New Products Support TCP/IP Protocols on PCs, Macs
 
Copyright (c) 1989, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
SAN JOSE, CA (Microbytes Daily News Service) --- Demonstrating
that TCP/IP isn't just for high-end systems, a number of vendors
announced products at Interop '89 for PCs and Macs that allow
them to communicate these widely accepted protocols. Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) allows computers from
different vendors to communicate across a network. For example,
a PC with communications software supporting TCP/IP can talk to
nearly all Unix systems, because TCP/IP is built into the
Berkeley implementation of Unix and is commonly included with
other Unix versions.
 
DCA's 10NET Communications division announced it is shipping
10NET TCP, a version of the company's PC network operating
system that supports TCP/IP. The $395 product allows PCs to
communicate with any other system supporting TCP/IP. To help
save memory, the product uses dual protocol stacks, allowing
users to choose native 10NET protocols or TCP/IP, the company
said. DCA also announced the 10NET TCP NetBIOS add-on product
($95), which allows PC applications designed for NetBIOS to run
on a TCP/IP network.
 
Interconnections and Network Research Corp. jointly announced a
product that provides MS-Net and LAN Manager file and print
services on DEC VAX minicomputers running the VMS operating
system. I*TCP, which runs over NRC's Fusion network operating
system, makes files on the VAX look like DOS files to PC users
and like VMS files to VAX users. The software automatically
translates differences such as naming conventions.
Interconnections has certified PC TCP/IP products from
Ungermann-Bass, Interlan, Excelan, and FTP Software as
compatible with the new program.
 
For the Macintosh, Cayman Systems announced GatorMail-Q, a
product that exchanges electronic mail between CE Software's
QuickMail and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the e-mail
protocol used by TCP/IP. This allows Mac users to swap mail
with Unix systems, for example. The company also announced
GatorMail-M, a similar product that works with Microsoft Mail
2.0.
 
InterCon Systems showed a new version of its TCP/Connect
software for the Mac. The previous version provided terminal
emulation and file transfer capabilities over TCP/IP networks.
TCP/Connect II adds SMTP electronic mail; Network News
Transport Protocol (NNTP), which allows Mac users to post
messages to the worldwide Usenet system; network management
using TCP/IP's Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP); and
Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), which gives Mac users all
the TCP/IP features over dial-up lines.
 
Contacts:
 
10Net Communications/DCA, 7887 Washington Village Dr.,
Suite 200, Dayton, OH 45459; (513) 433-2238; fax (513) 434-6305;
 
Interconnections Inc., 14711 NE 29th Place, Bellevue, WA 98007;
(206) 881-5773; fax (206) 867-5022;
 
Network Research Corp., 2380 N. Rose Ave., Oxnard, CA 93030;
(805) 485-2700; fax (805) 485-8204;
 
Cayman Systems, University Park at MIT, 26 Landsdowne St.,
Cambridge, MA 02139; (617) 494-1999;
 
InterCon Systems, 46950 Community Plaza, Suite 101-132,
Sterling, VA 22170; (703) 450-7117; fax (703) 450-0356.
 
                              --- Sharon Fisher
 
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