Input-output controller board manufacturer Digiboard Inc, Eden Prairie, Minnesota will release a Unix version of PC/2e its two-port intelligent asynchronous board for desktops – and introduce a new Unix version of its facasimile software this quarter. The PC/2e has been targeted at Windows and NetWare markets until now – the Unix version includes serial ports for connecting personal computer local area networks using TCP/IP. Windows NT and LAN Manager support will follow later this year, the firm said. Digiboard is negotiating for IBM Corp’s PowerPC division to take the thing OEM – IBM already markets the Digiboard’s 128-multiport intelligent cluster boards for the RS/6000s. Meanwhile, version 2.6 of Digifax, the company’s distributed facsimile software, will be released at the end of the month. It supports multi-user and multi-modem communications on local and wide area networks, Hewlett-Packard Co PostScript laser printers, VGA graphics and has an X-viewer to view facsimile messages on X Window screens. It runs under UnixWare and NetWare, Santa Cruz Xenix and Sunsoft Interactive Unix. Digiboard will show further offerings at the CeBit Hannover Fair in March, including Apple A/UX, AppleTalk, X.25 and ISDN network hardware and software.
