Attachmate offers DOS customers no-charge seamless migration to Windows; "EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS maximizes host-connectivity investment with enhanced DOS technology today!".BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--Attachmate(R) Corp., the leading provider of connectivity software, today announced the shipment of EXTRA!(R) Personal Client for DOS(R) for premier multi-host connectivity that delivers host and Internet information to any Microsoft(R) MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. (R) 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. desktop, over any network, from any source either public or private. Attachmate has also made available a special introductory offer that allows customers to migrate at no charge to EXTRA! Personal Client for the Windows(R) 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (TM) operating system if they purchase EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS prior to Dec. 31, 1995. "With its special offer for EXTRA! Personal Client for Windows, Attachmate is showing its commitment to the Windows 95 and NT platforms by helping current MS-DOS users make a smooth migration to Windows," said Brad Chase Brad Chase is a fictional lawyer, portrayed by Mark Valley, on the ABC television series Boston Legal. David E. Kelley, the creator of Boston Legal, Chase went to Dartmouth College for his Undergraduate studies, according to a diploma on the set of his office. , general manager of the personal systems division at Microsoft. Despite the popularity of graphical user interfaces (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ), MS-DOS applications are still in wide use in corporate America particularly in banking, insurance, large oil companies, and government operations This article aims to describe the financial expenditure associated with the operations and processes of world governments of all levels. Size of economic footprint
"Hibernia National Bank For other uses of "Hibernia", see Hibernia (disambiguation). Hibernia National Bank, founded in 1870, was a personal banking and commercial lending institution headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. is pleased with the hands-on support of Attachmate," said Conrad Bujard, systems officer and senior analyst at Hibernia. "Attachmate's support teams were exceptionally responsive to every problem we encountered during this transition. Attachmate has really helped us during our migration efforts." "The inherent costs of upgrading both hardware and software to run Windows or OS/2 applications have forced companies to reconsider their investments in DOS-based platforms and client/host applications," said Larry Zito, executive vice president, products at Attachmate. "EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS allows organizations to migrate to other operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. at their own pace while increasing their current levels of productivity and manageability." At the heart of EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS is the collection of Attachmate's "best-of-breed" products that provide advanced functionality -- while decreasing user complexity. It is no longer necessary to use different products from different vendors just to access host information. Attachmate's award-winning support organization is an added bonus, reducing help-desk traffic. Attachmate's Best-of-Breed Solutions in EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS Leading Attachmate host connectivity, remote access and software management products are all incorporated into EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS, paving the way for a seamless migration to EXTRA! Personal Client 6.0 for Windows. Products that have been tightly integrated into EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS include: -- EXTRA! Extended for DOS -- Premier 3270 mainframe connectivity -- ZSTEM(TM) 340 for VAX/UNIX -- Text and graphics 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. Node(R) (RLN RLN Relaxin RLN Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve RLN Retropharyngeal Lymph Node RLN Remote LAN Node RLN Resource Loaded Network (R)) Client for DOS -- LAN server (1) A network operating system from IBM that runs as a server application under OS/2 and supports DOS, Windows and OS/2 clients. Originally based on LAN Manager when OS/2 was jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft, starting with LAN Server 3. access -- NetWizard(R) Agent -- Software management and administration agent -- Host Graphics -- Mainframe graphics -- EXTRA! X.25 -- WAN access EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS includes Attachmate's previously offered product, EXTRA! Extended for DOS. EXTRA! Extended for DOS has long been recognized as one of the highest performing DOS connectivity applications available, including support for nearly every direct, LAN, and remote connectivity option available. ZSTEM 340 turns the PC into a powerful workstation with the flexibility to access text and graphics-based 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 or 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). host applications and DOS-based PC applications. It accurately depicts the familiar VT 340 screen interface and includes user-configurable multiple sessions, true double-high/double-wide characters, and true 132 column support. Remote LAN Node (RLN) agent for DOS enables companies to globally increase the productivity of their remote or traveling employees by extending the reach of all host and LAN-based information and applications. RLN is a remote LAN access solution that provides support in all popular network environments and protocols with superior management, security, broad deployment tools and a unique "open" architectural approach. EXTRA! Personal for DOS also provides access to the mainframe from a laptop or remote PC equipped with a Hayes-type 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. modem via an ADLC ADLC Alberta Distance Learning Centre (Alberta, Canada0 ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression ADLC Asynchronous Data Link Control ADLC Advanced Data Link Controller (Alcatel) ADLC Amorphous Diamond-Like Carbon or XADLC connection and PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. coax adapter support. The NetWizard software distribution capability in EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS provides another means for customers to extend current investments in DOS by making upgrades and system enhancements simple, straightforward, and cost-effective. Now that each desktop has the NetWizard agent, migrating to Windows 95 and Windows NT can be done centrally from one administrator. A NetWizard agent license is included with EXTRA! Personal Client for DOS providing full software distribution capabilities. About Attachmate Attachmate is the leading supplier of enterprise software that provides people universal access to corporate information from any desktop over any network. The company's products enable the creation of corporate intranets, so users can access, manipulate and exchange information whether it resides within the enterprise or beyond the corporate walls on the Internet. Backed by a high level of customer service and support, Attachmate's product family includes information access and productivity-enhancing software ranging from remote access and host communication products to client/server, groupware, host-server, and software management and distribution applications. As the sixth largest PC software company in the world, Attachmate employs over 2,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. For more information about Attachmate's products, contact Attachmate's headquarters in Bellevue at 206/644-4010 or toll free 800/426-6283. Attachmate's World Wide Web address is http://www.attachmate.com -0- NOTES: Attachmate, EXTRA!, NetWizard, RLN and Remote LAN Node are registered trademarks and ZSTEM is a trademark of Attachmate Corp. VAX is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corp. Microsoft, Windows, MS-DOS are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Network Associates for Attachmate Holly Haggerman, 801/373-7888 |
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