PC-Interface - Connecting Windows 3.x and Unix

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PC-Interface enables DOS, Windows and Macintosh users to share files, applications and printers on Unix servers. PC-Interface is easy to install and use. Users access shared Unix resources with commands they already know - there are no new interfaces to learn. Novell's TCP/IP stack and Winsock is included for client/server application interface. PC-Interface integrates Unix systems into Novell networks and Windows for Workgroups networks.

PC-Interface 5.0 is part of a family of products which also includes PC-Interface Plus 2.0, PC-Interface for Macintosh and PC-Interface Server software.

Key Features

• Includes Novell TCP/IP protocols and Windows Sockets interface
• Includes ODI and NDIS supporting all popular network adapters
• Coexists with Novell NetWare and Windows for Workgroups 3.11
• Windows based 10 minute install
• Uses standard Windows File Manager, DOS commands
• Files and applications on Unix server accessed as network drives
• Shared printers accessed through LPTx: printer redirection
• Low PC memory requirements - as little as 54KB
• Loads into high memory
• Non-dedicated Unix server
• Easy installation and administration
• VT100 and VT220 terminal emulation with 132 columns
• Provides access to server mounted NFS, AFS, DFS/DCE volumes
• Broadcast messages from Unix server to connected clients
• Supports IP subnetting, routers and WAN connections

Key Benefits

• Access to entire Unix file system from the PC - including server-mounted remote file systems
• Unix file system appears as if a local disk drive on the PC
• Sharing files and applications increases productivity, reduces PC disk space requirements
• Nothing new to learn - use standard DOS and Windows interfaces
• Unix user ID and password, file permissions, file/record locking for DOS files on server - no separate security scheme to maintain.
• No additional PC or Unix system administration required
• Supports DOS 3.3 to 6.2 and Windows 3.1 all in the same package
• Unix system acts as non-dedicated file/print server - adds value
• Transparent access to enterprise-wide file systems from the PC
• Easily integrates Unix into existing PC LANs
• Supports all popular client/server, DBMS, X server applications
• NetWare users simultaneously access NetWare and Unix servers
• Connect to Unix host from home or the road

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Personal Computer Requirements

• IBM PC, PC/XT, or any Intel 80x86-based or Pentium-based computer compatible with an IBM PC/AT or PS/2
• Minimum 640 KB RAM for DOS operation
• Minimum 2 MB RAM recommended for Windows operation
• One high density 3.5" disk drive (5.25" low density floppy media available on request from Locus Customer Support) and a fixed-disk drive
• MS-DOS 3.3 through MS-DOS 6.2, PC-DOS 6.1, DR DOS 6.0 or Novell DOS 7.0
• (Optional) Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 (support for Windows 3.0 available on request from Locus Customer Support)

Communications requirements

• Ethernet or Token Ring adapter on PC and UNIX system
• TCP/IP protocols running on the UNIX system - or -
• Serial Lines with RS-232 connections

Ethernet Support PC-Interface contains NDIS Media Access Control and ODI drivers for the following network adapter boards:

• 3Com 3C501 Etherlink
• 3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
• 3Com 3C505 Etherlink Plus
• 3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16
• 3Com 3C509/3C529 Etherlink III
• 3Com 3C523 Etherlink/MC
• Digital EtherWorks LC DE-100
• Digital EtherWorks Turbo DE-200
• Intel EtherExpress
• Novell NE1000, NE2000
• Racal Interlan NI5210, NI6510
• XIRCOM Pocket Adapter
• XIRCOM Pocket Adapter II
• XIRCOM Pocket Adapter III
• SMC or Western Digital 8000 Series Ethernet adapter

PC Interface can also use the NDIS or ODI drivers supplied with the network card.

Token Ring Support PC-Interface contains NDIS Media Access Control and ODI drivers for the following network adapter boards:

• IBM Token Ring cards 4 and 4/16 Mbps
• Intel TokenExpress

Serial Line Support

Asynchronous communications adapter (COM1 through COM4) up to 19.2K bps

PC-Interface Disk and Memory Usage

PC-Interface 5.0 and PC-Interface Plus 2.0 are implemented as Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) programs and Windows Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs).

All PC-Interface programs may be loaded high (between 640 KB and 1 MB) using MS-DOS 5.0 and 6.0 Memory Manager and third-party memory managers. Following is the DOS memory usage and disk space requirements of PC-Interface:

Program	DOS Memory	Disk Space
File and Print Services	54 KB	2.2 MB
LAN Workplace TCP/IP (opt.)	52 KB	733 KB
ODI and NDIS drivers (opt.)	14 KB - 34 KB	(inc. in above)
RFC-1001/1002 NetBIOS (opt.)	58 KB
SNMP Agent (opt.)	32.5 KB
Remote Print Server (opt.)	2 KB
TinyTERM	--	1.1 MB
Eudora	--	1.4 MB

The PC-Interface DLL programs use 280 KB of Windows memory.

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Locus PC-Interface Servers are available for many UNIX operating system platforms. The list below is current as of August 1995. Please contact Centreline 2000 to obtain the latest PC-Interface Server Compatibility list.

PC-Interface 5.0 Servers are available for the following platforms:

• SCO UNIX SVR 3.2.4
• SCO Open Desktop 2.0 and 3.0
• SCO Open Server 2.0 and 3.0 (Network and Enterprise Systems)
• SunSoft Solaris 2.3 and 2.4 for SPARC
• Sun SPARC SunOS 4.1.1
• Hewlett-Packard Series 9000 Models 700 and 800 HP-UX 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0
• Motorola S900 Series UNIX System V/88, Release 4.2 and Release 3.2
• Novell UnixWare 1.1
• UNIX System V Release 4.2 on Intel processors
• MIPS processors supporting MIPS Application Binary Interface (MIPS) on UNIX SVR4 (Concurrent, Control Data, NEC, Pyramid, Silicon Graphics, Siemens Nixdorf, Sony, and Tandem)
• Interactive Systems Corp. UNIX SVR 3.2
• Data General AViiON DGUX 5.4
• AT&T GIS 3450 and 3550 running UNIX SVR4 MP RAS

PC-Interface pre-5.0 Servers are available for the following platforms:

• AT&T 3B2 UNIX 3.2
• AT&T 386 UNIX 3.2.2 running Interlan TCP/IP
• SCO Xenix 2.3.2
• DECstation 3100 ULTRIX 4.2
• UNIX System V Release 4.0 on Intel processors

PC-Interface Servers are bundled with the following UNIX platforms:

Platform	PC-Interface Server Version
SCO Open Server Version 5.0	5.0
SCO Open Server 3/Open Desktop 2.0	4.1.3
IBM RISC/System 6000 AIX 3.2.5, 4.1	4.1.3
Most implementations of
AIX for PowerPC	4.1.3

Note: Future versions of these operating systems will include PC-Interface 5.0 Server

PC-Interface Servers are available from the following manufacturers:

• ACER Altos
• Bull HN DPX
• Consensys V4
• Data General
• ICL DRS Series
• Motorola System 3000 and 8000
• Motorola UNIX SVR4
• Specs Triton
• Unisys Series 6000 and 7000

PC-Interface 5.0 and PC-Interface Plus 2.0 support all versions of MS/PC-DOS from 3.3 to 6.2 and Windows 3.0 and 3.1, allowing the user to transparently network DOS PCs and UNIX systems. This broad DOS and Windows system support ensures that you can use virtually any current or future DOS or Windows application with PC-Interface. These Windows, DOS and Groupware applications have been tested.

PC-Interface Network Operating System Compatibility

PC-Interface can co-exist with Novell and Microsoft network operating systems:

• Novell NetWare 3.11, 3.12
• Novell NetWare 4.0
• Personal NetWare
• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups v. 3.11
• Microsoft Lan Manager v. 2.2

PC-Interface Cross-Compatibility

PC-Interface 5.0 Servers are compatible with the following PC-Interface Client versions:

• PC-Interface Plus 2.0
• PC-Interface Plus 1.0
• PC-Interface 5.0
• PC-Interface for DOS 4.1, 4.0
• PC-Interface for DOS 3.1, 3.0

• PC-Interface 5.0 Servers
• PC-Interface for DOS Servers 4.1, 4.0
• PC-Interface for DOS Servers 3.1, 3.0

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