UK display terminals specialist Pericom Plc has introduced a terminal emulation product for X Window System users that will enable colour or mono workstations to act as either text or graphics terminals when running X. The product, TeamX, will emulate Tektronix 41XX graphics terminals or DEC VT220 text terminals by converting the command sequences into equivalent X Window System functions, within any number of windows. This enables existing software to be run alongside X-based software, taking advantage of the device-, host- and network- independence of X. The product is available now for Sun-3 and Sun-4 stations, with more announcements expected shortly. Milton Keynes-based Pericom, which evolved the product from its TeamTalk terminal emulation software for personal computers, says it also plans to support ReGIS, Data General D200, Retrographics and Westward emulations in future versions. In the UK, the package costs from UKP3,000 for a five user version: the company has a subsidiary operation based in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and showed TeamX at UniForum in Washington. It also has distributors in France and Singapore.
