NovaStor Corp. announces NovaTar for Windows NT; a 32 bit high performance utility for converting UNIX TAR tape formats on Windows NT and 95.SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1996--NovaStor Corp. announces the addition of NovaTar for Windows NT, to its range of data interchange utilities. NovaTar for Windows NT is a full 32 bit conversion utility, that gives users the ability to quickly and simply migrate 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). files to Windows NT and 95 and from Windows NT and 95 back to UNIX from their PC. "As today's enterprise networks grow, the need to move critical data between different platforms has become extremely important," said Peter Means, president of NovaStor. He went on to say "Clearly, as NT and UNIX meet, data must be exchanged between these two platforms. NovaTar for Windows NT has been designed to accomplish this task both quickly and efficiently." To enhance the usability of NovaTar for Windows NT, users are given the flexibility to run from either a command line structure or from a graphics menu. To convert tapes with database, graphic and text files, between the UNIX TAR format and the Windows NT or 95 format or from Windows NT and 95 format back to UNIX TAR is as simple as copying a tape. Support is also included for multiple sessions per tape. NovaTar for Windows NT offers Windows 95 and NT users a powerful tool to read and write TAR, CPIO CPIO Copy In and Out (a Unix utility) CPIO Copy Input Output and CPIO ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. format tapes from over 50 UNIX platforms including, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , SunOS, Solaris, DEC, Ultrix, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. , HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. . NovaStor's Data Interchange family includes NovaTar for DOS and OS/2, TPU TPU - Text Processing Utility tape management and control utility for DOS and OS/2, DCU, a disk and tape conversion and management utility for DOS and OS/2 and NovaCPIO giving users the ability to port data from UNIX, CPIO to DOS. For the Apple market, NovaStor offers QuTape for Macintosh a tape and disk handling and management utility; QuVMS a utility that reads and writes DEC VMS format on the Mac and QuTar that reads and writes UNIX TAR format on the Mac. Pricing and Availability Pricing for NovaTar for Windows NT is $695. U.S. suggested retail. Availability is immediate through NovaStor's national and international distributors and resellers. More information for all NovaStor products is available on NovaStor's Web page at http://www.novastor.com, e-mail: sales@novastor.com, or BBS: 805/579-6720. Company Information Established in 1987, NovaStor is a leading developer of backup software and tape utilities for DOS, Windows 3.xx, Windows 95, Windows NT, Macintosh, and NetWare. NOTE TO EDITORS: If you are interested in additional information on NovaStor, please view the NovaStor home page at http://www.novastor.com or contact Beverly McCarthy, 805/579-6700 ext. 345, e-mail: beverly@novastor.com, fax: 805/579-6710. All trademarks and copyrights are acknowledged. CONTACT: NovaStor Corp., Simi Valley Beverly McCarthy, 805/579-6700 ext. 345 e-mail: beverly@novastor.com fax: 805/579-6710 |
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