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- Novell Announces Terminal Emulation and NFS Client Options for LAN
- WorkPlace
-
- INTEROP SPRING, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- May 18, 1992 -- Novell today announced
- two options for its LAN WorkPlace for DOS product: TN3270 for LAN
- WorkPlace and NFS Client for LAN WorkPlace. These options provide DOS and
- Windows users access to IBM mainframes and NFS servers across a TCP/IP
- network, allowing for entry into a wide variety of computing environments.
- Both products are being demonstrated this week at Interop Spring.
-
- "As enterprise networks built on TCP/IP become more prevalent, our
- customers require desktop connectivity to a variety of host systems,
- including NFS servers and IBM mainframes," said Bob Davis, director of
- marketing for Novell's UNIX connectivity products. "When combined with
- LAN WorkPlace, these options further extend DOS and Windows users' reach
- into the UNIX NFS and IBM mainframe environments."
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- NFS Client for LAN WorkPlace
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- The NFS Client for LAN WorkPlace provides LAN WorkPlace users seamless
- connectivity with NFS file servers and printers on a TCP/IP network. It
- gives DOS and Windows users transparent access to files on remote NFS
- servers, as if the files were on a local hard drive. Personal computer
- users can also take advantage of UNIX printers on the network by directing
- DOS printer ports to UNIX print queues. The product offers high
- performance and reliability while consuming only a small amount of memory.
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- TN3270 for LAN WorkPlace
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- The TN3270 for LAN WorkPlace option enables LAN WorkPlace users on a
- TCP/IP network to login to IBM mainframes running the MVS or VM operating
- systems. Users can run mainframe applications without modification, as if
- the user's personal computer were an IBM 3278 display terminal.
-
- The product gives users a choice of TN3278 terminal models 2 through 5 and
- allows them to use network resources productively by supporting multiple
- sessions on multiple hosts. Users can perform such functions as screen
- capture, print-to-disk and file transfer using the same familiar commands
- they would use from an IBM terminal. The product also supports
- mainframe-based applications that utilize extended attributes such as
- blinking, highlighting and reverse video.
-
- An Application Programming Interface (API) is also included with TN3270
- for LAN WorkPlace. The API consists of a software library of functions
- that can be used with a standard set of "C" library functions. An
- application program utilizes the API library in order to access a IBM
- mainframe on a network via the terminal emulator.
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- Pricing and Availability
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- TN3270 for LAN WorkPlace will be available in June. The single-user
- version sells for $145 and can be obtained by calling 1-800-UPDATE1. The
- 10-user version sells for $645 and the 100-user version sells for $3995.
- Both the 10-user and 100-user versions are available from Novell
- authorized resellers. The product is licensed from Open Connect Systems,
- a recognized leader in the IBM connectivity field.
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- The NFS Client for LAN WorkPlace will also begin shipping in June. It is
- priced at $295 for one user, $1395 for 10 users and $8495 for 100 users,
- and will be sold through Novell authorized resellers. It is licensed by
- Novell from Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd., which has been providing NFS
- client support for LAN WorkPlace for DOS since 1989.
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- Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company, the
- developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating
- system software products including NetWare, DR DOS, DR Multiuser DOS and
- FlexOS. Novell's NetWare network computing products manage and control the
- sharing of services, data and applications among computer workgroups,
- departmental networks and business-wide information systems.
-