Adobe Type Manager is embedded in the operating system, giving users and applications access to the world's leading scalable fonts. Support for common DOS and Windows emulation utilities has been built into the kernel, providing high-performance DOS emulation under SVR4.2. In addition, basic MS-DOS commands and operations to access DOS data disks are included. An optimized X Window System server provides fast window manipulation and screen updates for all applications. Common functions, such as modem connection, are pre-administered.
Users answer a short list of questions only at the beginning of the installation.
This feature also reduces system RAM requirements, improving performance on low-end systems. Shrink-wrapped SVR4.2 will be available to end users through Univel, Inc., a joint venture of Novell and USL, and through other system software vendors. Shrink-wrapped SVR4.2 from USL will be the same product as the one shipped by Univel. Aggressive USL, Univel and UNIX International ISV programs are attracting major applications, as well as device driver support for standard peripherals and networking hardware, to the SVR4.2 platform. SVR4.2 is binary compatible with applications written for the Intel Application Binary Interface for SVR4 and SVR4.1 Enhanced Security, as well as with SCO UNIX System applications that conform to the Intel Binary Compatibility Specification, Edition 2.