Qume Corp’s Milpitas, California-based Qume Peripherals Inc is converting its QX15 ASCII/ANSI X Window terminal server code to AIX and has cut a strategic deal with IBM Corp RS/6000 reseller Dickens Data Systems Inc to distribute the QX15 as the Dickens MAX-Terminal. Qume’s architecture enables the server code to reside on the host, eliminating costly licence fees. Dickens denies it ever had a distribution deal to handle the X terminals promised by the troubled Athenix Corp (CI No 2,017). Meanwhile, Qume has added a new low-cost $480 QVT82 Unix Console display to its Series II line. The widget, covered by new free five-year warranty policy applying to all Series IIs, includes Wyse 60, ADDS A2 and PC Term emulation.
