SunSelect, the Sun Microsystems Inc personal computer-to-Unix communications and peripherals subsidiary, was due last night to launch PC-NFS 5.0 for Microsoft Corp’s Win-dows For Workgroups and Novell Inc’s NetWare. The new release, which begins shipping at the end of the week, includes full Windows 3.1 integration, a Windows Sockets application programming interface and NetBIOS support. SunSelect also announced SelectMail, an electronic mail product that enables MS-DOS and Windows users to exchange mail files with other personal computers and Unix systems. The new version of PC-NFS adds support for Windows For Workgroups and NetWare device drivers, enabling personal computers to share applications, files, printers and electronic mail across any TCP/IP or Open Network Computing-Network File System network, SunSelect says. It will provide updated device drivers for the next release of Windows For Workgroups. The product continues to support Windows and MS-DOS operating systems. NetWare support also includes Ethernet. According to SunSelect, the Win-dows Sockets applications programming interface will en-able Windows applications written to it to run unmodified over any TCP/IP network. Other features include enhanced terminal emulation with built-in VT52-VT320 for MS-DOS and Windows 3.0 applications including the File Transfer Protocol and Telnet – support for international character sets and downloadable fonts. It also includes a PC-NFS 5.0 programmers toolkit. PC-NFS version 5.0 is from $560 for a single-user licence to $7,625 for a 25-user licence. SunSelect also introduced SelectMail. It comes in two editions; one for Windows-based personal computers and the other for MS-DOS. SelectMail 1.0 for Windows supports the Windows Sockets API and includes features such as a binary file attachment, spell checker, read and receipt confirmation and local and global addressing functions – that enable users to establish their own queuing systems for remote sites. Both support POP2-POP3 and SMTP mail protocols and the MS-DOS edition is a revamped version of SunSelect’s PC-NFS LifeLine mail system, and includes an automated scheduler, delay delivery option, cut and paste, search and fail notification capabilities and text-attachment. SunSelect claims the two versions will interoperate. SelectMail for both operating systems will be out next month – prices are the same for both versions and start at $156, going up to $3,600.
