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Montreal, Canada February 17, 1992 Eicon Technology today announced
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shipment of Access for OS/2 and of its latest version of Access for
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Windows 3.11. These are complete 3270 terminal and printer emulation
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packages for OS/2 Presentation Manager and Microsoft Windows 3.0.
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Standalone or LAN-based PCs can connect to multiple IBM hosts at different
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locations to exchange information at the same time as they run other
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OS/2-based or Windows-based applications.
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Support for Industry Standard Communications Platforms: Access for Windows
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and Access for OS/2 are workstation-resident emulation software. A
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workstation running either program can connect to an IBM host and
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establish up to 32 simultaneous display and/or printer sessions across
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different SNA platforms:
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Access for Windows
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Eicon Technology SNA Gateway
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Direct Token-Ring
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IBM PC 3270 Emulation
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Access for OS/2
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Eicon Technology SNA Gateway
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Direct Token-Ring
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IBM DFT Coax (or compatibles)
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Unique in the market, Eicon Technology's direct Token-Ring option enables a
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single Access workstation to establish connections with up to three
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different Token-Ring attached hosts.
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"Access for OS/2 is the most flexible and easy to use OS/2 emulation
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product I have seen. Also, Eicon Technology's implementation of the mouse
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emulation for the light pen will save Hillcrest Medical thousands of
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dollars this year alone", says John Schmidt, Director, Clinical Systems,
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of Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Enhancements and Features:
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Enhancements and features include new editing features, new keyboard and
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macro functions, and complete Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) support for
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display and printer sessions.
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* New editing features provide users with the ability to select the data
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format (text or bitmap) for copying from host sessions to GUI-based
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applications.
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* Keyboard setup enables users to configure the keyboard for PC AT, 101/102
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Enhanced, Keytronic KB 3270 Plus, ICL 122, Toshiba 3200/5200 and others.
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Users can also customize their keyboard maps.
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* The numeric keypad to the extreme right can be remapped separately from
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the keyboard with 3270 functions, Access for Windows and Access for OS/2
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macros and desktop functions (e.g.: File & Open), providing the user with
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total keyboard mapping options.
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* Macro facility automatically records a sequence of commands and
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keystrokes to a file as it is being performed by the user. To rerun that
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same sequence, the user simply calls up the macro. No programming is
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required to write the macro.
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* DDE is now supported under printer sessions. Our current DDE support
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enables GUI-based applications to automatically retrieve data page-by-page
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and examine it before it goes to print. Eight DDE connections per display
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session are supported.
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Compatibility:
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Both Access for Windows and Access for OS/2 present the identical graphical
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user interface. Users can run them on the same LAN as Eicon Technology's
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DOS emulations with Eicon Technology SNA Gateways or IBM's Token-Ring
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connections. The family of Access emulation products offers users a single
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solution to meet their 3270 requirements.
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LANs Supported:
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Access for Windows
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NetBIOS-compatible
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Novell NetWare
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Microsoft LAN Manager
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IBM OS/2 LAN Server
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Banyan VINES
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Access for OS/2
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NetBIOS-compatible
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IBM OS/2 LAN Server
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Microsoft LAN Manager
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Planned availability for Access for Windows (3270) and Access for OS/2
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(3270) versions 3.11 is February 1992 for $395 US per user. Multiple user
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packages are also available: 10-User Pack for $3,000 US and 25-User Pack
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for $5,000 US.
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Eicon Technology Corporation provides distributed connectivity solutions
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for corporate information systems. The company is a recognized world
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leader in SNA and X.25 communications for PCs and LANs in DOS, OS/2,
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Windows and UNIX environments. With headquarters in Montreal, Canada,
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Eicon Technology offers worldwide sales and service support. For more
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information, contact Eicon Technology at (214) 239-3270.
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Eicon Technology Corp
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2196 - 32nd Ave (Lachine)
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Montreal, Quebec, CANADA H8T 3H7
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| BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. |
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