Macintosh Application Environment 2.0 now available for Solaris/SPARC users; Newest version of emulation technology offers Macintosh environment to Solaris 2.x customers.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1995-- Furthering its commitment to provide Solaris users with their choice of applications, SunSoft Inc., in conjunction with Apple Computer Inc., today announced the availability of Macintosh Application Environment The Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) was a software package introduced by Apple Computer in 1994 which allowed users of certain Unix-based computer workstations to run Apple Macintosh application software. (MAE (1) (Metropolitan Area Exchange) Originally known as Metropolitan Area Ethernets, MAEs are junction points on the Internet where data is exchanged between carriers. See IXP and NAP. ) 2.0. MAE 2.0 is emulation software that allows users to run Macintosh applications with significant interoperability between UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Mac OS environments on SPARC-based platforms. A product of Apple Computer Inc., MAE 2.0 offers significant performance and networking enhancements, including support for AppleTalk, MacTCP, and improved support for NFS (Network File System) The file sharing protocol in a Unix network. This de facto Unix standard, which is widely known as a "distributed file system," was developed by Sun. See file sharing protocol and WebNFS. NFS - Network File System . MAE 2.0, which emulates a Macintosh on a SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill workstation running Solaris 2.3 or 2.4, provides customers with the full Macintosh environment in an X window, including Finder functionality. In addition, MAE 2.0 supports AppleTalk, allowing for easy MAE-to-Macintosh networking, and MacTCP, which allows access to Internet and TCP/IP-based applications. MAE 2.0 allows Solaris/SPARC customers to run most Macintosh applications in the Solaris environment. Together, Solaris and MAE 2.0 provide seamless integration between UNIX and Macintosh environments, with benefits such as access to network devices and printers, cut and paste To move an object from one location to another. When the operation is complete, there is nothing left in the original location. It may refer to relocating files from one folder to another or to relocating selected text or images from one document to another. of text and graphics between Solaris and Macintosh applications, and the ability to drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. files to new directories or folders. "MAE 2.0 is one more successful step forward in SunSoft's mission to provide users with a universal desktop," said Dave Power, vice president and general manager of SunSoft's PC Desktop Integration Products. "Just as Wabi, our breakthrough translation software technology, enables the most popular Windows applications to run at high performance levels on UNIX-based workstations and servers, MAE 2.0 permits our Solaris 2.x customers to access Macintosh applications." Distribution, Availability and Pricing Information MAE 2.0 will be available from Apple's extensive worldwide network of authorized resellers and distributors. To order MAE 2.0, users within the United States can contact Apple at 800/769-2775, extension 7675 (code: Sun1). For further information on MAE, users can access the MAE web site at http://www.mae.apple.com or Apple's ftp site at ftp.support.apple.com (/pub/mae directory). For further information about SunSoft's family of PC Desktop Integration products, users can visit the PCDI PCDI Professional Career Development Institute PCDI Prowers County Development, Inc. (Lamar, CO) PCDI Per Capita Disposable Income PCDI Patient-Centered Data Input web site at http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/Products/PC-Integration products/. SunSoft Inc. SunSoft Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems Inc., with offices worldwide. SunSoft's charter is to design, market, sell and support the industry's highest-quality software environment for enabling businesses to gain a competitive advantage through information systems. SunSoft delivers a suite of solutions that easily and cost-effectively connect, integrate and manage large enterprise environments. Products are licensed by SunSoft and distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers worldwide. -0- Note to Editors: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun, the Sun logo, SunSoft, Wabi and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. All SPARC trademarks, including the SCD ScD [L.] Scien´tiae Doc´tor (Doctor of Science). SCD 1 Sickle cell disease, see there 2 Subacute combined degeneration, see there 3 Sudden cardiac death, see there Compliant logo, are trademarks or legal trademarks of SPARC International Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc. 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