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- Subj: PRESS RELEASE: S3Link 1.01 beta available
-
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- S3Link 1.0:
-
- - connection to any PSION SIBO machine
- - browsing the PSION file system
- - file transfer from and to PSION
-
- OCSoftware just released the 1.0 version of S3Link. The
- application controls the serial communication between any NEXTSTEP
- computer and PSION SIBO machines (as MC200, MC400, HC, Series3,
- Series3a or Workabout).
-
- You must ensure a physical serial connection between PSION and desktop
- (eg using the PSION Serial Link for Series3/3a). S3Link then uses this
- connection to communicate with the Link process on SIBO machine, exactly
- same way as the supplied MS DOS 'MCLINK.EXE'.
-
- * FEATURES *
-
- - automatic connection as soon as PSION is ready
- - PSION file system browsing
- - sensing PSION file/directory attributes
- - receiving PSION files to NEXTSTEP
- - transmitting NEXTSTEP files to PSION
- - automatic generation of a PSION file name (8+3) based on a NEXTSTEP
- (long) file name
- - both graphical and text progress indicators
- - wide set of preferences, allowing a rich customization (using
- 'dwrite')
- - standard NEXSTEP look and feel
- - full NEXTSTEP help
-
- The application was released as soon as possible to allow testing
- on diverse configurations. It is the reason it lacks some features
- intended for the next versions. Mainly these are only cosmetic details
- (eg setting preferences using 'dwrite' command in Terminal), the
- most serious is the impossibility to transfer whole directories.
-
- * PRICING *
-
- The application is $40 shareware.
-
- For testers and localizers is the application naturally free.
-
- * AVAILABILITY *
-
- S3Link 1.0 is available at
-
- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/binaries/comm
-
- Download the S3Link.pkg.NIS.tar.gz.README file and check if the 1.0
- was already moved to the comm folder. If not (the README still for
- 1.0.1 beta), try the submissions folder. Then download the package
- in S3Link.pkg.NIS.tar.gz.
-
- Supported architectures:
- NeXT, Intel, SPARC
- (sorry for the HP - still problems, will be solved)
-
- Supported software:
- NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher (might work on older, untested)
-
- * ABOUT THE COMPANY *
-
- OCSoftware is a small private company in Prague, Czech Republic,
- specialized in NEXTSTEP and PSION software development. Although
- mainly focused to the vertical market with proprietary software packs,
- it had prepared a number of general applications as well, as
-
- - PSION NewEncoding Kit, which allows to use any code page on PSION
- Series3/3a
- - PSION Software Localization Kit, which allows to localize Series3/3a
- to any language
- - NEXTSTEP NewEncoding Kit, which allows to use any code page with
- NEXTSTEP (developed with H.C.C., the premium driver writer)
- - NEXTSTEP FIDONet Message Editor
- - NEXTSTEP KeySwitch application to select wanted keyboard by one
- click
- - NEXTSTEP Czech spellchecker
- - NEXTSTEP Universal spellchecker, using ASCII file as dictionary
- - NEXTSTEP RTF Filter, converting RTFD to ASCII with numbered
- paragraphs and figures
- - PSION Ophir application, to supervise accounts
- - some games to attract users :)
-
- * FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT *
-
- OCSoftware
- Email: ocs@earn.cvut.cz
-
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