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- What's New In LANtastic Network Operating System V4.00?
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- Full Microsoft(R) Windows(Tm) Support
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- You can use LANtastic NOS V4.00 with Microsoft Windows V3.0 and above on
- both servers and workstations, in any mode including Enhanced 386. You
- can enjoy the ease of use and flexibility of the graphical user interface,
- with all the great features for which LANtastic is famous.
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- Artisoft also offers LANtastic for Windows -- a Windows-based interface to
- our network operating system. This simple, elegant program allows you to
- use all the functions of LANtastic's NET and NET_MGR, without exiting
- Windows. For information on purchasing LANtastic for Windows, contact
- your dealer or Artisoft.
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- Incredible New Performance
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- The last version of LANtastic Network Operating System blew away the
- competition and now LANtastic NOS is even faster. By carefully reworking
- how our NETBIOS and Network Operating System (NOS) function together,
- we've created a system that is up to 300% faster on certain types of data
- transfers than our previous world-beating NOS.
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- Dedicated Or Peer-To-Peer Servers
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- With the ALONE program you can run a server in dedicated mode, then switch
- back to peer-to-peer mode at a moment s notice. In dedicated mode, your
- computer will service the network with unsurpassed performance. By
- side-stepping DOS, ALONE allows your computer to perform more simultaneous
- user requests with no loss in performance. If you need to use that server
- for local functions, simply exit the ALONE program and the computer will
- function as a LANtastic peer-to-peer server.
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- A New LANcache
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- LANcache set a new standard for network caching software by caching both
- reads and writes. And LANcache's background writing operations allow a
- server to perform user requests as foreground tasks while writing to disk
- in the background. The new LANcache is even faster and more efficient.
- No caching software works better with DOS and LANtastic than LANcache.
- And the new LANcache is designed to be fully compatible with Microsoft
- Windows. When LANcache detects that Windows is running, it will release
- its own memory to Windows to allow better performance.
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- Easier, More Flexible Installation
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- Now LANtastic is not only easier to install, you can set up your whole
- network -- servers, workstations, shared resources and user accounts --
- when you install the system software. LANtastic makes it easy to do it
- right the first time.
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- Unloadable From Memory
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- If you ever need to free up what little RAM LANtastic uses, you can now
- remove LANtastic Network Operating System from memory without rebooting.
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- Remote Processing
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- If you have a large task to perform, it makes sense to use the fastest
- computer on the network to do the processing. The NET RUN command lets
- you remotely issue commands to a network server. This means you can use
- your fastest servers for RAM and hardware intensive tasks such as database
- sorts, compiles and backups. While this is going on you can still use
- your local workstation for remote processing.
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- UPS Support
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- If you have an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) connected to your
- server, LANtastic will now work in unison with it to safeguard your
- network. If the UPS signals a server that a shutdown is imminent,
- LANtastic will warn all the network users, give them time to log off, then
- close all the open network files so that no one loses any work. If the power
- returns, LANtastic Network Operating System will abort the shutdown and
- tell the users there's nothing to worry about. (Requires support
- software.) The list of supported UPS manufacturers continues to grow.
- Currently this list includes American Power Conversion (800-541-8896),
- Para Systems, Inc. (800-238-7272), Tripp Lite (312-329-1777) and Sola
- Electric (800-879-7652).
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- Group Accounts
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- Now you can create a single username such as ACCT* and assign it a
- password and access rights. Users can then log in with any username that
- has the ACCT prefix, such as ACCT-LINDA. This can save much time during
- setup since you need to create only one user account for a group of users.
- The server is still secure, however, since you can require a password to
- use the wildcard username.
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- Unlimited Version Of LANtastic/AI
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- You can now purchase an unlimited version of LANtastic/AI so you can add
- as many nodes to your network as you wish. This can save you hundreds of
- dollars over the price of purchasing individual licenses. You get the all
- drivers with the unlimited version that you get with the per node version
- of LANtastic/AI.
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- LANtastic/AI Drivers
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- LANtastic/AI now offers increased support for SMC-compatible ARCNET
- adapters. Our SMCARC.EXE driver supports Standard Microsystems adapters
- PC120, PC130, PC130E, PC220, PC260, PC270E and PC500 (short board). The
- new driver, ARCNET.EXE, interfaces with all SMC- compatible ARCNET
- adapters. There is also a new 3COM 3C503 driver. (This driver functions
- in memory mapped mode only.)
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