---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash PC-NFS 3.5 PC-NFS LIFELINE MAIL AND BACKUP 2.0 PC-NFS ADVANCED TELNET 1.0 SunFLASH Vol 34 #17 October 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - PC-NFS 3.5 - shipping as of March 11, 1991. Provides improved MS Windows 3.0 compatibility, local PC print service, network management via SNMP support, NDIS network driver support, and greatly improved documentation and packaging - PC-NFS LifeLine Mail and Backup 2.0 (FCS April 30,1991). Delivers improved mail notification, 8-bit ASCII support for inter- national compatibility, a new DOS-based scheduler for unattended PC disk backups, and improved documentation and new packaging - PC-NFS Advanced Telnet 1.0 - new product - available April 1, 1991. A PC-NFS add-on application providing terminal emulation for TN3270, VT320, VT220, VT102, and Tektronic 4014 hosts, custom-developed for Sun by Walker Richer & Quinn, the terminal emulation market leader Sun's PC-NFS product family delivers integrated multivendor network computing solutions for desktop PCs. Using your PC's familiar DOS and MS Windows commands and interfaces, you can directly integrate your PCs with high performance Sun workstations as well as other systems and hardware environments. With PC-NFS products providing standards-based file and printer sharing, electronic mail, terminal emulations and a distributed application development platform, PCs become full participants in local and wide are networks, enabling company-wide, global resource sharing and information access. Built upon Sun's ONC platform of open systems distributed computing and the NFS filesystem, the PC-NFS product family supports key industry standards for PC and multivendor network computing. With more than 1.3 million installed network nodes, the ONC platform has the industry's largest base of proven multivendor networked systems. PC-NFS is an excellent choice to penetrate new accounts that are eager to start purchasing Sun workstations and servers, while preserving their investment in existing PC systems. PC-NFS users (500,000) represent a significant target migration customer base for Sun's desktop market, as well as important target customers for the benefits of all Sun hardware and software products. These new releases of PC-NFS, and LifeLine Mail and Backup, and the addition of the PC-NFS Advanced Telnet product, demonstrate Sun's continued support and enhancement of the PC-NFS product line. NEW FEATURES AND BENEFITS ------------------------- FEATURE BENEFIT ======= ======= PC-NFS 3.5 - Compatible with MS Windows 3.0 Better integration with PC and 3rd party memory management software and environments products Turns PCs into PC Print Servers Network access of local PC printers Support for 3Com/Microsoft NDIS Universal network driver broadens network driver standard ethernet board options Support for SunNet Manager with Network manager can monitor PCs SNMP agent Access up to 14 network devices More drives and printers available simultaneously PC-NFS LIFELINE MAIL and BACKUP 2.0 - 8-bit ASCII support Worldwide mail messaging Configurable mail notification Easier to notice incoming mail DOS based scheduler Performs time consuming tasks (like disk backup) in off hours Multiple file enclosures Send more than one file with cover email PC-NFS ADVANCED TELNET 1.0 TN3270, VT320, VT220, VT102, VT52 Access IBM mainframe, DEC and VT52 and Tektronix 4014 terminal Tektronix applications on non-ONC emulation hosts Multitasking session management, Personalizable, easy to switch keyboard remapping and customizable between PC and terminal sessions color display Multinational characters encoded Transfers characters internationally in 8-bit datastream US PRICING AND ORDERING INFORMATION ----------------------------------- Description Order # List Price Discount Service ============================================================================== PC-NFS-3.5U 3.5 Upgrade, 1 Doc. $140 ND see notes (CSS Part) PC-NFS-3.5 S/W & Doc. $395 B PC-NFS-3.5-SW S/W only $325 B PC-NFS-3.5-9 Documentation only $90 B PC-NFS-3.5-L100 RTC 100, Doc. $20,000 ND PC-NFS-3.5-L500 RTC 500, Doc. $50,000 ND PC-NFS-3.5-AT-SW 3.5 S/W, 3C503 AT-Card $595 B PC-NFS-3.5-MC-SW 3.5 S/W, 3C523 Michnl-Card $725 B PC-NFS-AT 3C503 AT-Bus Card $295 B PC-NFS-MC 3C523 Microchannel Card $425 B PC-LIFELINE-2.0 S/W & Doc. $125 B PC-LIFELINE-2.0-SL Site License, 10 Doc. $2,995 ND PC-ATELNET-1.0 S/W & Doc. $225 B Special Pricing FCS-Q4FY91 " $180 ND PC-ATELNET-1.0-SW S/W Only $190 B Special Pricing FCS-Q4FY91 " $152 ND Quantity discount pricing (off the quantity 1 price) is available for all products except: Right-to-Copy Licenses and Site Licenses. Notes: 1. Existing PC-NFS users can upgrade to the new 3.5 release with a site upgrade product. Order PC-NFS-3.5U 2. Marketing part numbers have been changed to make them easier to understand (see below) 3. Both 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" media are now available in all packaging 4. Special 20% discount introductory offer for PC-NFS Advanced Telnet in Q4'91 5. PC-NFS options include media plus doc, media with and without ethernet board, and Right to copy for 100, 500 units 6. Service pricing (available from CSS) is $30/per month for customers already on a Sun maintenance contract. This fee covers all PC-NFS products, including LifeLine, Advanced Telnet, PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit, and ethernet boards. Unbundled service contracts, priced according to the number of PC-NFS users per site, are also available from CSS. ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS --------------------- All US orders, including PC-NFS upgrades, can be booked through Sun Express Software Telemarketing. 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