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  1.                                                 Contact:    Barbara Maxwell
  2.                                                             Synergy Software
  3.                                                             2457 Perkiomen Ave.
  4.                                                             Reading, PA   19606
  5.                                                             (215) 779-0522
  6.                                                             AppleLink D2296
  7.  
  8. NEW VERSIONS OF VERSATERM AND VERSATERM-PRO SUPPORT COMMTOOLBOX
  9.  
  10. Reading, PA, December 18, 1989 -- Synergy Software today began shipping new
  11. versions of the popular VersaTerm and VersaTerm-PRO, Macintosh terminal
  12. emulation and communications software applications.
  13.  
  14. Both VersaTerm 4.1 and VersaTerm-PRO 3.1 now support Apple's new Communications
  15. Toolbox as well as adding DEC VT220 text terminal emulation.
  16.  
  17. An installation disk is provided that allows Macintosh users with System 6.0.2
  18. or later to add the Communications Toolbox software.  VersaTerm and
  19. VersaTerm-PRO fully support the Connection and File Transfer Managers of the
  20. Communications Toolbox.  By simply 'dropping-in' Connection Tools and File
  21. Transfer Tools provided by Apple and other 3rd Party Vendors, VersaTerm and
  22. VersaTerm-PRO can now connect to new networks/protocols that weren't accessible
  23. before; they can also support new file transfer protocols that are not already
  24. built-in.
  25.  
  26. DEC VT220 text terminal emulation is now fully supported, including:
  27. downloadable characters sets, host definable function keys, 7-bit and 8-bit
  28. operation, double-high double-wide characters, protected fields, selective
  29. erase and the DEC Multinational character set.
  30.  
  31. "Our corporate users will particularly appreciate these new features."
  32. commented Lonnie Abelbeck, VersaTerm developer and president of Abelbeck
  33. Software.  "The Communications Toolbox provides Macintosh users with a very
  34. rich software foundation when it comes to connectivity solutions, and we are
  35. pleased to be the first to take advantage of these new functions with VersaTerm
  36. and VersaTerm-PRO."
  37.  
  38. Additional new features include: pop-up soft keyboard support for simulating
  39. the Apple Extended keyboard, the DEC VT220 keyboard and the Data General D200
  40. keyboard; special support for the Mac Portable's keyboard; additional host text
  41. printing commands; improved ANSI color support and added ANSI graphics
  42. character set support.
  43.  
  44. Updates from previous, registered versions are available for $20.  Retail
  45. prices remain unchanged at $149 for VersaTerm 4.1, and $295 for VersaTerm-PRO
  46. 3.1.
  47.  
  48. Synergy Software is a leading source of Macintosh terminal
  49. emulation/communications and data analysis/graphics applications.  Its products
  50. have been sold through a worldwide network of distributors and dealers since
  51. 1985.
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  53. This information is provided to the Apple Developer Group by the product's
  54. developer.  Apple cannot warrant any third party's product. Please consult the
  55. Apple Products & Ref Library, MENU/Software Library, or Redgate Buyer's Guide
  56. Library on AppleLink, or contact the individual company for more information.
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  58. 3rd Party Connection
  59. Third Party Press Releases
  60. 12-21-89
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