Felsina Software updates A-Talk for Windows NT for PowerPC and announces A-Talk for Windows 95 on WUGNET 3rd Party CD.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June. 6, 1995--Felsina Software Tuesday 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 in conjunction with the launch of Windows NT 3.51 for the PowerPC platform See PPCP. (architecture, standard) PowerPC Platform - (PPCP, PReP - PowerPC Reference Platform, formerly CHRP - Common Hardware Reference Platform) An open system standard, designed by IBM, intended to ensure compatibility among PowerPC-based systems built by different . "Motorola is pleased Felsina Software will develop native PowerPC applications for Windows NT," said Stan Tims, senior software marketing manager, Motorola RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. Division. "Felsina's A-Talk will leverage the PowerPC architecture and will offer users a very powerful telecommunications product that supports the multiserial port capability of Windows NT." "We ported A-Talk for Windows NT to the PowerPC to take advantage of its speed," said Piera Fumagalli, president of Felsina Software. "In-house tests proved to us that the graphics rendering of our Tektronix emulator runs much faster on the PowerPC platform than on comparatively priced 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. and Intel systems. "Due to the PowerPC's superb processing power, users of A-Talk for Windows NT can now expect better performance and sensational speed for telecommunications." "A-Talk for Windows NT will provide PowerPC users with state-of-the-art, yet easy-to-use telecommunications software," said Marco Papa, vice president of Felsina Software. Felsina Software also announced participation in the 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. Third Party CD Sampler for Windows 95, to be available to the public by mid-June. Both A-Talk for Windows NT and A-Talk for Windows 95 are supported through the CompuServe's Windows Networking Vendors forum (WINETA), part of WUGNET's extensive support forums on Microsoft Connection and through the Internet Web Server located at http://www.crl.com/felsina. Test Drives of A-Talk for Windows NT and A-Talk for Windows 95 will soon be available on both sites. 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 Microsoft Office and BackOffice products and with the networking facilities of Windows NT 3.51 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. 3.11. 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 and MIPS platforms. A-Talk for Windows 95 will retail for $99.95. 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 is a 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 |
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