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- Milpitas, CA -- May 25,1992 -- Relisys today announced that it's TR-170
- intelligent color text terminal natively supports PC-MOS, one of the
- leading multiuser DOS operating systems, from The Software Link, Norcross,
- GA. This is allowed through a new firmware driver jointly developed by
- Relisys and The Software Link. This support enables up to 25 TR-170
- terminals to share a single PC's resource, providing bus speed operation,
- faster than most LAN connections, which results in better performance in
- disk-intensive applications like order entry, accounting and database
- access. In addition, PC-MOS also provides DOS compatibility and
- multitasking. Running on the TR-170 intelligent terminal, users can
- "hot-key" among off-screen, active DOS applications quickly and easily.
-
- "The combination of Relisys' economical TR-170 intelligent color terminal
- with the cost-effectiveness of shared processing provides VARs and
- resellers with a powerful, low cost solution to all of their multiuser,
- multitasking applications," said Janson Wu, vice president and chief
- operating officer at Relisys.
-
- Relisys has been working with The Software Link as a strategic partner to
- ensure compatibility of the TR-170 color terminal with the PC-MOS
- operating system across hardware platforms, from the Intel-based 80286 to
- the 80486 to the IBM PS/2 line. The partnership ensures compatibility with
- PC EmuLink, which allows existing PCs to emulate the TR-170; with
- MaXtation SH-4, which provides multiuser Hercules-compatible graphics and
- text, while remaining price-competitive with dumb terminals; with VGNA,
- which provides multiuser color graphics; and with PC-MOS Gateway, which
- allows a PC-MOS multiuser system to serve as a node on a Novell LAN.
-
- Rod Roark, The Software Link's chairman, said, "Compatibility of the
- Relisys TR-170 terminals with The Software Link's diverse connectivity
- options enables VARs -and systems integrators to offer flexible shared
- processing solutions for both the individual office or corporate
- environment."
-
- The Model TR-170 VGA color text terminal comes standard with a 57.6K baud
- rate for a faster screen update or an optional 76.8K baud rate for
- multiport I/O cards than can support the higher rate. The Relisys terminal
- also features 64K of RAM that provides multipage support for DOS and OS/2
- operating systems and M screen support for UNIX operating systems. This
- multipage feature will store up to eight pages of applications sessions
- and allow users to the hot key between those sessions.
-
- In addition, the terminal includes ANSI and PC Term emulation modes that
- residently support UNIX and XENIX applications and most major multiuser
- DOS operating systems.
-
- The Software Link joins the list of a half-dozen major software
- manufacturers already supporting the Relisys terminals with powerful
- development software.
-
- The Model TR-170 color terminal supports VGA text mode and features a
- 14-inch non-glare CRT with 0.31mm dot pitch and a P22 phosphor
- flicker-free display. The refresh rate is 70Hz. The TR-170 is available
- now at a suggested list price of $895.00. Relisys also offers the VGA text
- mode compatible Model TR-65 gray scale terminal, which is available at a
- suggested list price of $545.00 each.
-
- Both terminals are backed by a 12-month standard warranty. Extended
- warranties, such as two years for end user and VAR customers, are also
- available at additional cost.
-
- Relisys was founded in 1987 to market branded products through distribution
- channels in the U.S. Relisys is a wholly owned subsidiary of TECO
- Information Systems, Inc., part of the TECO Group, a $1.5 billion 36-year
- old Taiwan-based electrical and electronics company. TECO has been
- supplying dealer and VAR/VAD and OEM markets for the past thirteen years.
- Relisys headquarters are at 320 South Milpitas Boulevard, Milpitas, CA
- 95035.
-
- For additional product information, please call REL/America Marketing and
- Sales, Relisys' technical sales representatives, at 1-800-226-9611.
-
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