Data General Corp has improved the performance of its DG/UX Unix implementation, claiming that the latest version – DG/UX 4.30 performs up to 370% faster than the previous release. Tests were carried out using the Neal Nelson Business Benchmark set. DG/UX has designed in features such as symmetric multi-processing, a commercial grade filing system and bundled Looking Glass desktop manager from Visix Software. The new release includes 88open binary compatibility standard certification and FIPS 151-1 Posix compliance – the US Government’s equivalent to the IEEE Posix standard. On the networking side, Streams-based TCP/IP has improved network throughput by up to 90%, according to the company. Other additions include a new kernel debugger and support for Novell Inc’s Portable NetWare. Along with Looking Glass, Data General is also bundling the Framemaker 1.3 desktop publishing system for a limited time.
