Felsina Software ships A-Talk for Windows NT for the PowerPC Reference Platform and joins WUGNET on CompuServe.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1995--Felsina Software Monday announced the availability of its flagship A-Talk for 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. telecommunication program for the PowerPC Reference Platform PowerPC Reference Platform - PowerPC Platform . ``We ported A-Talk for Windows NT to the PowerPC Reference Platform to take advantage of the PowerPC's superb processing power,'' said Piera Fumagalli, president of Felsina Software. ``We have been working closely with IBM's Windows NT PowerPC Porting Center in Kirkland, Wash., since August of 1994,'' said Marco Papa, vice president of Felsina Software. ``With the outstanding support and resources of the Porting Center we were able to port our software to the PowerPC Reference Platform in record time.'' ``I am pleased to welcome Felsina Software's A-Talk for Windows NT to the ever expanding set of applications that are being ported to the PowerPC Reference Platform,'' said Roy A. Clauson, manager of the 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) Kirkland Programming Center. In a related announcement, the Windows Users Group Network (WUGNET (Windows Users Group Network, Media, PA, www.wugnet.com) An organization that provides a variety of products and services to the user community, including shareware, a syndicated message platform for technical forums, contract software development and e-marketing consulting. , Media, Pa.) selected Felsina Software to open an official support area on CompuServe. ``WUGNET selected A-Talk and Felsina as one of the hottest Windows NT vendors,'' said Joel Diamond, Technical and Online Director of WUGNET. ``Windows NT users on its WUGNETs Windows Forums on CompuServe have not only found a great communications package specific for Windows NT, but an advanced solution for all the Windows NT communications needs.'' The Windows Networking Vendors forum (WINETA), part of WUGNET's extensive support forums on Microsoft Connection, features other Windows NT vendors including Beame & Whiteside and Optus. The forum also features the hottest network, groupware, fax and communications vendors, including TraxWorks, PBBS PBBS Packet Bulletin Board System PBBS Personal Bulletin Board System , HawkNet, NetSoft and Parallel Technologies. ``We are honored to have joined this select group of vendors that use the forum as the focal point focal point n. See focus. for all support and news for networking technologies for all Windows environments,'' said Papa. A-Talk for Windows and A-Talk for Windows NT are certified Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. Compatible telecommunications products that offer a variety of protocols and terminal emulations to access and exchange data with online services. A-Talk supports the familiar Office user interface and integrates with Office and BackOffice products and with the networking facilities of Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups A version of Windows 3.1 introduced in 1992 that added peer-to-peer networking. See Windows. (operating system) Windows for Workgroups - (WFW, WFWG) A version of Windows 3.1 which works with a network. Although stand-alone 3. . A-Talk for Windows has a suggested retail price of $79.95. A-Talk for Windows NT has a suggested retail price of $159.95 and is available for the PowerPC, Intel, Alpha and MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. platforms. Felsina Software, with headquarters in Los Angeles, was founded in 1986 for the development of telecommunications software for use with all Windows platforms. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: A-Talk is a registered trademark of Felsina Software Inc. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. PowerPC Reference Platform and PowerPC are trademarks and IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe Inc. CONTACT: Felsina Software Inc., Los Angeles Piera Fumagalli, 213/669-1497, ext. 88 OR IBM Kirkland Programming Center, Kirkland Roy Clauson, 206/803-0600, ext. 1102 OR WUGNET, Media Joel Diamond, 610/565-1861 |
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