World's smallest Web server announced; Remote access to embedded devices made possible via Web technologies.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1996--Phar Lap Software today announced the world's smallest Web server for embedded devices. It is based on Phar Lap's Embedded Web Technology, which includes the Realtime ETS ETS Educational Testing Service (nonprofit private educational testing and measurement organization) ETS Emergency Telecommunications Service ETS Electronic Trading System ETS Engineering (&) Technical Services (tm) Kernel for embedded development, TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. support and an HTML-On-The-Fly package. The Phar Lap
Phar Lap (usually pronounced as one word: "far lap") was a giant chestnut gelding, standing 17.1 hands, considered by many to be New Zealand and Australia's greatest-ever racehorse. Web server provides developers with the ability to make embedded devices universally accessible via the World Wide Web from any PC or workstation with a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Phar Lap's Embedded Web Technology could be used to develop embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. for monitoring a wide range of activities via the Internet, including weather stations, seismographic seis·mo·graph n. An instrument for automatically detecting and recording the intensity, direction, and duration of a movement of the ground, especially of an earthquake. monitors and floodwatch systems. Alternatively, this technology could be used to develop Intranet applications, such as in-room patient monitors, factory-floor controller monitors and office systems, such as "smart" copiers. Phar Lap Software has developed a working example of the world's smallest Web server using this technology: the Phar Lap weather station. This demonstration device, which runs on a 4" by 4" 386 single board computer, provides worldwide access to the local weather outside of Phar Lap's office in Cambridge, Mass. Users may try out this technology by visiting Phar Lap's weather station at: http://smallest.pharlap.com. "One of the problems that users face with embedded systems is that they are extremely difficult to interact with," said Richard M. Smith, president of Phar Lap Software. "Now for the first time, using Phar Lap's Embedded Web Technology, users will be able to access embedded devices from remote sites using their standard web browser." Designing the remote embedded system Phar Lap's Embedded Web Technology is based on the Realtime ETS Kernel, the company's 32-bit x86-based embedded kernel, which provides a complete development system for building intelligent embedded computing products. The Realtime ETS Kernel is featured in Phar Lap's TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. Embedded ToolSuite(R), Realtime Edition development system. The Phar Lap system features an HTML-On-The-Fly package for converting raw data into HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. code, TCP/IP support, Ethernet drivers, and SLIP, CSLIP (Compressed SLIP) A version of SLIP that compresses the data for transmission. CSLIP - Compressed SLIP , PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using and dialer software. Phar Lap's dial-up system has its advantages: the remote system dials up a host computer or Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. and communicates using existing telephone lines. This design provides a cost effective way to both retrieve data from a remote system in the field and bring it back to the host computer system. "Phar Lap's Embedded Web Technology capitalizes on the fact that the World Wide Web has a stellar future," said Paul Zorfass, an analyst at International Data Corp. "Users need not be Web masters to benefit from this technology. Anyone with a standard Web browser will be able to access information from these `intelligent embedded devices' using technology that they already possess." Availability Users who would like to check out the world's smallest Web server may visit Phar Lap's on-line weather station at: http://smallest.pharlap.com. Developers may purchase Phar Lap's ToolSuite development system by contacting Phar Lap at: (617) 661-1510, fax (617) 876-2972 or email: info@pharlap.com. Version 8.5 of Phar Lap's TNT Embedded ToolSuite, Realtime Edition development system, which includes TCP/IP support, will be available in Q3 1996. An early experience program for developers who would like an early release version of the ToolSuite is currently available. -0- Phar Lap and TNT Embedded ToolSuite are registered trademarks, and ETS is a trademark of Phar Lap Software Inc. Other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Backgrounder is available upon request. CONTACT: Phar Lap Software Inc. Edward Steinfeld, 617/661-1510 info@pharlap.com http://www.pharlap.com or Vetrano Communications Maria Vetrano, 617/484-4458 mvetrano@tiac.net |
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