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- MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA - April 6, 1992 -- Multi-Tech Systems Inc., a
- leading manufacturer of data communications equipment headquartered in
- Mounds View, Minnesota, announces the MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR (Model
- AGS02), a software-only modem sharing system. It allows users on a NetBIOS
- or Netware LAN to access a modem attached to another PC on the LAN without
- requiring additional hardware. When used as a dial-in and dial-out
- non-dedicated communications server, the MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR provides
- an easy first step in modem sharing over LANs by pooling one or two modems
- attached to the RS232 serial ports of a LAN-connected PC. The AGS02
- includes MultiExpress, the communications software from Multi-Tech Systems
- which provides terminal emulations, file transfer utilities and
- remote-control functionality for LAN-connected PCs, and is upgradeable to
- the high-performance MultiComAsyncGateway2 product line. Selling for $395,
- the MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR will start shipping in May of this year.
-
- "When an organization first considers sharing modems among its PC users
- connected to a LAN, future expansion should be a key point of
- consideration," states Raghu Sharma, President of Multi-Tech Systems Inc.
- "A modem-sharing product should provide an easy upgrade path to a more
- sophisticated asynchronous gateway, so that the investment can be enhanced
- rather than lost. The MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR offers a migration path from
- one or two modem on a non-dedicated server up to a 32-modem dedicated
- MultiComAsyncGateway2, with compensation for the user's investment. We
- will credit the customer's purchase price of one AGS01 (with proof of
- purchase) against the price of any MultiComAsyncGateway2. By bundling
- MultiExpress with the MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR we've also saved the user
- the several hundred dollars it costs to buy dial-in/dial-out
- communications software."
-
- The applications for the MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR include a variety of
- asynchronous LAN/WAN communications such as dial-out terminal emulation
- and file transfer, dial-in access to network services (e.g., E-mail BBS
- servers, file servers and gateways) and dial-in remote control. When you
- use a MultiTech modem with built-in fax capability, you can also send
- faxes from workstation PCs. To send a fax from a workstation PC, you
- install a Multi-Tech hardware redirector card in your PC and run
- MultiExpressFAX software. The hardware redirector card re-routes data to
- the LAN instead of the serial port, so you can run any single-user
- communications software on your LAN-based PC.
-
- The server portion of MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR can be run on any
- LAN-connected PC that has a modem attached to its serial port. As a
- terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) program, the server portion runs in the
- background leaving the PC available to its user. To access the modem,
- another network PC must run the workstation portion of
- MultiComAsyncGatewayTsR. Once the workstation software has been run, the
- user logs onto the gateway and the rest of the modem-sharing operations
- are totally transparent.
-
- Multi-Tech Systems was founded in 1970 to manufacture data communications
- equipment and systems for a global market of network products users. The
- Minnesota-based company is a well-known leader in dialup modem technology.
- The family of Multi-Tech products includes a complete line of 1200, 2400,
- 4800 9600, and 14.4K bps modems, statistical multiplexers, DSU/CSUs, 5250,
- 3780 and 3270 emulation systems, X.25 PADs, computer fax equipment,
- communications software, and LAN products. These products are sold in over
- 50 countries, through a worldwide network of distributors, manufacturer's
- representatives, system integrators, value-added resellers (VARs) and
- retailers. Multi-Tech Systems Inc. can be contacted at its headquarters:
- 2205 Woodale Drive, Mounds View, Minnesota 55112. Voice (612) 785-3500 or
- (800) 3289717, FAX (612) 785-9874, International FAX (612) 331-3180
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