The new VisionWare Ltd, born out of the Big Bang that blasted Control Data Corp’s Systime Ltd into four particles (CI No 1,190) chose the European Unix Show as its launchpad last week. Set up by Systime technical development manager Tony Denson and commercial manager of the VisionWare group Chris Holmes, the new company is still negotiating for the acquisition of exclusive rights to Systime’s VisionWare software product range. The flagship product is PC-Connect, which enables MS-DOS personal computers to act as front-ends to Unix machines using Microsoft Windows: it is currently re-badged by Altos Computer Inc, and deals are also in place with Bluebird Software, Computer Consoles Inc, UK computer manufacturer Jarogate Ltd, and software distributor Sphinx Ltd. An extension of the product, PC-XVision, turns personal computers into X servers, still using MS-Windows as the interface. Other products in the pipeline include SQL-Connect, giving MS-DOS users the ability to make SQL queries of a host based relational database management system, and new suite of Unix-based utilities using MS-Windows.
