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                             Editor's Notes

     Happy New Year!

     The topic of this month's newsletter is 'dbcterm', a new software product
from Subject, Wills & Company.  It is available now.

     The PL/B Standard has been forwarded to ANSI.  It is expected that they
will approve it within 60 days.

                                                          don.wills@swc.com


                                  dbcterm

     Subject, Wills & Company is introducing a new software product called
dbcterm.  This program is a telnet client program for use on Novell NetWare
based MS-DOS workstations.  The dbcterm program is similar to other telnet
programs, but it includes additional features that provide more functionality
when used with DB/C.

     The DB/C programming language provides two features that are not supported
by other telnet programs.  These two features are subwindowing and support for
16 colors (8 regular colors and 8 bold colors).  The dbcterm program provides
complete support for these features.

     Many UNIX systems are being configured today with MS-DOS workstations.
These workstations are connected with the UNIX host via Ethernet, but act
like dumb terminals.  The telnet protocol (on top of TCP/IP) is the protocol
used between the UNIX host and the workstation.  Performance is usually
excellent because the connection runs at Ethernet speed.  There are several
telnet programs available for this environment (some of them are even free).
Unfortunately, they all work by emulating real dumb terminals like the VT320
and others.  Existing telnet emulators for color terminals typically support
only 8 colors and don't support the concept of subwindow scrolling or erasing
at all.  To get around the lack of subwindow support in a dumb terminal, DB/C
will display characters in each position of the subwindow to erase or scroll
the subwindow.  This will cause flicker and is less than optimal.  There is
no work around for the lack of 16 color support.  With dbcterm, DB/C is able
to provide 16 color support and subwindow manipulation without flicker.

     The dbcterm program works only with the Novell NetWare LAN WorkPlace
for DOS TCP/IP stack.  The telnet server can be any telnet server.  All UNIX
systems include the telnet server as a normal part of the operating system.

     The price for dbcterm is $149 for the first workstation license and
$30 for each additional workstation.  A company-wide license is available
for $1500.


                            DB/C Class Schedule

     The next DB/C class is scheduled for January 23-26, 1995.  The class
is held in the Oak Brook, Illinois office of Subject, Wills and Company.
For more information, contact Judi Tamkevic via email at dbc@swc.com or via
telephone at (708) 572-0240.