Motorola Computer Systems saved up a whole batch of announcements for Unix Expo. First it is set to unveil a new range of multi-processing servers – the DeltaServer range – in the first quarter of next year. Based on the new single-chip version of the 88000 – the 88110 – they will be compatible with the company’s existing 680X0 and RISC-based DeltaSeries, with the top-end model rated at 100 MIPS, according to the company. They will include FDDI and the company’s new Wireless In-building Network technology. Initially they will run Motorola’s Unix V.3 implementation, but will migrate to a multi-processing version of V.4 following a deal Motorola has struck with Unisys Corp and other 88000 system manufacturers to create a reference implementation for AT&T’s System V.4 MP multi-processing operating system technology. When it becomes available next year, Motorola also plans to move the environment on to its other Unix systems, and will add the enhanced security – Unix System V.4 ES – features which it has been developing in conjunction with AT&T Co and Amdahl Corp, when they are released. Motorola says it will also develop a version of System V.4 ES/MP – announced by AT&T at the same time – for its machines. A new DeltaWindows windowing environment for Motorola’s existing Unix systems has also been announced, which is a combination of OSF/Motif and Visix Software Inc’s Looking Glass desktop manager. Available now on the 88000-based Delta Series 8000, and from March 1991 on the 68030-based Series 3000, DeltaWindows costs $1,390, and includes a Looking Glass licence. Additionally Motorola has signed up Interactive Systems Corp and Retix Corp to do versions of their respective TCP/IP and Open Systems Interconnection technology to its existing operating system environments.
