SOFTWARE SUMMARY
B26 ST8/MS8 B TWENTY OPERATING SYSTEM (BTOS) 8.0 FCS: 3/87
B27 ST8/MS8
B28 ST8/MS8
B38 ST8/MS8
B20 LD8/CS8

BTOS PROTECTED MODE OPERATING SYSTEM SERVER (PMOSS) 1.0 FCS: 3/87

S/M/XB20 SP2 BTOS SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE ACCELERATOR 2.0 FCS: 3/87

B20 GP1 BTOS GENERIC PRINT ACCESS METHOD/ FCS: 3/87
GENERIC PRINT SYSTEM (GPAM/GPS) 1.0

S/MB20 IM1 INDEPENDENT MODULE BTOS (IMBTOS) 1.0 FCS: 3/87

M/XB20 ??? 'CLUSTERSHARE' PC INTEGRATION 1.0 FCS: 6/87

S/M/XB20 IS7 INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD (ISAM) 7.0 FCS: 3/87

S/M/XB20 PA6 BTOS PASCAL COMPILER 6.0 FCS: 3/87
SB27 PA6

S/M/XB25 LG2 BTOS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (B-LAN) 2.0 FCS: 3/87

S/M/XB20 DD1 BTOS OFISdesigner 1.0 FCS: 3/87

S/M/XB20 QD3 BTOS SYSTEMS DRAW (B-DRAW) 3.0 FCS: 4/87

S/M/XB25 AD1 BTOS ART/CHART DESIGNER 1.0 FCS: 4/87
 
 

HARDWARE SUMMARY
B26 EXP B26 WITH COLOR CHARACTER SUPPORT FCS: 3/87

B38 CPU INTEL 80386 PROCESSOR IN B28 PACKAGING FCS: 3/87
B38 MCP INTEL 80386 WITH 80287 MATH COPROCESSOR FCS: 3/87

B25 MC5 40 MByte HARD DISK WITH ERROR CORRECTION FCS: 3/87
B25 MC6 80 MByte HARD DISK WITH ERROR CORRECTION FCS: 3/87
B25 MX6 80 MByte HARD DISK EXPANSION FCS: 3/87

B25 DCX DATACOMM/SERIAL 4 PORT EXPANDER FCS: 3/87
B27 DCX DATACOMM/SERIAL 4 PORT EXPANDER FCS: 3/87

B25 IDS INTELLIGENT DATA COMMUNICATIONS MODULE FCS: 3/87

B25 EN3 ETHERNET LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) MODULE FCS: 3/87

B25 TEL VOICE/TELEPHONE INTERFACE MODULE FCS: 3/87

B25 PCA PC BUS RS422 'CLUSTERCARD' COMMUNICATIONS FCS: 6/87

RS422 CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS OVER TELEPHONE WIRING FCS: 3/87
B25 TH1 CLUSTER HUB SUPPORTING 12 LINES
B25 TH2 CLUSTER HUB SUPPORTING 24 LINES
B25 TA1 RS422/TELEPHONE INTERFACE LINE ADAPTER

B25 MO3 THREE BUTTON I-BUS MOUSE FCS: 3/87
 
 

WORKSTATION PRINTER SUMMARY
AP 1307 60 CPS SERIAL LETTER QUALITY FCS: 4/87

AP 9215 12 PPM NON-IMPACT FCS: 3/87

AP 9215-1 12 PPM NON-IMPACT (ENHANCED) FCS: 3Q/87
 
 

B TWENTY OPERATING SYSTEM (BTOS)
B26 ST8 B26 MS8 BTOS 8.0 FCS: 3/87
B27 ST8 B27 MS8
B28 ST8 B28 MS8
B38 ST8 B38 MS8
B20 LD8 B20 CS8

THE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR THE B25 FAMILY OF WORKSTATIONS

• MAJOR FEATURES THIS RELEASE INCLUDE:
• SUPPORT OF NEW HARDWARE:
• B38 CPU B38 MCP 80386 PROCESSOR IN B28 PACKAGE
• B26 EXP CHARACTER COLOR WITH NO GRAPHICS
• B25 DCX B27 DCX 4 PORT COMMUNICATIONS EXPANDER
• B25 MC6 B25 MX6 80 MB DISK WITH ERROR CORRECTION
• B27 MC5 40 MB DISK WITH ERROR CORRECTION
• B25 IDS INDEPENDENT DATA COMMUNICATIONS
• B25 TEL VOICE / TELEPHONE MODULE
• B25 MO3 THREE BUTTON MOUSE

 
• SUPPORT OF NEW SOFTWARE:
• SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ACCELERATOR (SPA) 2.0
• PROTECTED MODE OPERATING SYSTEM SERVER (PMOSS) 1.0
• INTELLIGENT MODULE BTOS (IMBTOS) 1.0
• INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD (ISAM) 7.0
• GENERIC PRINT ACCESS METHOD/ GENERIC PRINT SYSTEM (GPAM/GPS) 1.0
• PASCAL 6.0

 
• BTOS ENVIRONMENT ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE:
• MATH SERVER SUPPORTING MULTIPLE FLOATING POINT APPLICATIONS
• SELECTIVE / VOLUME BACKUP VERIFY INTEGRITY OF DATA
• SEPARATE UTILITY TO VERIFY ARCHIVAL FILE
• COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT DOCUMENTATION

 
• SUPPORTS PROTECTED MODE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
• NO MASTER OR STAND-ALONE, B21 OR B22, 8.0 OPERATING SYSTEMS
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KITS

PROTECTED MODE OPERATING SYSTEM SERVER (PMOSS) FCS: 3/87

• ENVIRONMENTAL SOFTWARE SUPPORTING PROTECTED MODE APPLICATIONS
• SUPPORTS APPLICATIONS RUNNING ABOVE 1 MByte RAM
• RELEASED WITH BTOS 8.0
• EXTENSION TO SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE ACCELERATOR (SPA)
• REPLACES PART OF SPA 2.0 WHEN PROTECTED MODE IS NEEDED
• PROVIDES A PROTECTED MODE RUN ENVIRONMENT

BTOS SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE ACCELERATOR (SPA)
S/M/XB20 SP2 SPA LEVEL 2.0 FCS: 3/87
 

• SUPPORTS HIGH-SPEED DISK CACHE ABOVE 1 MByte RAM
• RAM FILE CACHE CAN BE USED FOR:
• WRITE THROUGH: FOR SYSTEM FILE STRUCTURES
• READ-WRITE: FOR CONTEXT MANAGER SWAP FILE
• READ-ONLY: FOR RUN AND STATIC DISK FILES
• USABLE ON STAND-ALONE, MASTER AND CLUSTER B28 / B38 WORKSTATIONS
• FEATURES THIS RELEASE INCLUDE:
• SUPPORTS PROTECTED MODE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
• BUG FIXES

• BTOS 8.0 OR HIGHER

BTOS GENERIC PRINT ACCESS METHOD (GPAM)
GENERIC PRINT SYSTEM (GPS)

B20 GP1 GPAM/GPS LEVEL 1.0 FCS: 3/87
 

• PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTER INDEPENDENT APPLICATIONS
• GPAM PROVIDES GENERIC PROCEDURES FOR FORMATTING AN OUTPUT STREAM
• GPS PROVIDES PRINTER MANAGEMENT WITH:
• USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE
• GPS SPOOLER
• INDIVIDUALLY INSTALLED PRINTER DEVICE DRIVERS
• NETWORK ROUTING SWITCH FOR REMOTE PRINTING (B-NET)

• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 8.0 OR HIGHER

• USABLE ON STAND-ALONE, MASTER AND CLUSTER WORKSTATIONS
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

• PROVIDES AN BTOS ENVIRONMENT FOR INTELLIGENT HARDWARE MODULES
• REQUIRED FOR SUPPORT OF 'B25 IDS' DATA COMMUNICATIONS MODULE
• CONSISTS OF SEVERAL NEW SOFTWARE SERVICES INCLUDING:
• IMBTOS INTELLIGENT MODULE BTOS
• SINGLE PARTITION OPERATING SYSTEM
• BASED ON BTOS CLUSTER OPERATING SYSTEM
• EXECUTES ON INDEPENDENT MODULE

• IMSP INTELLIGENT MODULE SUPPORT PROGRAM
• BOOT-SERVER FOR IMBTOS
• INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION (IPC) SERVER FOR IMBTOS
• EXECUTES ON THE MAIN PROCESSOR MODULE

• IMRUN INTELLIGENT MODULE RUN
• ALLOWS THE EXECUTION OF A RUN FILE ON THE IDM
• EXECUTES ON INDEPENDENT MODULE
• IMBTOS HANDLES REQUESTS JUST LIKE BTOS EXCEPT SOME REQUESTS WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED INCLUDING:
• VIDEO, KEYBOARD AND CLUSTER MANAGEMENT
• SPOOLER AND PARTITION MANAGEMENT
• IMBTOS PASSES REQUESTS NOT HANDLED LOCALLY TO BTOS IN THE MAIN CPU
• IMBTOS AND INTELLIGENT MODULES WERE DESIGNED TO OFF-LOAD WORK FROM THE MAIN CPU
• SUPPORTS UP TO TWO COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS ON THE 'B25 IDS'
• APPLICATION CAN BE EXECUTED ON THE INTELLIGENT MODULE BY USING:
• 'IMRUN' BTOS EXECUTIVE COMMAND
• '$RUN' IMRUN IN A BATCH JCL FILE
• ':PROCESSOR ID:' ADDED TO THE RUN FILE SPECIFICATIONS

 
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

BTOS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (B-LAN)
S/M/XB20 LG2 B-LAN LEVEL 2.0 FCS: 3/87

• PROVIDES TRANSPORT LAYER SUPPORT FOR LOCAL AREA NETWORK MODULES:
• B27 LN3
• B25 EN3
• REQUIRES B-NET TO FORM A FUNCTIONING LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)
• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 8.0 OR HIGHER
• USABLE ON STAND-ALONE, MASTER AND CLUSTER WORKSTATIONS
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT
• USABLE ON STAND-ALONE AND MASTER WORKSTATIONS
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

• ENVIRONMENTAL SOFTWARE SUPPORTING PC INTEGRATION USING 'CLUSTERCARD' RS422 CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS
• CLUSTERSHARE INTEGRATION SOFTWARE:
• PROVIDES BTOS/B25 SERVER SUPPORT
• RUNS ON MASTER B25 WORKSTATION
• COEXISTS WITH MS-DOS AND MS-NET PC SOFTWARE
• BTOS SERVER RESOURCES THAT CAN BE SHARED INCLUDE:
• DISKS
• PRINTERS
• COMMUNICATIONS GATEWAYS (LATE 87)
• ELECTRONIC MAIL GATEWAY (LATE 87)
• PROVIDES SET OF MS-DOS UTILITIES AND COMMANDS INCLUDING:
• SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION UTILITIES
• CREATE/DELETE/MODIFY - CREATE MS-DOS VOLUME ON BTOS MASTER
• TAPE BACKUP/RESTORE - ARCHIVE PC MS-DOS VOLUME TO TAPE
• CLUSTER MANAGEMENT UTILITIES
• LOGIN/LOGOUT - PC USER INTO CLUSTER FOR ACCESS TO RESOURCES
• CONNECT/DISCONNECT - MS-DOS DRIVE TO BTOS VOLUME
• CLUSTER USERS - LISTS ACTIVE USER ON CLUSTER LINE
• VOLUME DIR - LISTS ALL MS-DOS VOLUMES ON BTOS MASTER
• PRINTER UTILITIES
• - CAN USE BTOS PRINT SPOOLER OR GENERIC PRINT SYSTEM (GPS)
• CONNECT/DISCONNECT PRINTER - MS-DOS DRIVE TO BTOS PRINTER
• PRINT DIR - LIST ALL PRINTERS CONTROLLED BY BTOS SPOOLER
• COMPATIBLE WITH B-NET FOR CLUSTER NETWORKING
• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 8.0 OR HIGHER
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

BTOS INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD (ISAM)
S/M/XB20 IS7 ISAM LEVEL 7.0 FCS: 3/87
 

• ENVIRONMENTAL SOFTWARE SUPPORTING INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD FILE MANAGEMENT
• FEATURES INCLUDE:
• RANDOM ACCESS TO DATA IDENTIFIED BY MULTIPLE KEYS
• UP TO 100 KEYS TO EACH ISAM DATA SET
• NUMEROUS CHARACTER, NUMERIC AND BINARY KEY TYPES
• SHARED OR EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO DATA SETS
• TRANSACTION LOCKING AT RECORD OR DATA SET LEVEL
• COMMANDS TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATIONS
• COMMANDS TO PROVIDE STATUS REPORTS
• MAJOR FEATURES THIS RELEASE INCLUDE:
• SUPPORTS B38 OPERATION
• PROTECTED MODE ISAM SERVER OPERATION (CODE ONLY)
• IMPROVED FORMAT FOR STORING/USING INTEGER/BINARY KEYS
• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 7.0 OR HIGHER IF B38 AND PROTECTED MODE NOT REQUIRED
• BTOS 8.0 OR HIGHER IF B38 SUPPORT REQUIRED
• BTOS 8.0 OR HIGHER IF PROTECTED MODE REQUIRED
• PMOSS 1.0 AND
• B28/B38 SYSTEM WITH MEMORY EXTENSION
• USABLE ON STAND-ALONE, MASTER AND CLUSTER WORKSTATIONS
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

BTOS PASCAL COMPILER
S/M/XB20 PA6 LEVEL 6.0 FCS: 3/87
SB27 PA6
 

• PROVIDES A DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT USING THE PASCAL LANGUAGE
• UPWARD COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROPOSED ISO STANDARD
• MAJOR FEATURES THIS RELEASE INCLUDE:
• SUPPORTS B38 OPERATIONS
• UTILIZES THE 80287 COPROCESSOR
• SUPPORTS PROTECTED MODE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
• BUG FIXES
• PROVIDES PROTECTED MODE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
• USABLE ON STAND-ALONE, MASTER AND CLUSTER WORKSTATIONS
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

BTOS SYSTEMS DRAW (B-DRAW)
S/M/XB20 QD3 B-DRAW LEVEL 3.0 FCS: 4/87
 

• GENERAL PURPOSE DRAWING PACKAGE FOR THE B25 FAMILY
• PROVIDING FREEHAND DRAWING TO SOLVE OFFICE TYPE PROBLEMS
• NEW FEATURES THIS RELEASE INCLUDE:
• FREEHAND SKETCH WITH MOUSE
• CONNECTED LINE WITH MOUSE OR ARROW KEYS
• DELETE OR RECREATE TEMPLATE ITEMS
• ABILITY TO FILL TEMPLATES
• DIRECTORY LIST OF DRAWINGS OR TEMPLATES
• '- OLD' FILE SUPPORT
• USER DEFINED MEASUREMENT (SCALE)
• AREA OPERATIONS (GROUP EDITS)
• GENERIC PRINT SERVICE (GPS) 1.0 INTERFACE
• COMPATIBLE WITH OFISdesigner 1.0
• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 8.0
• GRAPHICS MANAGER 2.0
• GPAM/GPS 1.0
• OFISdesigner 1.0
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

BTOS ART/CHART DESIGNER SYSTEM
S/M/XB25 AD1 LEVEL 1.0 FCS: 4/87
 

• GENERAL PURPOSE DRAWING PACKAGE FOR THE B25 FAMILY
• FREE STANDING PRESENTATION GRAPHICS PACKAGE
• COOPERATES WITH ENHANCED 'MULTIPLAN' TO PRODUCE COMPOUND GRAPHS
• COOPERATES WITH 'OFISdesigner' TO PRODUCE COMPOUND DOCUMENTS
• FEATURES INCLUDE:
• MOUSE AND ICON BASED HUMAN INTERFACE
• EXTENSIVE FREEHAND DRAWING TECHNIQUES
• EXTENSIVE CHART ENHANCEMENTS TECHNIQUES
• COLOR CHANGES
• HIGHLIGHTING
• SIZING
• POSITIONING
• LIBRARY OF SAMPLE FIGURES
• TEXT MANIPULATION WITH MULTIPLE FONTS AND PLACEMENT OPTIONS
• PREVIEW OF PICTURE FILE DIRECTORIES
• CUT AND PASTE OF PICTURE FILES
• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 7.07+ BTOS SYSTEMS GRAPHICS 1.02+
• BTOS 8.0 BTOS SYSTEMS GRAPHICS 2.0
• OFISdesigner 1.0
• GPAM/GPS 1.0
• ENHANCED MULTIPLAN 5.2+
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

BTOS 'OFISdesigner' DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
S/M/XB20 DD1 OFISdesigner LEVEL 1.0 FCS: 3/87
 

• VERSATILE COMPOUND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• SUPPORTS CREATING AND EDITING OF DOCUMENTS THAT CONTAIN:
• TEXT
• GRAPHICS
• SPREADSHEET DATA
• VOICE ANNOTATION
• CONTAINS WORD PROCESSING FUNCTIONALITY OF SWP
• ADDITIONAL WORD PROCESSING FEATURES INCLUDE:
• DOCUMENT SECTION NUMBERING
• EXTENDED TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES
• EXTENDED INDEX FEATURES
• CONTAINS A SIMILAR USER INTERFACE AS SWP
• UPWARD COMPATIBLE WITH WRITEone, SWP AND PWP VIA DEF INTERFACE
• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 7.7+ ALL FEATURES EXCEPT VOICE ANNOTATION
• BTOS 8.0 OR HIGHER ALL FEATURES AND VOICE ANNOTATION
• NATIONALIZATION TOOL KIT

B26 EXP\ FCS: 3/87

• B26 COLOR CHARACTER-MAPPED PROCESSOR
• COLOR CHARACTER VIDEO MANAGEMENT WITHOUT GRAPHICS MODULE
• LOWER COST COLOR IF BIT MAPPED GRAPHICS NOT REQUIRED
• REQUIRES (GRA) GRAPHIC MODULE IF BIT-MAPPED COLOR REQUIRED
• NEEDED FOR: BUSINESS GRAPHICS PACKAGE
• DRAW, ART DESIGNER
• PC EMULATOR WHEN RUNNING GRAPHICS SOFTWARE
• OTHERWISE THE SAME BASIC FEATURES AS THE B26 CPU
• INTEL 80186 (8 MHz) BASED EXPANDABLE PROCESSOR MODULE WITH:
• 512 KByte INTRINSIC RAM
• TWO RS232/V.24 SERIAL INTERFACES (AGGREGATE 19.2 Kbps)
• ONE CENTRONICS COMPATIBLE PRINTER INTERFACE
• ONE RS422 CLUSTER INTERFACE (1.8 MBits/SECOND)
• 8 KByte BOOTSTRAP ROM
• UP TO 1 MBytes RAM USING 512 KByte RAM EXPANSION MODULE
• AS A MASTER WORKSTATION, SUPPORTS 5 CLUSTER WORKSTATIONS

B38 CPU\ FCS: 3/87

• INTEL 80386 (16 MHz) BASED EXPANDABLE PROCESSOR MODULE WITH:
• 1 MByte INTRINSIC RAM, 150 ns, 256 Kbit CHIP
• TWO RS232/V.24 SERIAL INTERFACES (19.2 Kbps)
• ONE CENTRONICS COMPATIBLE PRINTER INTERFACE
• ONE RS422 CLUSTER INTERFACE (1.8 MBits/SECOND)
• 8 KByte BOOTSTRAP ROM
• 16 KByte CACHE
• UP TO 4 MByte RAM USING 1 MBytes RAM EXPANSION MODULES
• AS A MASTER WORKSTATION, SUPPORTS 11 CLUSTER WORKSTATIONS

B38 MCP\ FCS: 3/87

• INTEL 80386 (16 MHz) BASED EXPANDABLE PROCESSOR MODULE WITH:
• INTEL 80287 (10 MHz) MATH COPROCESSOR
• 1 MBytes INTRINSIC RAM, 150 ns, 256 Kbit CHIP
• TWO RS232/V.24 SERIAL INTERFACES (19.2 Kbps)
• ONE CENTRONICS-COMPATIBLE PRINTER INTERFACE
• ONE RS422 CLUSTER INTERFACE (1.8 MBits/SECOND)
• 8 KByte BOOTSTRAP ROM
• 16 KByte CACHE
• UP TO 4 MByte RAM USING 1 MByte RAM EXPANSION MODULES
• AS A MASTER WORKSTATION, SUPPORTS 11 CLUSTER WORKSTATIONS

B25 MC5 FCS: 3/87

• HARD (80 MB) DISK UPGRADE STORAGE MODULE
• STORAGE MODULE CONTAINS:
• ONE 5 1/4 INCH WINCHESTER DRIVE
• 40 MB FORMATTED (42.6 MB CAPACITY)
• 5 MBits/SECOND TRANSFER
• 30 MS AVERAGE ACCESS
• ERROR CORRECTING DISK CONTROLLER
• LOCAL POWER REGULATOR

B25 MC6 FCS: 3/87

• HARD (80 MB) DISK UPGRADE STORAGE MODULE
• STORAGE MODULE CONTAINS:
• ONE 5 1/4 INCH WINCHESTER DRIVE
• 68 MB FORMATTED (86.5 MB CAPACITY)
• 5 MBits/SECOND TRANSFER
• 30 MS AVERAGE ACCESS
• ERROR CORRECTING DISK CONTROLLER
• LOCAL POWER REGULATOR

B25 MX6 FCS: 3/87

• HARD (80 MB) DISK EXPANSION STORAGE MODULE
• STORAGE MODULE CONTAINS:
• ONE 5 1/4 INCH WINCHESTER DRIVE
• 68 MB FORMATTED (86.5 MB CAPACITY)
• 5 MBits/SECOND TRANSFER
• 30 MS AVERAGE ACCESS
• MODULE MUST BE CONNECTED TO 80 MB HARD DISK UPGRADE MODULE

B25 DCX FCS: 3/87 / B27 DCX FCS: 3/87

• FOUR PORT DATA COMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION MODULE
• EXPANSION MODULE INCLUDES:
• FOUR ADDITIONAL RS232/V.24 CONNECTIONS SUPPORTING:
• FULL DUPLEX CHANNELS
• DATA FORMAT OF 5, 6, 7 AND 8 BITS
• DATA PARITY OF ODD, EVEN AND NONE
• ENCODING IN NRZ OR NRZI FORMAT
• SECONDARY TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE CHANNELS
• INDEPENDENT TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE CLOCKS
• ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT INCLUDES:
• STOP BITS OF 1, 1.5 AND 2 BITS
• BREAK DETECTION AND GENERATION
• BYTE SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT INCLUDES:
• CRC-16 GENERATION AND CHECKING
• ONE OR TWO SYNC CHARACTERS
• BIT SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT INCLUDES:
• FLAG GENERATION AND RECOGNITION
• ZERO-BIT INSERTION AND DELETION
• CCITT-16 GENERATION AND CHECKING
• ABORT DETECTION AND GENERATION
• ONE CONNECTION CAN BE USED AS A X.21 CONNECTION
• X.21 PORT IS COMPATIBLE WITH X.27 BALANCED RECEIVERS
• AGGREGATE DATA RATE OF ALL RS232/V.24 PORTS IS 19.2 KBits/SECOND
• A MAXIMUM OF TWO MODULES MAY BE ATTACHED TO A CENTRAL PROCESSOR

B25 IDS FCS: 3/87

• INTELLIGENT DATA COMMUNICATIONS (IDS) MODULE
• IDS MODULE CONTAINS A INTEL 80186 MICROPROCESSOR WITH 512 KB RAM
• REDUCES THE OVERHEAD BURDEN ON THE CENTRAL PROCESSOR
• IMPROVES DATA COMMUNICATIONS PERFORMANCE
• PROVIDES TWO DATA COMMUNICATIONS PORTS (A/B)
• INTEL 82530 DUAL CHANNEL SERIAL CONTROLLER
• RS232/V.24 ASYNCHRONOUS, BYTE AND BIT SYNCHRONOUS
• ENCODING IN TDI, NRZ OR NRZI
• TDI TO RS232/V.24 CONVERSION
• DATA FORMAT OF 5, 6, 7 AND 8 BITS
• STOP BITS OF 1, 1.5 AND 2 BITS
• AGGREGATE 64 KBits/SECOND
• PORT A PROVIDES:
• RS232/V.24 UPSTREAM CONNECTOR
• RS232/V.24 DOWNSTREAM CONNECTOR
• TDI (25 PIN) CONNECTOR
• PORT B PROVIDES:
• RS232/V.24/TDI CONNECTOR
• X.21 CONNECTOR
• THE IDS MODULE USES A MINI-VERSION OF BTOS CALLED IMBTOS
• IDS SUPPORTS TWO CONCURRENT STANDARD B20 PROTOCOLS

B25 EN3 FCS: 3/87

• INTELLIGENT ETHERNET LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) MODULE
• CONFORMS COMPLETELY TO THE IEEE 802.3 STANDARD
• LAN MODULE CONTAINS A INTEL 80186 MICROPROCESSOR WITH 512 KB RAM
• REDUCES THE OVERHEAD BURDEN ON THE B25 CENTRAL PROCESSOR
• LAN CHARACTERISTICS:
• SUPPORTS RAW DATA RATE OF 10 MBits/SECOND
• USES CSMA/CD NETWORK ACCESS PROTOCOL
• USES IEEE 802.3 NETWORK DATA PROTOCOL
• PHYSICAL TRANSPORT MEDIA IS ETHERNET CABLE
• A HIGH SPEED INTER-CLUSTER TRANSPORT SERVICE
• MODULE INSTALLED AT EACH LAN NETWORK WORKSTATION
• EACH WORKSTATION ON THE LAN IS ASSIGNED A NODE NAME
• SOFTWARE DEPENDENCIES:
• BTOS 8.0
• B-LAN (B20 LG2)
• B-NET (B20 BN2)
• NOT CABLE COMPATIBLE WITH TRIAX CABLE USED WITH B27 LN3 MODULE

B25 TEL FCS: 3/87

• VOICE / TELEPHONE INTERFACE MODULE
• MODULE CONTROLLED BY A INTEL 8051 MICROPROCESSOR
• B26/B28/B38 X-BUS HIGH-PERFORMANCE DMA MODULE
• TWO ANALOG TELEPHONE LINE INTERFACES
• ONE VOICE UNIT INTERFACE (TELEPHONE SET)
• MODULE SUPPORTS:
• DIGITAL ENCODING/DECODING (CODEC) OF VOICE DATA
• TWO VOICE DATA SAMPLING RATES (24 AND 32 K BPS)
• PAUSE DATA COMPRESSION (32 % REDUCTION IN STORAGE)
• AUTO-ANSWER OF TELEPHONE CIRCUIT
• AUTO-DIAL USING DUAL TONE MULTIPLE FREQUENCY TONES
• TONE DECODER FOR TOUCH-PAD INPUT
• SUPPORTED BY B-MAIL AND OFISdesigner SOFTWARE SYSTEM

B25 PCA FCS: 6/87

• IBM PC INTEGRATION WITH B25 FAMILY USING RS422 NETWORK
• PC BUS CARD PROVIDING BTOS RS422 CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS:
• OPERATES IN 8 OR 16 BIT (PC OR AT) BUS CONFIGURATIONS
• PROVIDES RS422 CLUSTER CONNECTION IN 307 Kbps OR 1.8 Mbps
• ONBOARD PROCESSOR AND 16 KBytes ROM
• NETBIOS AND CLUSTERNET SOFTWARE
• CLUSTERSHARE B25 INTEGRATION SOFTWARE:
• PROVIDES BTOS/B25 SERVER SUPPORT
• RUNS ON MASTER B25 WORKSTATION
• COEXISTS WITH MS-DOS AND MS-NET PC SOFTWARE
• BTOS SERVER RESOURCES THAT CAN BE SHARED INCLUDE:
• DISKS
• PRINTERS
• COMMUNICATIONS GATEWAYS
• ELECTRONIC MAIL GATEWAY
• COMPATIBLE WITH MS-DOS 3.1, REDIRECTOR AND NETBIOS
• SUPPORTS RECORD AND FILE LOCKING FOR MULTI-USER ENVIRONMENT
• AUTO-BOOT FEATURE SUPPORTS DISK-LESS PC WORKSTATION
• INTER-NETWORKING CAPABILITIES CAN BE ADDED WITH B-NET

RS422 CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS OVER TELEPHONE WIRING
B25 TH1 FCS: 3/87
B25 TH2 FCS: 3/87
B25 TA1 FCS: 3/87
 

• INTEGRATES VOICE AND DATA ON THE SAME TWISTED PAIR WIRES
• SUPPORTS 307 Kbps OR 1.8 Mbps CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS
• LINE SEGMENT LENGTHS OF UP TO 1200 FEET
• NEW PRODUCTS:
• B25 TH1 TELECLUSTER HUB SUPPORTING 12 LINES
• B25 TH2 TELECLUSTER HUB SUPPORTING 24 LINES
• - LOCATED IN TELEPHONE CLOSET, FORMS STAR NETWORK
• B25 TA1 TELECLUSTER LINE ADAPTER
• - INTERFACE BETWEEN RS422/TELEPHONE AND TWISTED PAIR
• LINE ADAPTER PROVIDES BOTH RS422 AND TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS
• HUB SEPARATES VOICE AND RS422 COMMUNICATIONS
• COEXISTS WITH CURRENT RS422 CABLE CONFIGURATIONS
• NO HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGES REQUIRED TO WORKSTATION

B25 MO3 FCS: 3/87

• THREE BUTTON MOUSE POINTING DEVICE
• ATTACHES TO KEYBOARD I-BUS
• SYSTEM WIDE SUPPORT BY:
• MOUSE SERVER AND
• MOUSE DEVELOPMENT LIBRARY
• APPLICATION SUPPORT BY:
• SYSTEM DRAW (3.0)
• BTOS WINDOWS
• 'INFOVIEW II'
• 'MICROVIEW'

AP 1307\ FCS: 4/87

• LETTER QUALITY DAISY WHEEL PRINTER
• ASCII 98 CHARACTER PRINT WHEEL
• PRINT SPEED OF UP TO 60 CPS DEPENDING ON TESTING METHOD
• PRINT ATTRIBUTES INCLUDE:
• BOLD OVERPRINT HALF UNIT BACKSPACE SHADOW PRINT
• LIMITED GRAPHICS OFFSET SELECTION HALF LINE FEED
• AUTO UNDERSCORE
• CHARACTER SPACING OF 10, 12 AND 15 CPI AND PROPORTIONAL
• LINE LENGTH OF 197 CHARACTERS AT 15 CPI
• LINE SPACING OF 6 OR 8 LINES/INCH
• BIDIRECTIONAL FORMS HANDLING AND PRINTING
• ADJUSTABLE FORMS LENGTH SETTING
• ACOUSTIC NOISE LEVEL OF NOT MORE THEN 55 DBA
• MULTI-STRIKE FILM OR FABRIC CARTRIDGE
• RS232 SERIAL INTERFACE ( 9600 BPS )
• MULTI-PART FORMS OF ORIGINAL AND FIVE COPIES
• OPTIONAL TRACTOR FEED OR TRIPLE BIN SHEET FEEDER
• FOLLOW ON REDUCED COST PRINTER TO THE AP 1305

AP 9215\ FCS: 3/87

• MEDIUM SPEED, DESKTOP, NON-IMPACT PRINTER
• PRINT SPEED OF 15 PPM
• PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PRINTING
• PRINTS ON CUT-SHEET PAPER, GUMMED LABEL STOCK AND TRANSPARENCIES
• DUAL 250 SHEET PROGRAMMABLE INPUT BINS
• LEGAL, LETTER AND A-4 SIZE PAPER
• PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT JOB STACKER
• EIGHT RESIDENT FONTS
• OPTIONAL FONT, SIGNATURE AND LOGO CARTRIDGES
• ACOUSTIC NOISE OF NO MORE THEN 55 DBA
• TEXT PRINT RESOLUTION OF 300 BY 300 DPI
• APA GRAPHICS RESOLUTION OF 150 BY 150 DPI
• 512 KBytes OF PAGE MEMORY
• TONER CARTRIDGE CAPACITY OF 3,000 PAGES AT 5% COVERAGE
• PHOTO-CONDUCTOR PAGE LIFE UP TO 20,000 PRINTS
• DESIGN USAGE LEVEL UP TO 25,000 PAGES PER MONTH
• DESIGN MACHINE LIFE OF 1,500,000 PAGES
• RS232 AND CENTRONICS INTERFACES
• DIABLO 630 EMULATION

AP 9215-1\ FCS: 3Q/87

• MEDIUM SPEED, DESKTOP, NON-IMPACT PRINTER
• PRINT SPEED OF 15 PPM
• PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE PRINTING
• PRINTS ON CUT-SHEET PAPER, GUMMED LABEL STOCK AND TRANSPARENCIES
• DUAL 500 SHEET PROGRAMMABLE INPUT BINS
• LEGAL, LETTER AND A-4 SIZE PAPER
• PROGRAMMABLE OUTPUT JOB STACKER
• EIGHT RESIDENT FONTS
• OPTIONAL FONT, SIGNATURE AND LOGO CARTRIDGES
• ACOUSTIC NOISE OF NO MORE THEN 55 DBA
• TEXT PRINT RESOLUTION OF 300 BY 300 DPI
• VECTOR AND APA GRAPHICS RESOLUTION OF 300 BY 300 DPI
• 1.5 MBytes OF PAGE MEMORY
• TONER CARTRIDGE CAPACITY OF 3,000 PAGES AT 5% COVERAGE
• PHOTO-CONDUCTOR PAGE LIFE UP TO 20,000 PRINTS
• DESIGN USAGE LEVEL UP TO 25,000 PAGES PER MONTH
• DESIGN MACHINE LIFE OF 1,500,000 PAGES
• RS232 AND CENTRONICS INTERFACES
• DIABLO 630, EPSON FX80, HP LASERJET AND IBM PROPRINTER EMULATION
• FOLLOW ON PRINTER TO AP 9215

NEW INTEL 80386 BASED WORKSTATION

• INTEL 80386 (16 MHz) 32 BIT VLSI MICROPROCESSOR MODULE
• OPTIONAL INTEL 80387 (10 MHz) MATH COPROCESSOR
• INTRINSIC 4 MBytes RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM)
• UP TO 16 MByte RAM USING 4 MBytes RAM EXPANSION MODULES
• X-BUS PLUS MODULE INTERFACE
• 32 BIT DATA PATH
• 2 X 32 BIT DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS (DMA) CHANNELS
• 2 X 16 BIT DMA CHANNELS
• 3 X 8 BIT DMA CHANNELS
• INCREASED INTERRUPT LINES
• INTRINSIC 1024 X 768 BIT-MAPPED GRAPHICS CONTROLLER
• STANDARD COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERFACE (SCSI) BUS INTERFACE
• INTRINSIC CLOCK/CALENDAR WITH BATTERY BACKUP
• OPTIONAL INTRINSIC DISK
• IBM PC AT COMPATIBLE FLOPPY
• 80 / 160 MBytes SCSI HARD DISK
• TWO PC-AT BUS CARD SLOTS
• BIDIRECTIONAL PARALLEL CHANNEL

NEW INTEL 80186 BASED CLUSTER WORKSTATION

• INTEL 80186 (16 MHz) 16 BIT VLSI MICROPROCESSOR MODULE
• CLUSTER WORKSTATION ONLY
• PACKAGED IN T27 ENCLOSURE
• INTRINSIC 512 KByte RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM)
• RAM EXPANDABLE TO 1 MBytes USING 512 KByte MODULE
• TWO RS232 SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS
• CENTRONICS COMPATIBLE PRINTER CHANNEL
• RS422 CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL
• USES RELEASED B27 MONOCHROME CHARACTER VIDEO AND B25 KEYBOARD
• LOWER COST THE PRIMARY GOAL

BTOS/PC HYBRID

• PC BUS CARD SUPPORTING BTOS OPERATING SYSTEM
• USABLE WITH UNISYS PC/IT OR PC/microIT
• 1 TO 4 MByte MEMORY
• SUPPORTS CONCURRENT BTOS AND MS-DOS APPLICATIONS
• CLUSTER WORKSTATION ONLY
• USES BTOS/PC CLUSTER COMMUNICATIONS CARD FOR CLUSTERING TO B25

VIRTUAL MACHINE B TWENTY OPERATING SYSTEM (BTOS II)

• PROVIDES PROTECTED MODE VIRTUAL MEMORY SUPPORT FOR B28 AND B38
• INCLUDES VIRTUAL 8086 SUPPORT TO RUN REAL MODE PROGRAMS WITHOUT CHANGE
• COMMON SOURCE FOR WORKSTATIONS AND SRP (XE500) SYSTEMS
• DISTRIBUTED NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM
• MESSAGE-BASED TASK MANAGEMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE NETWORKING
• MULTI-TASKING FOR CONCURRENT PROGRAM EXECUTION
• REAL-TIME PROCESSING FOR IMMEDIATE PERFORMANCE
• ENHANCED MULTI-USER CLUSTER NETWORK
• ADVANCED VIDEO MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING
• BIT-MAPPED TEXT
• MULTIPLE APPLICATION WINDOWS
• OPTIONAL HIERARCHICAL FILE SYSTEM
• DIRECT SUPPORT OF MS-DOS APPLICATIONS
• SUPPORT OF NEW HARDWARE
• BIT-MAPPED (WYSIWYG) TEXT AND GRAPHICS
• UPWARDS COMPATIBLE WITH OLDER BTOS APPLICATIONS
• IMPROVED NATIONALIZATION FACILITIES AND PROCEDURES

BURROUGHS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (BNA)

• SUPPORT OF ALL NETWORK SERVICES
• STATION LEVEL SUPPORT FOR:
• - BURROUGHS DATA LINK CONTROL (BDLC) SUPPORTING:
• SWITCHED CIRCUITS
• LEASED CIRCUITS TO 64 Kbps
• - X.25 TRANSPORT SERVICES
• - BURROUGHS POLL/SELECT TERMINAL GATEWAY
• SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING HOST SERVICES
• FILE SERVICES
• OPERATOR DISPLAY TRANSFER
• STATUS CHANGE
• COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL TRANSFER
• INTER-PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS
• REMOTE FILE ACCESS - PRINTER ONLY
• DIRECT ACCESS VIA B-NET

BTOS DISTRIBUTED MAIL (B MAIL) MANAGER

• CURRENT B-MAIL FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES PLUS:
• VOICE ONLY MESSAGES
• MESSAGE CREATION VIA WORD PROCESSOR
• DIRECT ACCESS TO OMSII
• DIRECT ACCESS TO SPERRYLINK
• DIRECT ACCESS TO DISOSS
• IMPROVED DIRECTORY INFORMATION
• IMPROVED LIST EDITING

BTOS PROPRIETARY NETWORKING (B NET) SYSTEM

• CURRENT B-NET FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES PLUS:
• DIRECT SUPPORT OF BURROUGHS BNA NETWORKS
• DIRECT SUPPORT OF SPERRY DCA NETWORKS
• DIRECT SUPPORT OF IBM SNA NETWORKS