Attachmate Ships New 100% 32-Bit, Object-Oriented EXTRA! for OS 2 -- The industry's first, and only, completely OS 2-centered connectivity product.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1995--Attachmate Corp., a leading supplier of enterprise-wide connectivity solutions, announced today the availability of EXTRA! for OS/2 version 2.0. EXTRA! for OS/2 is the "killer" native OS/2 application users have been waiting for because, unlike other OS/2 connectivity offerings, EXTRA! has been completely redesigned to adhere to IBM's strategic Microkernel-based architecture. This new version of PC-to-host connectivity software is 100% 32-bit, 100% object-oriented, and multithreaded which provides users with a fast, flexible, and reliable OS/2 solution. No 16-bit code. No Mirrors. EXTRA! is 100% OS/2 -- from the ground up. EXTRA! for OS/2 is architected for compatibility with OS/2 Warp, including OS/2 v2.x and the next generation OS/2 operating system based on IBM's Microkernel-based architecture. Localized French and German versions are available in April. "The announcement of EXTRA! for OS/2 illustrates the support that OS/2 is now enjoying from major software developers," said James J. Gant, vice president Solution Developer Operations, 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) Corp. "Attachmate Corp.'s investment in developing a completely 32-bit, object-oriented EXTRA! from the ground up that takes advantage of OS/2's multithreading Multitasking within a single program. It allows multiple streams of execution to take place concurrently within the same program, each stream processing a different transaction or message. and multitasking capabilities is a strong testament to their belief in the future of OS/2 on both the Intel and PowerPC platforms and broadens the software choices enterprise customers now have with OS/2." EXTRA! for OS/2 features fully integrated APPN (Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking) Extensions to IBM's SNA communications that provide the necessary flexibility to enable direct communication between users anywhere on the network. and 3270 engines, allowing users to run multiple concurrent APPC/CPI-C APPC/CPI-C Advanced Program-to-Program Communication/Common Programming Interface for Communications , LUA LUA Landesumweltamt LUA Limited User Account LUA Least-privileged User Account (Microsoft) LUA Logical Unit Application (Microsoft) LUA Launch Under Attack LUA Lukla, Nepal - Lukla , SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control) The primary data link protocol used in IBM's SNA networks. It is a bit-oriented synchronous protocol that is a subset of the HDLC protocol. See SNA, DLC and Microsoft DLC. 1. , DFT DFT - discrete Fourier transform , DLC (1) (Data Link Control) See data link and OSI. (2) (Data Link Control) The data link layer protocol (layer 2) that is used in IBM's SNA networking. See SNA, data link protocol and Microsoft DLC. (802.2), IPX/SPX See IPX. to Novell NetWare for SAA and Attachmate gateways, and NetBIOS to Attachmate gateway sessions. This new generation of connectivity software goes beyond PC-to-host connectivity, however, by providing true client/server capabilities with industry standard APPN support. EXTRA! for OS/2 supports 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. and CPI-C (Common Programming Interface for Communications) A general-purpose communications interface under IBM's SAA. Using APPC verbs as its foundation, it provides a common programming interface across IBM platforms. See APPC. 2.0 through a full End Node implementation, thereby simplifying setup and configuration in complex network environments. Attachmate's APPC/CPI-C is architected for binary compatibility with IBM's Communications Manager/2 (CM/2) allowing EXTRA! to run, without modification, standard CM/2 APPN applications. In addition, EXTRA! for OS/2 has intuitive, easy-to-use configuration and administration utilities which simplify and streamline workstation set-up in an APPN environment. EXTRA! supports up to four concurrent PUs in DLC and four coax cards in DFT for convenient multiple host connections. EXTRA! for OS/2's user interface is fully integrated with the Workplace Shell, giving the user the first and only completely OS/2-centered connectivity product on the market. EXTRA! supports a wide range of productivity features including integrated batch file transfer The consecutive transmission of two or more files. , macros, SmartPads, Hotspots, drag-and-drop keyboard and color remappers, and much more. Integration with the Workplace Shell is apparent in all features of the product, whether through the extensive use of drag-and-drop, notebooks, or pop-up menus. Finally, host connectivity users will see a program that throughout looks like, feels like, and indeed is, a native OS/2 application. EXTRA! for OS/2 has extensive built-in support for system administrators and developers. It is "CID-enabled" (configuration, installation, and distribution) and supports 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. , SAAHLAPI, and Attachmate's Enterprise Access Library, an API extension that simplifies concurrent multiple host connectivity. The user can use 16- or 32-bit C, C++, or REXX (REstructured EXtended eXecutor) An IBM mainframe structured programming language that runs under VM/CMS and MVS/TSO. It can be used as a general-purpose macro language that sends commands to application programs and to the operating systems. to develop the API programs, or any one of several visual REXX programs on the market to create a visual front end including Hockware's VisPro REXX, Watcom's VX(REXX, IBM's VisualAge and Gpf Systems' GpfREXX. Other vendors' OS/2 connectivity offerings continue to be mostly 16-bit assembly language, oftentimes ported from a Windows application with a tool such as Mirrors. Attachmate, however, with the release of EXTRA! for OS/2 has shown its genuine commitment to OS/2 and the IBM Microkernel-based architecture. EXTRA! for OS/2 version 2.0 truly is the most advanced native OS/2 host connectivity product on the market today. -0- Attachmate, with headquarters in Bellevue, 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 allow users to connect to virtually any host, across any network, from any desktop, regardless of operating system. Attachmate also manufacturers information access and productivity-enhancing software ranging from remote access and host communication products to client/server, groupware, host-server, and software distribution applications. 206/644-4010 or 800/426-6283. Editor's Notes: ------------------------- Attachmate and EXTRA! are registered trademarks of Attachmate Corp. IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks and APPN is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp. Novell, NetWare, SAA and IPX are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The Attachmate/Digital Communications Associates merger was effective on Dec. 31, 1994. CONTACT: Attachmate Corp., Bellevue, Wash. Dennis L. Sullivan, 206/649-6551 |
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