Attachmate's EXTRA! Personal Client 6.2 Now Shipping.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 1996-- Attachmate(R) Corp. today announced the availability of EXTRA!(R) Personal Client version 6.2, its award-winning 32-bit universal information access software. Since its introduction in June 1995, EXTRA! Personal Client has shipped over 600,000 units to Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. Current EXTRA! Personal Client customers include America Hotel & Register, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , Montgomery Securities, and State of Maryland. EXTRA! Personal Client has also been recognized by the industry winning such prestigious awards as LANTimes' Readers' Choice Award, PCWeek Labs' Analysts' Choice, ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology). ENT abbr. ear, nose, and throat ENT ear, nose and throat. ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology Magazine's Readers' Choice Award, and Visual Basic Programmer Journal's Readers' Choice. Key new product features of EXTRA! Personal Client 6.2 include: Full Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) 4.0 compatibility Faster session load time and response time Optimized HLLAPI (High Level Language Application Program Interface) An IBM programming interface that allows a PC application to communicate with a mainframe application. The hardware hookup is handled via normal micro to mainframe 3270 emulation. architecture which dramatically improves speed and stability while strictly conforming to industry standards AS/400(R) Multi Protocol Transport Network (MPTN MPTN Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation (Connecticut, USA) MPTN Multiprotocol Transport Network MPTN Multi Protocol Transport Network ) support which facilitates full SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. support over TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. and allows users to take advantage of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (R) AnyNet(R) Attachmate's 32-bit high performance AS/400 APPC (Advanced Program-to-Program Communications) A high-level protocol from IBM that allows one program to interact with another across the network. It supports client/server and distributed computing by providing a common programming interface on all IBM platforms. Router 32-bit 3270 Host Graphics supporting vector graphics and Program Symbol Sets VT 340 host graphics, ReGIS, Sixel, and Tektronix 4010/4014 graphics, 4105 line styles/colors EXTRA! Personal Client provides access to mission-critical information regardless of where that information resides or the location of the end-user. EXTRA! Personal Client provides universal access which is network and protocol independent, includes multi-host connectivity (mainframe, AS/400, VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models (R), and UNIX-R), SNA-to-TCP/IP capabilities, Internet access, remote LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. access, network software distribution and asset management tools, and a collaborative workgroup client. In addition, EXTRA! Personal Client 6.2 features Attachmate's productivity-enhancing host-aware technology which includes intelligent navigation, bookmarks, adaptive user interfaces, and OLE 2.0 desktop application integration. EXTRA! Personal Client 6.2 also includes the 16-bit product on the same CD as the 32-bit product, thereby establishing a seamless migration path to Windows NT and Windows(R) 95. Pricing and Availability ------------------------ EXTRA! Personal Client 6.2 is now available with a U.S. suggested retail price of $425 from Attachmate resellers, retailers and VARs, as well as through the Attachmate sales organization. Localized versions will be available early 1997. Attachmate Corporation ---------------------- Attachmate is a leading supplier of universal information access software and services to major corporations, large organizations and government agencies worldwide. The company's object-oriented client/server software, authoring tools, management software, and hardware safely extend enterprise systems and applications by linking host systems, Internet systems, and workgroups. These solutions allow desktop and mobile users to transparently access, manage, and share any business information inside and outside the organization. Attachmate leverages its many years of corporate expertise in enterprise and Internet technologies by providing comprehensive and knowledgeable customer consulting and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services in more than 30 countries around the world. For more information about Attachmate's products, contact Attachmate's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington at 206/644-4010, 206/649-6035 (fax) or toll free at 800/426-6283. Additional information and product specifications are available on Attachmate's World Wide Web address at http://www.attachmate.com. -0- Attachmate and EXTRA! are registered trademarks of Attachmate Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. VAX is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. IBM, AS/400 and AnyNet are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. 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). is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Attachmate Corp. Tiffany Allesina, 206/649-6069 tiffanya@attachmate.com or Network Associates Holly Hagerman, 801/373-7888 hollyh@netassoc.com or SALES AND PRODUCT INFORMATION 800/426-6283 Voice 206/649-6035 Fax WEB SITE: www.attachmate.com |
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