than 1,000 Japanese
> > language applications.  Due to the AT-compatible
> > architecture of the AX, US vendors' applications can also
> > run "as is" on the system.  The hardware compatibility issue
> > is a major consideration for Japanese corporations.
> > Novell's Netware J has benefited from this close
> > compatibility, with the highest percentage of Netware sales
> > going to AX-based systems.  Fujitsu and Toshiba adoption of
> > Microsoft's DOS 5.0 a/V next year will add additional market
> > share to AX-based sales.
> >
> > Applications supporting IBM's PC-DOS 5.02 /V will be
> > supported by the "V" segment of Microsoft's DOS 5.0 a/V.
> > While 14 Japanese PC manufacturers have joined IBM's Open
> > Architecture Develepment Group (OADG), IBM remains the only
> > Japanese PC manufacturer actually selling IBM DOS/V with
> > their micro-computers.  As of June, 1992 there were still
> > less than 100 Japanese language IBM DOS/V versions of
> > applications available and less than 50,000 DOS/V systems
> > sold in Japan.  IBM's DOS/V will not run US versions of
> > software products when the system is in "Japanese" mode
> > unless the applications have been written to use the video
> > BIOS for the display of text.  Sanyo's system allows for
> > direct screen display of text commonly utilized by
> > applications.
> >
> > ------------------------- END AJBS-L 05 October 92 -------------------------
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