MKS announces MKS Toolkit for Windows NT 3.5.WATERLOO, Ont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MKS today announced the release of MKS Toolkit MKS Toolkit is a software package produced and maintained by MKS Inc. that provides a Unix environment for scripting, connectivity and porting Unix and Linux software to both 32- and 64-bit Microsoft Windows systems. for Windows NT 3.5. MKS Toolkit delivers powerful development utilities for DOS, OS/2, and Windows NT, including tools for command editing and history, file processing and comparison, and text manipulation and sorting. The Windows NT 3.5 release of MKS Toolkit is accompanied by a hypertext reference manual, and is available for Intel, Alpha AXP The brand name Digital gave to its first family of Alpha-based computers. In 1998, Digital was acquired by Compaq. See 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. . "As the number of application ports and development projects performed on NT continues to grow, so does the demand for MKS Toolkit. Many software developers are migrating their MKS Toolkit licenses to NT, as they have found that Windows NT 3.5 does not offer a powerful set of native programming tools." said Paul Steinbach, product manager, MKS Toolkit. "In future, MKS (Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, www.mks.com) A software company that specializes in programming tools and utilities for a variety of platforms. For example, its RCS system for Windows, OS/2 and Unix is a version control software package. is moving to provide support for Microsoft and Win32 operating systems upon their final release. We are committed to addressing the needs of developers who require extra horsepower in these new computing environments." The release of MKS Toolkit 4.3 for Windows NT 3.5 is shipping at a suggested retail price of $399. An upgrade version of MKS Toolkit from Windows NT 3.1 is shipping at a suggested retail price of $59. ABOUT MKS TOOLKIT MKS Toolkit is still the #1 choice of over 200,000 users for 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). software development tools for the PC platform. These utilities, commonly found only on UNIX systems, are a valuable addition, bringing the same look and feel to all operating systems. MKS Toolkit includes KornShell, awk, awkc, vi, make, vdiff, uucp, grep, sed, tar, cpio, pax, vi for Windows, support for multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. background processing and job control, and updated POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX) An IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface between application programs and the Unix operating system. compatibility-more than 190 commands and utilities for customizing an environment and performing a variety of computing tasks. MKS Toolkit expands PC functionality and opens the door to the vast capabilities and flexibility of UNIX. Versions of MKS Toolkit are accompanied by a hypertext reference manual, and are available for DOS/Windows, OS/2 and Windows NT 3.1 and up. ABOUT MKS MKS develops, manufactures and markets state-of-the-art computer software for the global marketplace through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and products, consulting services, and retail products sold through a two tiered distribution channel. Founded in 1984, MKS has established an international reputation for expertise and technical leadership in open systems, and is widely known for its high quality packaged products that run on most operating systems, including Windows, DOS, OS/2, Windows NT, and UNIX. -0- MKS Toolkit is a trademark of Mortice Kern Systems Inc. Various trademarks are used in this release and all are acknowledged by MKS. CONTACT: MKS
Virginia Jamieson, (519) 883-4350
Internet: virginia(at)mks.com
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