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- NCD PC-X DIVISION ANNOUNCES PC X SERVER FOR WINDOWS 3.1; SUPPORTS DECNET
- AND XREMOTE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
-
- BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 20, 1992 -- Network Computing Devices' PC-X
- Division has announced X Window System server software that lets personal
- computers running Windows 3.1, the latest version of Microsoft's popular
- operating environment, mix multiple X and Windows 3.1 applications on the
- display screen.
-
- PC-Xview for Windows version 3.1, which begins shipping June 15, will
- feature two to three times the performance of the company's earlier
- version, which ran only under Windows 3.0. It also will offer several new
- capabilities, including graphics cut-and-paste between X and Windows
- applications, "virtual" screen panning, and support for DECnet and
- high-speed remote serial connections.
-
- Available immediately is an interim version of the product, PC-Xview for
- Windows version 3.01, which includes changes needed to operate in the
- Windows 3.1 environment but not the enhanced performance and features.
- Users buying this version will receive a free upgrade to version 3.1 in
- June.
-
- Support for Both DECnet and XRemote Communications
-
- The new version of PC-Xview adds two key communication protocols, DECnet
- and XRemote. The DECnet LAN protocol, supported concurrently with TCP/IP,
- gives PC-Xview users greater access to the VMS operating environment where
- X has gained considerable ground. XRemote, a data-compression algorithm
- developed by NCD for optimized X communication across serial lines at up
- to 10 times the speed of the widely-used SLIP, will enhance the
- productivity of users working off-site.
-
- PC-Xview for Windows version 3.1 provides up to triple the performance of
- earlier products as measured by X11perf benchmarks. Improvements in both
- text and graphics performance boost user productivity in such applications
- as terminal emulations, Frame Technology's Framemaker, and Island
- Graphic's Paint.
-
- Graphics Cut-and-Paste
-
- PC-Xview for Windows version 3.1 allows cut-and-paste of graphics as well
- as text between X and Windows applications; all published mechanisms of
- the ICCCM standard for graphics cut-and-paste are supported. In addition,
- a "virtual screen" feature lets users pan across lower-resolution screens
- to view entire images even if they are larger than the physical display.
-
- PC-Xview for Windows version 3.1 runs as an application on Microsoft
- Windows, allowing users to switch easily between the Windows and X
- environments. Users can run all X applications in a single window, using a
- host-based window manager such as Motif or OpenLook, or have each X client
- occupy its own window, locally managed by standard Microsoft Windows
- functions.
-
- The PC-X Division staff worked closely with Microsoft in developing both
- the Windows 3.1 version of PC-Xview and a recently announced Windows NT
- version. Stephen Auditore, president of the market research firm X
- Business Group, recently noted that the firm's "close relationship with
- Microsoft. . . could provide a competitive edge in the hotly contested
- battle for market leadership in the PC X server market."
-
- Pricing/Availability
-
- PC-Xview for Windows version 3.1 and 3.01 are priced at $445 each (U.S.
- list). Users of version 3.0 can upgrade free of charge to version 3.01
- now, and to version 3.1 in June. The XRemote option is priced at $80 if
- purchased with PC-Xview, or $160 separately.
-
- NCD's PC-X Division, founded as Graphic Software Systems in 1981, pioneered
- hardware and software for graphics applications in the DOS, OS/2, Windows
- and UNIX environments. It entered the X Window System market in 1987,
- developing the first PC X server software for personal computers, and has
- followed with versions for DOS and Microsoft Windows. NCD acquired the
- division from Spectragraphics Corp. in April 1992.
-
- Network Computing Devices, Inc., formed in February 1988, is the leading
- supplier of X terminals, which provide users simultaneous access to
- multi-vendor computers on a network via the industry-standard X Window
- System. NCD's broad family of color and monochrome X terminals offers
- workstation-style graphical multi-window interfaces for users in UNIX, VMS
- and ULTRIX operating system environments.
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