Attachmate's CrossTalk Wins Top Honors in Magazine Awards.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1995--Attachmate Corp.'s CrossTalk (1) Electromagnetic interference that comes from an adjacent wire. "Alien" crosstalk is interference that comes from a wire in an adjacent cable, for example, when two or more twisted wire pair cables are bundled together. for Windows recently received top honors as communications product of choice for two leading technology publications. These honors validate the selection of CrossTalk as the preferred communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems by more than one hundred thousand customers. CrossTalk for Windows 2.2 won Home Office Computing's Editors' Pick as the best communications software available on the market. (January 1995). CrossTalk for Windows with CrossFax as named one of Windows Magazine's Top 100 Software Products (February 1995). "We are particularly proud of CrossTalk," said Eric Alexandre, vice president of open systems products for Attachmate, which acquired the CrossTalk product line late last year in its merger with Digital Communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. Associates Inc. "This award winning product has the momentum to continue its leadership as the premier communications software solution. Recognition like these awards emphasize Attachmate's commitment to provide the best possible communications products." CrossTalk for Windows 2.2 communications software provides preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. scripts for easy access and navigation of many on-line services, including the Internet. The full-featured communications package supports numerous connections, asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. terminal emulation Using software in a desktop machine to make it perform like a hardware terminal. The emulated terminal is typically in the VT100-500 family, designed originally by Digital Equipment. and file-transfer protocols. The fully-functional CrossFax software, which is bundled with CrossTalk, includes state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. capabilities which enables users to translated faxed documents into editable text that can be used with any word processor. In addition CrossFax is the only fax software on the market that provides 256-level gray scale send and receive capabilities, giving the end-user the best quality fax possible. The editors of Home Office Computing selected the product for its overall usability, reliability and value in providing the best communication software available for PC's. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the editorial judging committee of Home Office Computing, CrossTalk outperformed all other communications software tested. "CrossTalk is an excellent choice for anyone in the market for an all inclusive modem communications software package," says Home Office Computing Editor-in-Chief Bernadette Grey. "CrossTalk excelled beyond the expectations of other communications software packages, thus deserving of the recognition it gained as the single best communications software available." In its Best 100 Products citation, Windows Magazine stated that CrossFax "packs every function you'll need to send, receive and manage fax documents." CrossTalk's most notable feature is its configurable QuickPads which let users create customized toolbars that allow them to quickly execute selected CrossTalk and on-line host commands. Continuing Attachmate's strategic commitment to provide the widest array of communications protocols available, CrossTalk now supports Zmodem, Ymodem, YmodemVG, Ymodem hatch, Xmodem, Xmodem1K, Kermit, DART and CompuServe. CrossTalk for Windows 2.2 with CrossFax is available now through Attachmate's standard distribution network for a suggested retail price of $195. Pricing outside North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. depends on the local market. About Attachmate Attachmate, headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., is the worldwide leading market provider of enterprise connectivity software products that enable businesses to access, manipulate and exchange information and applications residing on host computers. The company's leading product lines enable users to connect to virtually any host, across any network, from any desktop, regardless of operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Attachmate also manufactures information access and productivity-enhancing software, including remote access and host communication products, client/server development tools, groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. , host-server, and software distribution applications. 206/644-4010 or 800/426-6283. -0- NOTES: -- Attachmate is a registered trademark of Attachmate Corp. -- CrossTalk is a registered trademark and CrossFax and QuickPad are trademarks of Digital Communications Associates Inc., a subsidiary of Attachmate Corp. -- CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServ Inc. -- Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Attachmate Corporation Dennis Sullivan Dennis Parnel Sullivan (born 1941, Port Huron, Michigan) is an American mathematician. He is known for work in topology, both algebraic and geometric, and on dynamical systems. , 206/649-6551 or Copithorne & Bellows David Morrison, 404/392-8611 |
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