Morgan Hill, California-based Puzzle Systems Inc has brought out SoftNet Utilities, software that will enable Hewlett-Packard Co, IBM Corp, Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Sparc systems to act as Novell Inc NetWare-compatible file servers as well as run Unix applications. First shipments, priced between $1,300 and $3,000 depending on the number of users, are for Sparc machines, with the others to follow by the end of the year. Puzzle says NetWare 2.2 and 3.11 server emulation is selectable. Personal computer clients can directly and transparently access the Unix file system and printing resources. And conversely,Unix users can access NetWare print resources. Each package includes an MS-DOS terminal emulator for NetWare clients to access Unix hosts using the IPX protocol.
