home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
- Welcome to the world of performance without compromise--the world of
- UltraComputing(TM). It lets you do what you do best. Only now you can do
- it better with UltraComputing, a genuine step forward in network
- computing.
-
- UltraComputing systems from Sun combine supercharged UltraSPARC(TM)
- processors, integrated 2-D/3-D graphics acceleration and MPEG video
- decompression, a crossbar-switched architecture and high-bandwidth Fast
- Ethernet into a single, high-performance system, one that unleashes your
- power to create.
-
- UltraComputing Partner Applications
-
- This CD collection of applications provided by our software partners,
- along with the rest of the demos, tools and application software that
- make up the Ultra(TM) Pack, is designed to help you take advantage of
- UltraComputing. Try these applications and you will see how you can
- reach a new level of functionality and productivity on your new Sun
- Ultra system.
-
- The following descriptions of the partner applications on this CD have
- been provided by the respective companies.
-
- * Caldera Imaging Software - Cameleo is a unique professional software
- package for image acquisition, processing, retouching, RIP (PostScript
- and HPGL/2), color calibration/separation and output. It is the first
- 1 to 16 bits per color component software (RGB, CMYK, Grayscale)
- available on UNIX(R) workstations. It supports many graphics peripheral
- devices not previously available in UNIX environments and allows seamless
- sharing of those peripheral resources, both printers and scanners, in
- heterogeneous client-server environments.
-
- Graffiti is a 32-bit professional software package for image creation,
- manipulation, editing, and retouching/photocomposition. It supports
- 24-bit images with 256 transparency levels per pixel with no size
- limitations in eight different file formats. It works on three
- distinct and mixable layers, enabling image mixing and photomontage,
- in real time. Cameleo and Graffiti work together to provide a total
- imaging solution, ideally suited to the superior imaging performance
- of Sun's UltraComputing systems.
-
- * The Maestro Presentation Package - Maestro is a suite of more than ten
- applications that work together to form a flexible and simple authoring
- toolkit. It is extensible so that new applications and media, such as
- MPEG movies and animations, can be added quickly and easily to the
- authoring environment. It also takes full advantage of the 24-bit
- true-color graphics, CD-quality audio, and ONC RPC-based distributed
- computing that are standard features of UltraComputing systems from Sun.
-
- * Sun Microsystems Laboratories Tcl/Tk - Tcl is a simple scripting language
- that makes it easy to build programmable applications and connect them
- together. Tk is a graphical user interface toolkit based on Tcl: it
- allows you to create GUI applications by writing Tcl scripts instead of
- C code. Together, Tcl and Tk make it possible to build GUI applications
- five to twenty times more quickly than with traditional toolkits based
- on C or C+. Because Tcl is an interpreted language, it provides
- instantaneous turn-around during testing (no long waits for compilation),
- but also requires high-performance systems, especially for large
- applications. The fast processors and blazing graphics of Sun's new
- Ultra machines are ideally suited to executing Tcl/Tk scripts, even for
- complex tasks.
-
- * SoftQuad HoTMetaL - SoftQuad HoTMetaL 2.0 is the newest version of
- SoftQuad's freely available HTML authoring tool. Based on HoTMetaL
- PRO 2.0, SoftQuad's award-winning commercial version, the freeware
- version allows users to easily create documents for publication on
- the World Wide Web. HoTMetaL's features include point-and-click markup
- and multiple toolbars from which common operations can be performed.
- HoTMetaL's rules-checking feature ensures users create valid HTML
- documents and its previewing capability allows documents to be
- previewed from within the user's browser of choice.
-
- * Doom from ID Software - Doom is the exciting 3D underground search and
- destroy game that took the web world by storm in recent years. Using
- state-of-the-art compression techniques and animation algorithms, the
- makers of Doom -- ID Software -- brought video arcade style graphics and
- performance to the PC for the first time. Now DOOM goes one better, and
- has been ported specifically for the Sun Graphics architecture: DGA. This
- version, called "DGA SunDoom", is the fastest, highest resolution version
- of Doom you will find anywhere. It includes multi-player network support
- and runs especially well on the Ultrasparc Creator Graphics architecture.
- Try running at res level 4, you won't believe your eyes!
-
- * Adobe Acrobat Reader - Adobe(R) Acrobat (TM) software lets you create
- electronic documents from a wide range of authoring tools for sharing
- across different computer platforms, including Solaris, SunOS, HP-UX,
- Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh. Simply "print" your documents to the
- Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and distribute them over a broad
- selection of electronic media, including the World Wide Web, electronic
- mail, Lotus Notes (R), or CD-ROM. From the simplest memos to the richest
- color brochures, Adobe Acrobat software lets you publish and manage your
- documents electronically, preserving their original look and feel,
- independent of computer platform or distribution media and without
- a large investment of time and money.
-
- * Faximum Fax Modem Software - Faximum Client/Server software provides a
- friendly fax client combined with a powerful fax server that will enable
- your UltraSPARC machine to provide fax services to your entire network
- effortlessly and efficiently.
-
- The graphical user interface lets users submit faxes from their workstations
- easily while the command-line interface makes it trivial for programmers to
- fax-enable their applications. Advanced features include forms overlay,
- least-cost route selection, and intelligent dialing, remote server
- administration, support for PostScript and Sun raster files, and many more.
-
- The Faximum product included here is a 30-day evaluation copy and is
- compatible with most Class 2 or 2.0 fax modems.
-
-
- System Requirements
- -------------------
-
- * Ultra 1 or Ultra 2 system with Creator or Creator3D graphics
- * Solaris 2.5
- * OpenWindows 3.5 or CDE 1.1 (For better display quality, it is
- possible to run in 24-bit visual mode - instructions for setting
- this display mode as your default are included on the CD.)
- * CD-ROM drive (or access to one)
- * 64MB of memory (adequate performance cannot be guaranteed with less
- memory than specified)
- * 2GB of disk space
- * 64MB of space in /tmp recommended
- * 64MB of swap space recommended
- * Audio device (internal or external speakers)
-
-
- Loading Instructions
- --------------------
-
- * With File Manager running:
-
- Starting
-
- 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.
-
- 2. If running OpenWindows, File Manager will come up automatically.
- Double-click on the "run_demo" icon and when prompted, click
- "Run in a Shell Tool".
-
- 3. If running CDE, change directories to "/cdrom", and then "cdrom0"
- using File Manager. Double-click on "run_demo" and when the
- "Action:Run" dialog box comes up, simply click "OK".
-
- Ending
-
- 1. If running OpenWindows, click on the "Eject Disk" button in File
- Manager.
-
- 2. If running CDE, quit the demo interface. In a Shell Tool, type:
-
- % eject cd
-
-
- * Without File Manager running:
-
- Starting
-
- 1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive.
-
- 2. In a Shell Tool, log-in as root or super user. Ask your
- System Administrator if you need assistance.
-
- % su
- password:
-
- 3. As root user, type:
-
- # mount -rt hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom
- # exit
- % cd /cdrom
- % ./run_demo
-
- Ending
-
- 1. Make sure you are not in the /cdrom directory in any window,
- including File Manager. If you are, you will get the message
- "/cdrom: device busy" when you try to unmount the CD-ROM drive.
-
- 2. As root user, type:
-
- # umount /cdrom
- # eject /dev/sr0
- # exit
-
- (c) 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, Sun
- Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems Computer Company, The
- Network is the Computer, UltraComputing, Ultra, Solaris, Solstice, and
- SolarNet are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
- Inc., in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks
- are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of
- SPARC International, Inc., in the United States and other countries.
- Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture
- developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in
- the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through
- X/Open Company, Ltd. Adobe is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems,
- Inc.
-
-
-
-