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- San Diego, CA. May 1, 1992 - AGE announced a new release of its X server
- software for Microsoft Windows - XoftWare for Windows, Version 1.5. In
- addition to performance level improvements averaging over 200 percent,
- XoftWare for Windows is now compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1.
- Shipments will begin in May, 1992.
-
- The new XoftWare for Windows 1.5 provides performance increases in excess
- of 200 percent based upon x11perf, the industry's standard benchmark
- routines. According to Craig A. Schmidt, vice president of marketing for
- AGE, "Performance increased in 208 of the 220 x11perf tests. Over 40 of
- the x11perf test routines showed performance increases far exceeding the
- 200 percent level." X11perf is the industry's acknowledged set of
- performance-oriented test routines, commonly called perftest, that are
- used to measure X software performance.
-
- In addition to increased perftest performance, XoftWare for Windows 1.5
- also provides significant improvements in user responsiveness. Areas of
- improvement include XoftWare's ability to redraw full screen images, start
- applications, display images, and provide faster server startup.
-
- "Product quality and customer support have long been the standards by which
- we want to be measured." said Peter J. Shaw, president and CEO of AGE
- Logic, Inc. "With XoftWare for Windows 1.5, AGE will now deliver an
- optimized Microsoft Windows based X server that provides the high level of
- performance for which AGE is also known."
-
- XoftWare for Windows 1.5 is compatible with the recently released Microsoft
- Windows 3.1. In addition, XoftWare for Windows continues to provide
- backward compatibility with Microsoft Windows 3.0.
-
- XoftWare for Windows is AGE's enhanced X server software that tightly
- integrates X and Microsoft Windows on 286, 386 and 486 PCs. X applications
- can be displayed using Microsoft's local window manager or any of the
- other popular window managers such as mwm (Motif), olwm (OPEN LOOK), or
- dxwm (DECWindows). North American end user list price is $495.
- Distributor, reseller, educational, and OEM pricing is also available.
- Interested parties should contact AGE 's sales department at (619)
- 455-8600. Current XoftWare for Windows users should also contact AGE's
- sales department for upgrade pricing.
-
- AGE, a privately owned corporation founded in 1984, is a supplier of X
- Window System software which enables PCs and X terminals to access X
- applications residing on UNIX and DEC/VMS host machines. Marketed under
- the XoftWare brand name, AGE offers customized embedded products for the
- world's leading terminal, computer and systems companies, as well as
- standard PC packages for OEMS, systems integrators, resellers, and major
- end users. These XoftWare packaged products support industry standards
- such as Microsoft Windows, DOS, TIGA, 8514, SCO Open Desktop, and
- INTERACTIVE Unix. AGE also has alliances with major silicon, terminal, and
- workstation companies to develop highly optimized, hardware specific X
- servers tailored to their specifications.
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- San Diego, CA. May 1, 1992 - AGE announced that its XoftWare line of X
- Window System Servers for Microsoft Windows and DOS environments now
- supports DEC PATHWORKS TCP/IP Version 1.1 or higher. The XoftWare family
- of PC-based X servers which support DEC PATHWORKS networking software are
- XoftWaren' for Windows 1.5, XoftWare for DOS 1.02, and XoftWare for
- TIGA/DOS 2.1.1.
-
- According to Craig A. Schmidt, vice president of marketing, "AGE is
- committed to the DEC marketplace and to its customers. We are pleased to
- add DEC PATHWORKS to the extensive list of networking packages that we
- currently support."
-
- XoftWare for Windows is AGE's enhanced X server software which tightly
- integrates X and Microsoft Windows on 286, 386 and 486 PCs. XoftWare for
- DOS adds X terminal capabilities to 286, 386 and 486 DOS PCs. XoftWare for
- TIGA/DOS adds the high-resolution, high-performance capabilities of an X
- terminal to any 286/386/486 DOS PCs with TIGA-based graphics
- accelerators.
-
- AGE, a privately owned corporation founded in 1984, is a supplier of X
- Window System software which enables PCs and X terminals to access X
- applications residing on UNIX and DEC/VMS host machines. Marketed under
- the XoftWare brand name, AGE offers customized embedded products for the
- world's leading terminal, computer and systems companies, as well as
- standard PC packages for OEMS, systems integrators, resellers, and major
- end users. These XoftWare packaged products support industry standards
- such as Microsoft Windows, DOS, TIGA, 8514, SCO Open Desktop, and
- INTERACTIVE Unix. AGE also has alliances with major silicon, terminal, and
- workstation companies to develop highly optimized, hardware-specific X
- servers tailored to their specifications.
-
- AGE, 9985 Pacific Heights Blvd, San Diego, CA 92121
- 619-455-8600
-
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