Memorex Telex Corp announced yesterday that it will adopt Unix System V.4.2 for its server and desktop product lines in order to offer more options for what it claims is the second-largest installed base of IBM Corp pheral products worldwide. Expanding on its business agreement with Novell Inc, Memorex Telex will be using the Univel UnixWare product on the desktop. Univel’s Application Server, with the addition of a driver for the Memorex Telex intelligent disk controller, will be available for the Super Server system. UnixWare will enable the company to offer support for MS-DOS and Windows productivity tools, access to application solutions, and a close integration of NetWare for Unix on client and server.The company’s Peripherals Group also said it would work with Amperif Corp, Chatsworth, California, the company that is developing the Viking disk array with Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH, to develop a family of IBM-compatible, high-performance, high availability disk control units capable of supporting the current Memorex Telex 3892 Disk Array and follow on disks.
