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- Novell TO SHIP NetWare Asynchronous Communication Services as NETWARE LOADABLE
- MODULE
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- Provides Complete Control and Security for Asynchronous Communications;
- Establishes Asynchronous I/O Specification for Hardware Independence
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- Sunnyvale, Calif. -- March 31, 1992 -- Novell Inc., announced today it is
- shipping its powerful asynchronous communication software, NetWare
- Asynchronous Communication Services (NACS), as a NetWare Loadable Module
- (NLM). NACS v3.0, which supports Novell's Asynchronous I/O (AIO) and NetWare
- Asynchronous Support Interface (NASI) programming interfaces, enables NetWare
- users to access and share communications resources such as modems,
- asynchronous hosts and X.25 network services. The new release provides
- additional security, management and control for network administrators.
-
- "NACS v3.0 software provides manageable, full featured asynchronous
- communication services. Because it's tightly integrated with NetWare 3.11,
- users benefit from NetWare's built-in network management, high-performance,
- security, name services and multiple LAN topology support ," said Gerry Machi,
- vice president and general manager, NetWare Systems Group -- Sunnyvale.
- "Also, because NACS supports the AIO development interface, it is hardware
- independent, so users are free to choose the communications adapters that work
- best for them."
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- "We use NACS v3.0 extensively at the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse," said
- Larry Schunk, director of MIS. "The IS department uses NACS to dial out and
- connect to our vendor's bulletin board systems. This allows us to download
- software patches and product information or to post support questions about
- their products. The NACS is also used by the county attorneys who need to
- access specific computers like the Attorney General's bulletin board system or
- the West Law database."
-
- "Over all, installation and management has been surprisingly easy and the
- remote access through NACS is completely transparent to the caller. We've set
- up all of this with four modems instead of the 20 it would have required
- without NACS."
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- NetWare Asynchronous Communication Services
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- NACS v3.0 enables NetWare users to access and share communications resources,
- such as modems, asynchronous hosts and X.25 network services. With NACS v3.0,
- users can share access to modem pools--reducing communication costs--to dial
- out of the LAN and access bulletin boards, information services and
- asynchronous minicomputer hosts. Also, remote users can dial into a NACS
- server and access individual workstations on the LAN, as well as application
- servers.
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- Available in two-, eight- and 32-port versions, NACS v3.0 can be configured
- for any level of asynchronous communication need. Multiple NACS v3.0 can be
- installed on a single network. Organizations can run NACS on a NetWare v3.11
- server along with file and print or other NLMs. In organizations with heavy
- asynchronous traffic, NACS can run on a server dedicated to asynchronous
- communications. The eight- and 32-port versions ship with NetWare v3.11
- Runtime.
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- Management, Administration and Security
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- NACS v3.0 sets the standard for managing asynchronous communications; it gives
- network administrators complete control over the management, administration
- and security of asynchronous communication services. A menu-driven server
- console displays and stores statistics, and provides audit trail information.
- Additional utilities administer the enhanced features and assist in
- troubleshooting. The product also delivers enhanced security by giving
- network administrators complete control over asynchronous access to and from
- resources on the LAN.
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- In a related news release, Novell today announced the availability of the
- NetWare Communication Services Manager, a Windows-based application that
- provides extensive network management capabilities for configuring, monitoring
- and maintaining NetWare Communication Services--including NetWare Asynchronous
- Communication Services (NACS) v3.0--from anywhere on the network. It provides
- a comprehensive set of network management tools for fault, performance and
- configuration management.
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- Hardware Independence - AIO
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- The NetWare Asynchronous I/O is a development specification which provides the
- NetWare environment with a single point of control through which all
- asynchronous communication services can be accessed. Asynchronous
- communication adapter vendors that write drivers to the AIO specifications are
- guaranteed compatibility with any Novell asynchronous communication service
- built on NetWare.
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- Software Applications - NASI
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- NACS supports the NASI interface which is used by more than 30 independent
- asynchronous communication software vendors. Compatible communication
- products include:
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- Application Company
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- ASCOM/IV, network v1.41 Symantec
- BLAST Professional DOS, v10.5 US Robotics Software
- BLAST Professional Server, v10.5 US Robotics Software
- CO/Session LAN II Triton Technologies
- CROSSTALK Mk. 4, v1.1 Digital Communications Assoc.
- CROSSTALK for Windows, v1.2 Digital Communications Assoc.
- DynaComm Asynchronous, v3.00.28 Future Soft
- LEXUS 2000 LAN, v2.5 Mead Data Central, Inc.
- On/LAN PC, v1.2x Novell, Inc.
- pcANYWHERE IV/LAN, v4.5 Symantec
- poly-STAR/T, v2.31 Polygon Software
- PROCOMM PLUS, Network version Datastorm Technologies
- Reflection/7+, v1.0 Walker, Richter, & Quinn
- RELAY Gold/LAN, v3.0 Microcom, Inc.
- Smartcom Exec, v2.1 Hayes Microcomputer Products
- SmarTerm 340, v3.0 Persoft
- Softerm PC, v2.0 and above Softronics
- VsComm/LAN, v7.6 The M/H Group
- WESTLAW /WESTMATE v2.2 West Publishing Co.
- ZSTEM 340, LAN version 1.0.3 KEA Systems, Ltd.
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- New Third Party Support
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- ~ A variety of third-party vendors have developed hardware and software
- solutions that use NACS v3.0 as the asynchronous communications link to
- the enterprise. Following is a list of vendors who have announced new
- support:
-
- ~ Citrix Systems Inc. has announced its Network Application Server and
- Citrix Remote Link. These products support NASI and allow users to dial
- into the LAN through NACS v3.0 and directly connect to a Citrix server to
- run OS/2, Windows, and DOS applications remotely.
-
- ~ DigiBoard has announced a multi-port asynchronous communication adapter
- board which supports Novell's Asynchronous I/O specification. This
- allows DigiBoard solutions to provide AIO-aware services such as NACS
- v3.0 with access to large numbers of serial ports.
-
- Newport Systems Solutions Inc. has enhanced its Asynchronous Communications
- Interface (ACI) and X.25 Communications Interface (XCI) adapters to provide
- asynchronous and X.25 communications support for the Asynchronous I/O
- specification and NACS v3.0.
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- NetWare Communication Services
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- Novell first announced the concept of NetWare Communication Services in June,
- 1990 and began delivering the first modules of the platform with the shipment
- of NetWare for SAA v1.0, Novell's premier LAN-to-host connectivity product, in
- May, 1991. NetWare Communication Services products give users access to host
- resources and wide area networks. It's the first completely integrated LAN
- communications system designed to support any combination of LAN-to-host,
- LAN-to-LAN or remote LAN access services.
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- Pricing and Availability
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- NetWare Asynchronous Communication Services (NACS) v3.0 will be available
- April 10, 1992. Pricing in the United States and Canada is as follows:
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- ~ NACS (2 port) $ 595
- ~ NACS (8 port)* $1795
- ~ NACS (32 port)* $4995
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- *Ships with NetWare Runtime
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- For pricing outside the United States and Canada, customers should contact
- their local Novell authorized Reseller.
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- Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company and the
- developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating
- system software products, including NetWare and DR DOS. Novell's NetWare
- network computing products manage and control the sharing of services, data
- and applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks and across
- business-wide information systems.
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