From: info@sco.COM (SCO Information)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.announce
Subject: SCO announces: MultiView DeskTop and MultiView/X
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:20:05 GMT
Followup-To: biz.sco.general
Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada

MultiView DeskTop and MultiView/X
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August 13,  1992 ...  SCO is now accepting orders for Release 3.1.5 of
MultiView DeskTop  for personal computers running MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows. An  update  for  users  of  earlier  releases  will  also  be
available. Product and availability information follow:
______________________________________________________________________

PRODUCT NAMES: MultiView DeskTop

DESCRIPTION: MultiView  DeskTop is  a Microsoft Windows-based terminal
  emulation application  that lets  PC  users  simultaneously  display
  remote host-based  applications, each  inside its  own  window,  all
  while running local Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS applications. Users
  can connect  their PC  to one  or most  hosts via  serial, modem, or
  network connections.

  Release 3.1.5  of MultiView DeskTop provides all of the capabilities
  of MultiView DeskTop Release 3.1.3, plus additional network support,
  faster performance, and Microsoft Windows Version 3.1 compatibility.

  MultiView DeskTop's  functionality is  greatly enhanced if the hosts
  are running  SCO Open Desktop, the SCO UNIX Operating System, or the
  SCO XENIX  386 Operating  System.  For  a  limited  time,  MultiView
  DeskTop will  include the  Host Support Module for SCO Systems at no
  additional charge.  This software  provides MultiView  DeskTop users
  with   bi-directional   file-transfer   and   remote-host   printing
  capabilities, and  lets users  open up  to six simultaneous sessions
  with a single login.
    
AVAILABILITY: Shipping now (Sept 14)

PRICING: Contact your SCO Supplier
  
APPLICATION: MultiView DeskTop Release 3.1.5 is ideal for any business
  where  both   host  UNIX   Systems  and  PCs  are  running  personal
  productivity applications  on Microsoft Windows. It enables PC users
  to access  the UNIX  System  environment  and  display  UNIX  System
  applications just  as if  they were running locally on the PC. Users
  give  up   nothing  --   they  can  perform  simultaneous  computing
  operations in the MS-DOS and UNIX System environments, and view them
  all in  windows on  their PCs.  MultiView DeskTop is especially well
  suited for  users who  need to exchange data between the UNIX System
  and Windows environments.

RELEASE 3.1.5 ENHANCEMENTS

  Desktop

    - Easier remote-printing configuration
    - Windows-based installation

  Networking

    - INT14 (SCO IPX/SPX and other third-party network redirectors)
    - INT5B (ICL OSLAN and other third-party network redirectors)
    - INT6B (SCO IPX/SPX, Ungermann-Bass Net/One NETCI, and other
      third-party redirectors)
    - Ungermann-Bass Net/One TCP/IP

  Documentation

    - New packaging

  Performance

    - Improved start-up times
    - Faster scrolling and painting speeds
    
FEATURES:

  - Icon-based start up of both local and remote host-based programs

  - Mouse-driven interface conforms with IBM's CUA. Fully compatible
    with Microsoft Windows Version 3.1

  - Emulates popular terminals, including VT100, VT220, VT241, X/Open
    ANSI, and the SCO, AT&T, and ISC color consoles (including scan-
    code support)

  - All terminal windows have automatic font scaling and proportional
    sizing

  - "Copy-and-paste" capabilities within and between all windows

  - Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) from terminal windows to DDE-compliant
    Microsoft Windows applications

  - Built-in ASCII and binary two-way file-transfer capabilities
    between SCO systems and Microsoft Windows

  - Remote printing to printers connected to SCO system hosts

  - Multiple connection options via the following PC interfaces
    (networking software must be purchased separately):

    - RS-232
    - Modem
    - Microsoft LAN Manager for UNIX (both SCO & AT&T)
    - SCO XENIX-NET
    - SCO IPX/SPX (via INT6B or INT14)
    - FTP PC/TCP
    - Locus PC-Interface
    - Locus TCP/IP for DOS
    - D-Link TCP/IP for DOS
    - Sun PC-NFS
    - Novell LAN WorkPlace for DOS
    - Wollongong WIN/TCP for DOS
    - Wollongong PathWay Access for DOS
    - 3Com 3+Open TCP
    - NCR Token-Ring
    - IBM AIX Access for DOS Users
    - HP ARPA Services for DOS
    - Ungermann-Bass Net/One NETCI (via INT6B)
    - Ungermann-Bass Net/One TCP/IP
    - Others via INT14 and INT6B

  - Allows connection to many non-SCO hosts, including other UNIX
    operating systems and non-UNIX Systems. Third-party host-support
    software is available for many of these systems, including UNIX
    implementations from Altos, AT&T, Bull, IBM, ICL, ISC, MIPS,
    Motorola, Nixdorf, NCR, Nokia, Philips, Sun, TI, and Unisys

  - Includes "custom"-installable Host Support Module for SCO Systems
  
BENEFITS:

  - Allows users to remotely access powerful UNIX applications from
    their Windows-based PCs while protecting their investment in MS-
    DOS and Windows applications

  - Users have the same easy-to-use graphical interface whether they
    connect to UNIX System hosts over a network, serial line, or modem

  - Users can easily take advantage of the multitasking capabilities
    of the UNIX System because users can see multiple windows
    concurrently

  - Allows sharing and integrating of data and files from MS-DOS,
    Windows, and UNIX System environments

  - Frees-up desk space by eliminating the need for separate character
    terminal
  
CONTENTS:

  MultiView DeskTop User Guide
  MultiView DeskTop Configuration Guide
  MultiView DeskTop Release Notes
  MultiView DeskTop "Getting Started" Guide
  One (1) 3.5" 135dshd diskette
  
CLIENT PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

  Hardware:         Personal computer using the Intel 286, 386 (386 SX
                    or 386 DX), or higher processor

  Software:         Microsoft Windows Version 3.0 (or higher)

  Network:          RS-232 serial port for serial or modem
                    connections, or an appropriate network adapter and
                    DOS-client networking software

  Media:            96tpi dshd 5.25" or 135 dshd 3.5" PC-compatible
  
HOST SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: (running Host Support Module)

  Software:         SCO Open Desktop, SCO UNIX Operating System with
                    SCO TCP/IP, or SCO XENIX 386 Operating System

  Hardware:         Any 386 or 486 computer based on Industry Standard
                    Architecture (ISA), Extended Industry Standard
                    Architecture (EISA), or Micro Channel Architecture
                    (MCA)

  Network:          If connections to a host machine are required over
                    anything other than an RS-232 serial line or a
                    modem link, network transport software such as
                    Microsoft LAN Manager for UNIX Systems (NetBEUI),
                    SCO TCP/IP, SCO Open Desktop (TCP/IP), or SCO
                    XENIX-NET (NetBEUI) is required, along with a
                    network adapter

  Media:            96tpi dshd 5.25" or 135 dshd 3.5" PC-compatible
      
NOTES:

  Each  customer  may  install  the  Host  Support  Module  on  an
  unlimited number  of hosts  running SCO  systems. Each  Host Support
  Module for  SCO Systems  can support  up to 32 users at a time. Only
  one Host Support Module may be installed on each host.

  SCO does not provide a Host Support Module for non-SCO systems.

  Beginning with Release 3.1.5, MultiView DeskTop will be packaged
  with 3.5"  media only. Each box will contain a coupon allowing users
  to receive free 5.25" media directly from SCO.

  MultiView  DeskTop Release  3.1.5 is available in 1-, 5- and 10-
  user licenses.  Each client machine with a copy of MultiView DeskTop
  installed constitutes  one of  those licenses.  For  locations  that
  require more  licenses,  multiples  or  combinations  of  the  above
  licenses can be purchased.

  The MultiView DeskTop Support Level Supplement (SLS) is designed
  to update MultiView DeskTop Release 3.1.3 users to the Release 3.1.5
  level. The  Release 3.1.3  software must be an SCO version purchased
  through an SCO Authorized Reseller. Each SLS consists of Release and
  Installation Notes  and 3.5"  or 5.25"  update diskettes. Users must
  use their previous Activation Keys and Serial Numbers to install the
  update. License  status remains unchanged from the previous version.
  The MultiView  DeskTop Release 3.1.5 SLS will be made available free
  of  charge,   and  for   downloading  via  anonymous  UUCP,  and  to
  subscribers of  the SCO  Online Support  (SOS) system via Kermit and
  XMODEM.

  Trade-Ins  from MultiView  DeskTop to  MultiView/X will  not  be
  offered. Users  who want graphical X Window capabilities in addition
  to the  character-based capabilities  of  MultiView  DeskTop  should
  purchase the  MultiView/X product.  With the  exception of  the Host
  Support Module  for SCO  Systems, MultiView/X  contains the complete
  MultiView DeskTop product.

  SCO  will fully  support any installation with hosts running SCO
  systems, regardless  of the  underlying network  protocol. For hosts
  running non-SCO  operating systems,  the user may be referred to the
  host operating  system vendor if the problem concerns the underlying
  communication software.

  
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                         PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT

August 13,  1992 ...  SCO is  now  accepting  orders  for  MultiView/X
Release 1.5  for  personal  computers  running  MS-DOS  and  Microsoft
Windows. Product and availability information follow:
______________________________________________________________________

PRODUCT NAMES: MultiView/X

DESCRIPTION: MultiView/X  Release 1.5  provides all  the features  and
  benefits of MultiView DeskTop Release 3.1.5, and adds the capability
  to run  and display  remote X Window System applications over TCP/IP
  networks.

  The X  Server in  MultiView/X is  fully X  Window System Version 11,
  Release 4  (X11R4)-compliant  and  is  based  on  AGE  Logic  Inc.'s
  "XoftWare for Windows" technology. MultiView/X works with either the
  local  Microsoft  Windows  window  manager  or  with  remote  window
  managers such  as the  Motif Window  Manager (mwm).  When using  the
  Microsoft Windows  window manager, each X client is displayed inside
  a separate  window. The  Windows Task  Manager allows easy switching
  between UNIX  System, Windows,  and DOS  programs. When using mwm or
  another  remote   X-based  window   manager,  the   entire  X-server
  environment is contained within a single Windows window. Either mode
  allows bi-directional  cut-and-paste of  text between  Windows-based
  applications and  X Windows-based applications. In the same way they
  launch character-based applications, users can launch X applications
  from the MultiView DeskTop environment.

  Users can  connect their Windowsbased personal computers to SCO Open
  Desktop Server  Systems and  run X  Windows-based or character-based
  applications  while   retaining  all   the  advantages   of  a   DOS
  workstation. MultiView/X  runs over  10 different  brands of  MS-DOS
  TCP/IP, including Release 2.1 of Microsoft LAN Manager.

  MultiView/X includes  a full set of X11R4 fonts and a BDF-to-Windows
  font compiler.
    
PRICING: Contact your SCO Supplier
  
AVAILABILITY: Shipping now (Sept 14)

APPLICATION: MultiView/X  Release 1.5  is ideal for any business where
  both host  UNIX Systems  and PCs  are running  personal productivity
  applications on Microsoft Windows. It enables PC users to access the
  UNIX System  environment and  display X Windows-based and character-
  based UNIX  System applications just as if they were running locally
  on the  PC. Users  give up  nothing -- they can perform simultaneous
  computing operations  in the  DOS and  UNIX System  environments and
  view them  all in  windows on  their PCs.  MultiView/X is especially
  well suited  for users  who need  to exchange  data between the UNIX
  System and Microsoft Windows environments.

FEATURES:

  - Contains all  features of  MultiView DeskTop Release 3.1.5, except
    the Host  Support Module, which is unbundled and must be purchased
    separately

  - Multiple X Windows connection options via the following DOS TCP/IP
    interfaces (networking software must be purchased separately):

    - Microsoft LAN Manager
    - FTP PC/TCP
    - Locus PC-Interface
    - Locus TCP/IP for DOS
    - Sun PC-NFS
    - Novell LAN WorkPlace for DOS
    - Wollongong WIN/TCP for DOS
    - Wollongong PathWay Access for DOS
    - 3Com 3+Open TCP
    - HP ARPA Services for DOS
    - Ungermann-Bass Net/One

  - Access X  Windows applications  on any system that runs TCP/IP and
    runs the desired X Clients
  
BENEFITS:

  - Allows users  to remotely  access  powerful  X  Windows-based  and
    character-based UNIX  System  applications  from  their  Microsoft
    Windows PCs  while  protecting  their  investment  in  MS-DOS  and
    Windows applications

  - Users have  the same  easy-to-use graphical interface whether they
    connect to UNIX System hosts over a network, serial line, or modem

  - No need  to tie  up the additional memory required by the X Window
    System  when   running  character  terminal  emulation  to  access
    conventional (non-X) UNIX System applications

  - Easily take advantage of the multitasking capabilities of the UNIX
    System because users can see multiple windows concurrently

  - Allows sharing  and integrating  of data  and files  from  MS-DOS,
    Windows, and UNIX System environments

  - Frees up desk space by eliminating the need for separate X Windows
    or character terminals
  
CONTENTS:

  MultiView/X

    MultiView DeskTop User Guide
    MultiView DeskTop Configuration Guide
    MultiView DeskTop Release Notes
    MultiView DeskTop "Getting Started" Guide
    MultiView/X Configuration Guide
    MultiView/X "Getting Started" Guide
    Five (5) 3.5" 135 dshd diskettes

  Host Support Module for SCO Systems

    Host Support Module for SCO Systems Release and Installation Notes
    One (1) 5.25" 96 dshd and one (1) 3.5" 135 dshd diskette
  
CLIENT PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

  Hardware:         Personal computer using the Intel 286, 386 (386 SX
                    or 386 DX), or higher processor

  Software:         Microsoft Windows Version 3.0 (or higher)

  RAM:              A minimum of 4 Mbytes of extended memory is
                    recommended to run X Windows applications

  Disk:             5 Mbytes of free disk space is needed for
                    installation

  Network:          Appropriate network adapter and one of the
                    supported DOS TCP/IP networking packages, or an
                    RS-232 serial port for serial or modem connections
                    (no X Windows, character terminal emulation only)

  Display:          Any driver supported by Microsoft Windows,
                    including high-resolution drivers such as SVGA,
                    TIGA, 8514, XGA, and S3. Use of 16-color VGA is
                    discouraged, as most X clients expect a 256-color
                    palette

  Media:            96tpi dshd 5.25" or 135 dshd 3.5" PC-compatible
  
HOST SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

  Software:         SCO Open Desktop, SCO UNIX Operating System with
                    SCO TCP/IP, or SCO XENIX 386 Operating System

  Hardware:         Any 386 or 486 computer based on Industry Standard
                    Architecture (ISA), Extended Industry Standard
                    Architecture (EISA), or Micro Channel Architecture
                    (MCA)

  Network:          If connections to a host machine are required over
                    anything other than an RS-232 serial line or a
                    modem link, network transport software such as
                    Microsoft LAN Manager for UNIX Systems (NetBEUI),
                    SCO TCP/IP, SCO Open Desktop (TCP/IP), or SCO
                    XENIX-NET (NetBEUI) is required, along with a
                    network adapter. A TCP/IP-based network transport
                    is needed for X Window connections

  Media:            96tpi dshd 5.25" or 135 dshd 3.5" PC-compatible
      
NOTES:

  The  X server  in MultiView/X  can connect to any system running
  TCP/IP and  X11R4 applications.  Those applications (X clients) must
  be specific  to the  operating system  and must  be either  X11R3 or
  X11R4, or,  if X11R5, must not utilize the R5 interface subset (PEX,
  font server, etc.).

  The Host Support Module for SCO Systems is not required to run X
  Windows applications, but it enables the following MultiView DeskTop
  features:

    - Multiple sessions on a single login (up to 6)
    - File transfer
    - Remote printing

  Because TCP/IP  networks generally  offer these  features, the  only
  reason to  purchase the Host Support Module is if users will also be
  logging in  connections  in  addition  to  the  network.  X  Windows
  applications  cannot  be  accessed  via  RS-232  connections  unless
  special SLIP  or PPP  TCP/IP serial  protocols are  implemented, and
  performance will  be slow.  Each  Host  Support  Module  package  is
  licensed for installation on a single server machine.

  SCO does not offer a Host Support Module for non-SCO systems.

  MultiView/X  is packaged  with 3.5"  media only.  Each box  will
  contain a  coupon,  allowing  users  to  receive  free  5.25"  media
  directly from SCO.

  MultiView/X  Release  3.1.5  is  available  in  5-  and  10-user
  licenses. Each  client machine  with a  copy  of  MultiView  DeskTop
  installed constitutes  one of  those licenses.  For  locations  that
  require more  licenses,  multiples  or  combinations  of  the  above
  licenses can be purchased. Single-user licenses are not available.

  Trade-ins  from MultiView  DeskTop to  MultiView/X will  not  be
  offered. Users who want graphical X Windows capabilities in addition
  to the  character-based capabilities  of  MultiView  DeskTop  should
  purchase the  MultiView/X product.  With the  exception of  the Host
  Support Module  for SCO  Systems, MultiView/X  contains the complete
  MultiView DeskTop product.

  Users  can usually  install and  run X  Windows applications ("X
  clients") on SCO UNIX Systems without also installing the SCO Xsight
  package if:

    - SCO TCP/IP is used as the transport protocol

    - The applications do not require access to Motif shared libraries

    - There is  no need  to run  X Windows  on the UNIX System console
      (clients are displayed on remote X servers only)

    - Users do not need to run a remote window manager such as mwm

  SCO  will fully  support any installation with hosts running SCO
  systems, regardless  of the  underlying network  protocol. For hosts
  running non-SCO  operating systems,  the user may be referred to the
  host operating  system vendor if the problem concerns the underlying
  communication software.

  
SCO and  Open Desktop  are registered  trademarks of  The  Santa  Cruz
Operation, Inc.  in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other brand or
product names  are or  may be  trademarks of, and are used to identify
products or services of, their respective owners.

The Santa  Cruz Operation, Inc. reserves the right to change or modify
any of the product specifications or features described herein without
notice. This  product summary  is for  information only.  SCO makes no
express or implied representations or warranties in this summary.

All references to the SCO UNIX Operating System or the SCO UNIX System
refer to the SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 Operating System.

Copyright (c) 1992 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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