geoff@hinode.sunecd.com (Geoff Arnold @ Sun ECD (R.H. coast near the top)) (04/13/87)
[The following is excepted from the press announcement. Contact 1-800-334-7866 for telemarketing, or email to "garnold@sun.com" or "....!sun!garnold" for nitty-gritty technical chat.] MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- April 7, 1986 -- Extending its commitment to distributed computing and network services, Sun Microsystems announced today extensions to its personal computer (PC) networking product line. The extensions include a new PC-NFS(TM) Programmer's Toolkit for developing networked applications and enhancements to its PC-NFS product for net- working personal computers to dissimilar computer systems on a Network File System (NFS(TM)) network. PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit The PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit provides a standard programmatic interface to network services which isolates the application developer from vendor- specific network hardware and cabling changes. Among the services it provides are 4.2BSD-compatible TCP/UDP sockets, RPC and XDR (eXternal Data Representation) standards and Yellow Pages. The toolkit libraries run on IBM PCs, PC/XTs, PC/ATs(TM), Compaq computers, and other PC-compatible systems using DOS 3.0 or higher and PC-NFS 2.0. The first release of the toolkit is designed to work with the Microsoft C Compiler Version 4.0 in all memory models. U.S. list price for the PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit is $595 per system. A site license (unlimited use in one building is $2,395. PC-NFS Release 2.0. Sun also announced enhancements to its PC-NFS product. PC-NFS is a software product for IBM PCs and compatibles that allows them to transparently access files and network peripherals on NFS on an Ethernet network. The enhance- ments include DOS 3.1-compatible file sharing and record locking utilizing Sun's network services, additional network services for file transfer (ftp), remote shell (rsh), and remote copy (rcp), and support for Ungerman-Bass NIC and Micom-Interlan 5010 network boards, in addition to the current support for the 3Com 3C501 board. The enhanced release, PC-NFS 2.0, is available in April, 1987 at a U.S. list price (software only) of $395. Both products are available 48 hours ARO via Sun telemarketing.