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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                 SunSelect Introduces PC-NFS 4.0

SunFLASH Vol 40 #18					          April 1992 
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		First Networking Product to Support 
		MS-Windows 3.1 as well as MS-DOS 5.0

	Enhanced Version of PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit Released

BILLERICA, Mass. -- April 13, 1992 -- SunSelect(TM), a Sun
Microsystems, Inc.  business, today introduced version 4.0 of its
popular PC-NFS(R) software and a new enhanced version of the PC-NFS
Programmer's Toolkit, the companion developer's product for writing
client-server PC-NFS applications.

PC-NFS software integrates personal computers into open, UNIX(R) -based
client-server environments, allowing personal computer users to access
files and resources on all workstations and servers, minicomputers,
mainframes or other systems that support ONC(TM)/NFS(R). Users operate
within their familiar MS-DOS(R) and MS-Windows(R) environments, but
have access to distributed network resources such as powerful
fileservers, high-performance printers and worldwide electronic mail
systems through the use of open standards such as TCP/IP and NFS. In
effect, PC-NFS software lets personal computers become full
participants in local- and wide-area networks, providing a platform for
running distributed, client-server applications.

PC-NFS software was the first product on the market to integrate UNIX
resources with the MS-DOS platform. Previous versions of the PC-NFS
product are now installed in more than 700,000 personal computers
worldwide.

What's New In Version 4.0

The new version of PC-NFS software is the first to support
MS-Windows 3.1 as well as MS-DOS 5.0. Using standard MS-Windows
pull-down menus, PC-NFS 4.0 software users can connect to and browse
remote and local network resources such as printers, servers and
filesystems. Users can run multiple MS-Windows, MS-DOS and PC-NFS
applications simultaneously. The new version also includes a built-in
console messaging application that allows MS-Windows, MS-DOS and UNIX
users and administrators to communicate quickly and easily across the
network.

Through enhanced Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) support,
the PC-NFS 4.0 product now provides 4-Mbps and switchable 4/16-Mbps
Token Ring drivers for integration into Token Ring environments, and
continues to support Ethernet networks as well. PC-NFS users can access
more than one server operating system, such as Novell's NetWare(R) and
Banyan VINES(TM), simultaneously. Installation of the NDIS facilities
is now automated.

PC-NFS 4.0 software includes new ease-of-use features for both users
and system administrators. Extensive on-line help is available for
PC-NFS software under MS-Windows; PC-NFS utilities are available
through MS-Windows icons; and installation of primary functions,
upgrades and the NDIS drivers has been simplified. For system
administrators, server-based upgrades are offered, and enhanced SNMP
MIB-II provides improved integration with the SunNet(TM) Manager
network management platform and other network management hosts. The new
version of PC-NFS software also enhances the PC print server capability
by offering a dedicated mode option in addition to the proven
background mode. Performance and functionality is improved in both
modes.

"We found the MS-Windows support very impressive, especially the new
console messaging feature, which will allow our system managers to warn
users of potential problems or service notifications," said Jean-Pascal
Lange, systems administrator for Eurostat, the statistical bureau of
the European Community (EC).

Additional PC-NFS Products

PC-NFS 4.0 software is the cornerstone of the PC-NFS product family.
Three additional PC-NFS products are also marketed by SunSelect.

	PC-NFS LifeLine(TM) Mail and Backup delivers fully-integrated
electronic mail and enables users to backup files across heterogeneous
networks.

	PC-NFS Advanced Telnet extends the telnet terminal emulation
capabilities of PC-NFS software, enabling PCs to take advantage of
powerful environments by emulating a variety of popular mainframe and
other host terminals.

	PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit provides development tools and
industry-standard protocols to create client-server applications in
which various parts of the applications are performed by different
systems on the network.

PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit 4.0

The new release of the PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit, Version 4.0, is the
first to enable developers to write TCP/IP network-based distributed
MS-Windows applications in addition to MS-DOS applications. The
enhanced product is also the first to join industry standard APIs (XTI
and TIRPC) with TCP/IP on the MS-DOS 5.0/MS-Windows 3.1 platform.

To facilitate fast and easy programming, the Toolkit now supports the
industry's most commonly used compiler products:  the Microsoft C 6.0
compiler and the Turbo C++ 2.0 and 3.0 compilers from Borland. The
PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit also provides all transport-independent and
transport-specific RPC client calls (TIRPC); X/Open Transport Interface
Routines (XTI); XDR, Sun's standard for data interchange between
dissimilar machines; the NIS network naming service; and BSD sockets.

The Toolkit has been used to create a wide variety of software
products, including X Window System applications, terminal emulators,
and database, CAD/CAM and document control packages.  In fact, the
Toolkit was used to develop PC-NFS Advanced Telnet and PC-NFS LifeLine
Mail and Backup.

Availability 

Version 4.0 of SunSelect's PC-NFS software is currently available.
Version 4.0 of the PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit will be available May
27, 1992. Both products are sold through local Sun Microsystems
Computer Corp. (SMCC(TM)) sales offices, SunExpress(TM), and authorized
SunSelect resellers and other distribution channels.

SunSelect Product Marketing Contact: 	Cliff Utstein 	(508) 671-0299
Press Contacts:
	SunSelect 			Kathryn Watson 	(415) 336-6851
	Hi-Tech Public Relations 	Kathryn Lang 	(415) 864-5600
 
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