The following press release announced product enhancements to FullPress and our K-AShare products.


June 13, 1995

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Xinet Announces Support for New AppleShare Workstation Client

Enhancements complement AppleShare Workstation version 3.6 release to improve Finder copy performance by up to 40%.

Berkeley, California-Xinet, Inc., has announced performance enhancements to their AppleShare file servers for UNIX hosts. The enhancements to K-AShare(R) and FullPress(TM), coupled with Apple's new AppleShare Workstation 3.6 software, increase the speed of file transfers initiated by the Finder by up to 40%. These Apple protocol performance enhancements provide high-speed file transfers without relying on non-Apple supported, third-party software. Using a typical Macintosh on Ethernet, Xinet has observed transfer rates of 500 to 600 KB/second.

The majority of enhancements come from changes on the Macintosh client. These include read-ahead and write-behind caches in the AppleShare workstation and larger I/O buffers in the Finder. Xinet is making these enhancements, and the new client, available to its customers via K-AShare version 8.05 and FullPress version 8.03. K-AShare is an AFP- compatible file server for UNIX hosts. It enables a UNIX host to act as an AppleShare server for Macintosh users. FullPress is an Open Prepress Interface (OPI) server completely integrated with a set of network applications.

Xinet has been developing and marketing UNIX to Macintosh connectivity solutions since 1985. The company specializes in client/server solutions that allow Macintoshes and UNIX systems to work together efficiently and reliably. Xinet is a privately held company with offices in Berkeley, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Macintosh and AppleShare are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of X/Open Ltd. Xinet and K-AShare are registered trademarks, and FullPress is a trademark of Xinet, Inc.

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