Version 5 release 6 of Visionware Ltd’s XVision will ship next month, the Leeds, Yorkshire-based company says. Visionware claims it is the only personal computer X server that is compliant with Windows95 and X11.6. It is compliant also with IXI Ltd’s recently released Eye2Eye Motif-based environment. The enhancements are support for X Image Extension and XTest; 32-bit performance with bundled Win32s; automatic network sensing and host-aware installation; drag and drop File Transfer protocol with File Manager look and feel. It takes about 20 minutes to install, says the company, because of the automatic network detection facilities, automatic graphics speed optimisation and configuration of host connections and XVision Desktop. The latest version will cost $500 for a single-user licence and with that comes a WinSock-compliant TCP/IP stack and XRemote serial communications. It costs $245 with serial line communications alone. Users with the previous release can upgrade for $100 unless they bought the package since September 12, then upgrades are free. Visionware has also begun shipping the latest version of SQL Retriever. This is a database bridge that is compliant with the Open Database Connectivity standard and links Windows to Unix. Version 3.1 uses a single Windows driver to provide concurrent links with Unix databases. It costs $185 per personal computer user.
