Kinetics Inc, the Walnut Tree, California-division of Excelan Inc, has announced K-Share, a full implementation of the AppleTalk file protocol for Sun Microsystems workstations and DEC VAX systems running Ultrix. K-Share enables Apple Macintosh computers to use Sun or VAX computers as AppleShare servers, and features access to Network File System volumes residing on any computer on the same network as the Sun or VAX – NFS disk volumes can be mounted from the Macintosh desktop. K-Share lists for $800, and will be available in the third quarter of this year the price includes the K-Talk protocol and K-Spool software. Other software houses that have used Kinetics’ K-Talk implementation as a basis for networking services products include Sun Microsystems’ Tops division and Pacer Software Inc of La Jolla, California, which offers its PacerShare software for Ultrix-based VAX systems.
