Acer Group Inc’s San Jose, California-based Altos Computer Systems division has branched out into software and introduced two packages designed to integrate Novell Inc NetWare with systems running Santa Cruz Operation Inc Unix. According to the company, Altos NetWare for Santa Cruz Unix is the first shrink-wrapped NetWare implementation for Santa Cruz systems to hit the market. The software sits on top of Santa Cruz’s LLI driver suites and enables Santa Cruz Unix-based systems to operate as NetWare servers using Novell’s IPX/SPX protocol. An Altos NetWare for Santa Cruz Unix licence is priced from $3,000. Also new is the Altos Application Executive or Apex, a front-end add-on for Windows 3.1 into Santa Cruz Unix. Using Leeds-based VisionWare Ltd’s PC-Connect software, Altos has extended the the stuff to include the IPX/SPX protocol. Application Executive enables users to hot link between Windows and Unix applications, enabling data to be cut and pasted from either environment. Data updated in one environment will automatically be updated on the other, Altos says. Apex for Windows 3.1 is priced from $1,200 to $12,000 depending upon the number of clients.
