NCR Corp is clearly going to trickle out the details of its System 3000 Unix on Intel with everything announcement over several weeks, and the company has now announced Open Systems Interconnection communications software for System 3000, claiming it to be the first implementation of OSI across an entire range of systems – users can the seven layers of the Reference Model across their entire enterprise, from a single workstation to a top end enterprise-level processing system, the company claims. NCR says that the core of the software to provide compatibility with OSI layers two to seven as a standard feature of its Unix System V.4 for the System 3300, 3400, and 3500 at no extra cost. Users can add X400 Message Handling System, X500, Directory Services, File Transfer Access and Management, Virtual Termin al, and the X400-based NCRMail application later. The company has trademarked the term OSIready for the concept. The announcement is part of what NCR is cal ling Open Network System, which also includes a full suite of SNA and TCP/IP software for the System 3000. The OSIready version of System V.4 ships first quarter 1991, and licences for OSI application servic es go from $800 to $44,700.
