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- NOVELL ANNOUNCES NEW LAN WORKPLACE FOR DOS
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- Hardware-Independent TCP/IP Networking Software Links DOS and Windows
- Clients With Enterprise-Wide Information Systems
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- BOSTON, Mass., NETWORLD -- February 11, 1991 -- Novell, Inc., developer of
- NetWare systems software products, today announced a new, hardware- and
- media-independent version of LAN WorkPlace for DOS connectivity software,
- which provides DOS and Windows users with direct, concurrent access to UNIX
- systems, DEC VAX minicomputers, IBM mainframes and NetWare servers, via the
- industry-standard TCP/IP protocol suite.
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- Hardware- and media-independence allow LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 to operate
- on hundreds of available of Ethernet, Token-Ring and Arcnet adapters. The
- product also lets users maintain simultaneous sessions in, and move data
- among, a variety of computing environments. For example, users can cut and
- paste between a UNIX mail message and a DOS-based word processing document,
- or move numerical data from a host-based spreadsheet into a DOS-based
- spreadsheet.
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- "Many customers have asked for a fully supported TCP/IP implementation that
- leverages their existing hardware and integrates TCP/IP services with the
- NetWare environment," said Bob Davis, director of product marketing at
- Novell's San Jose development center. "LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 gives
- users full citizenship in a variety of computing environments, and allows
- them direct access to the broad range of services typical of today's
- multi-vendor networks."
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- LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 is based on an optimized TCP/IP protocol stack
- designed by Novell to provide DOS and/or Windows users with
- high-performance TCP/IP connectivity while consuming a minimum of system
- memory. The TCP/IP transport facilities are augmented by two full sets of
- new applications that provide File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and terminal
- emulation (Telnet) services for both Windows and the conventional DOS
- environment.
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- The TCP/IP elements of LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 also allow NetWare clients
- to connect directly to NetWare v3.11 servers that are accessible only via
- TCP/IP routes, or to coexist with NetWare v3.11 servers in an environment
- where only TCP/IP transport protocols are to be used.
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- For example, remote NetWare clients can log into NetWare v3.11 servers via
- a TCP/IP internet because the product encapsulates SPX/IPX datagrams,
- NetWare's native transport protocol suite, within TCP/IP packets. The
- target NetWare server then strips off the TCP/IP header, allowing users
- transparent access to remote NetWare v3.11 resources such as file systems
- and print queues.
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- LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 features:
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- o File transfer -- FTP client and server applications allow users to
- transfer files among computer systems that support FTP.
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- o Terminal emulation via Telnet -- DEC VT100 and VT220 terminal
- emulators are included for both Windows and DOS.
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- o Support for NetWare and other SPX/IPX-based applications via TCP/IP --
- includes both DOS client TCP/IP transport and an ODI driver that
- allows TCP/IP packets to carry IPX packets across an IP internet.
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- New LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 Windows Applications
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- o Host Presenter -- provides up to ten simultaneous Telnet session
- windows (emulating a VT220, VT52 or VT100 terminal) to multiple
- TCP/IP-equipped hosts.
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- o Serving FTP -- provides an FTP server that runs in the background
- under Windows, waiting for an FTP user to establish a connection with
- the PC and initiate file transfers to or from local disk drives or
- NetWare volumes.
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- o File Express -- provides a graphical front-end that makes FTP file
- transfer simple and intuitive.
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- Pricing and Availability
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- In the United States and Canada, LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 lists for U.S.
- $450 for the single-user version and U.S. $1995 for the 10-user version.
- Both will be available through Novell's distribution channels. For pricing
- outside the United States and Canada, customers should contact their local
- Novell Authorized reseller. LAN WorkPlace for DOS customers wishing to
- upgrade to 4.0 may call 1-800-346-7177 for information.
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- Novell, Inc., (NASDAQ: NOVL) develops NetWare systems software products
- that manage and control the sharing of data across a variety of network
- computing environments, including computer workgroups, departmental
- networks and business-wide information systems.
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- Contact:
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- Kelli Christensen
- Novell, Inc.
- 801/429-5933
-