Encore Computer Corp, Fort Lauderdale, Florida claims to have the first parallelised, multithreaded Open Systems Interconnection protocol suites – and is offering them on its Multimax and Encore 90 Unix families. The company went to Retix Inc, Santa Monica, California for its portable Open Systems Interconnection software, and claims its implementations are compliant with the US and UK Government OSI Profile, GOSIP.The multithreaded implementation of ISO Transport Services, File Transfer Access and Management and X400 Message Transfer Services is built on top of Encore’s AT&T Unis System V Streams kernel and allows for unprecedented computer system scaling, the company claims. The implementation will be available on the NS32332-based Multimax 500 next quarter and on the 88000-based Encore 90 in the second quarter 1991.
