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- MacIntercomm Delivers Invisible File Transfers
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- Contact:
- Mercury Systems, Inc.
- Chad Laurendeau
- VP Operations
- 10000 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 123
- Los Angeles, CA 90067
- (310)553-0881
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- LOS ANGELES, CA – July 6, 1992 – Mercury Systems today announced MacIntercomm,
- a full-featured multitasking telecommunications program that lets Macintosh
- computer users transfer files completely in the background even during the
- most intensive tasks. The product will ship in August, 1992.
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- MacIntercomm combines ease of use with power and flexibility never before
- thought possible on the Macintosh. Its most exciting feature: true
- multitasking. File transfers will no longer fail simply because the user is
- involved in a complex task in the foreground application. MacIntercomm has
- the power to intelligently distribute processing power between applications.
- This insures that it always gets just enough time to keep file transfers
- running at their fastest possible speed yet enables it to remain virtually
- invisible to other programs. The result: no noticeable slowdown by either
- program.
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- Existing programs in the communications market claim to run in the background,
- but if the foreground application is processor-intensive (such as a
- spreadsheet, compression program, database, or even a game), the file transfer
- will grind to a halt and usually fail. Not so with MacIntercomm.
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- In addition, Mercury Systems says that in tests of high-speed connections,
- their protocols offer faster file transfer speeds over a comparable connection
- than other programs.
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- The scripting language in MacIntercomm is fully compiled like a real
- programming language, and has numerous features that make it easy to automate
- the most complex tasks. The scripting language is powerful enough to write a
- complete communications interface such as a bulletin board that includes
- electronic mail and file transfers. A built-in script editor handles
- debugging, and many example scripts are included.
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- An “Auto Dial” window keeps track of all the systems the user calls. The user
- can specify which systems to dial, and MacIntercomm will automatically redial
- each system in order until a connection is made. It will remember this list
- between restarts, so that the user can be sure to call important systems. A
- “Smart Dial” feature adjusts phone numbers automatically based upon area code,
- an indispensable feature for Macintosh PowerBook users. The combination of
- the Auto Dial and Smart Dial features results in one of the most advanced
- dialing systems ever.
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- MacIntercomm supports a wide range of popular terminal emulations including
- VT-52, VT-102, VT-220, PC-ANSI, and TTY; moreover, it is one of the only
- programs to support full 16-color emulation. A complete suite of file
- transfer protocols includes Xmodem, Ymodem, Ymodem-g, Zmodem with on-the-fly
- compression, and an advanced version of Kermit with extended packets up to 9K.
- It also supports a full set of macros for each service, and a scrollback
- buffer that can extend up to 20 MB by the user’s specification using disk
- space instead of memory.
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- MacIntercomm runs on any Macintosh computer with at least 1 MB of RAM. System
- 6.0.4 or higher. System 7.0-savvy. For modem communications, a modem with
- cable is required. Supports any modem and all Macintosh Communications
- Toolbox connections. Suggested retail price is $199.
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- MacIntercomm is a trademark of Mercury Systems, Inc.
- Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.