Exceed 5 for Windows NT
Hummingbird's Exceed 5 for Windows NT provides all the components necessary for
Intel 386, 486, Pentium-based PCs, and Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC based platforms to
easily access many different types of computing environments. While working within the
familiar graphical environment of Windows NT, Exceed 5 offers a high degree of integration
between Windows NT and UNIX, VMS, the X Windows System, IBM mainframes, the Internet,
and other operating systems.
Designed for the corporate environment and built upon open standards, Exceed 5 for Windows
NT fully utilizes the multitasking Windows NT operating system. An abundant set of
applications which are completely integrated into Windows NT include: the world's leading
X11R6 32-bit PC X server, now with XIE and CDE support; Exceed/Xpress for remote access
to X applications including IP support enabling Xpress to run over TCP/IP, SLIP, & PPP;
multiple terminal emulators such as Email and News Reader for access to news groups;
and advanced centralized configuration and installation.
Check out the many features offered by Exceed 5 for Windows NT:
Highlights of Exceed 5 for Windows NT
PC X Server Features
Communications Features
Exceed/Xpress Remote Access Features
Terminal Emulation Features
File Transfer & Management Features
Internet Applications
Network Utilities
Printing and Security Features
Optimized Performance
Transport Support
Font, Display, Keyboard and Mouse Features
Find out what you need to get up and running with Exceed 5 for
Windows NT
Highlights of Exceed 5 for Windows NT
Providing maximum functionality, Exceed 5 for Windows NT bundles, in one
easy-to-use and easy-to-install package, all the components needed for robust
PC-to-UNIX integration:
32-bit PC X server: X11R6 compliant with faster performance than ever
- TN3270: Providing IBM mainframe terminal emulation
- Exceed/Xpress for remote access to X:
- enhanced with modem compression capabilities
- EMail, supporting SMYTP, POP2, POP3, and MIME:
- Providea MAPI interface to support mail-enabled applications
- Threaded News reader provides access to news groups
- Common Desktop Environment (CDE) support:
- New standard gives same look and feel across UNIX platforms
- XIE support for high performance image handling
- Basic scripting for building powerful administration scripts
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Main Server Features
Hummingbird's X11R6 32-bit PC X server has been further enhanced with even higher
performance than ever before.
- 32-bit native Windows NT
- MIT X11 Release 6 compliant including XTEST and SYNC extensions
- X Image Extension (XIE) support, provides high performance image handling
- Supports up to 64 client connections simultaneously
- 100% Windows NT-based
- Window Manager:
- Host-based - Motif, OpenLook, etc.
- Local - Microsoft Windows NT, hwm (Hummingbird Window Manager) Motif-like, or mwm
- Two Windowing Modes:
- - Single Window Mode: All X clients run within one Windows NT window, utilizing any host-based Window Manager
(e.g. OpenLook etc.), or local hwm, or mwm*
- - Multiple Window Mode: Each X client runs in its own Windows NT window. Windows NT becomes
the local window manager, minimizing network traffic.
- Support for Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
- - Support via integration with the TriTeal Enterprise Desktop (TED). CDE provides a common
look and feel across UNIX platforms (HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, IBM, AIX, SGI IRIX,
Novell UnixWare, AT&T MP-RAS, SNI SINIX and Digital Unix), and can access
CDE enabled hosts in both Single and Multiple Window modes
- Single and Multiple Window mode panning, and
ability to control rate of panning
- Copy and paste text and images between
Windows NT and the X Window System
- Print to local printer
- Backing store and save unders - to reduce
network traffic
- Built-in xrdb support - resource database
locally maintained
- Support for network file server installation
- Launch Pad:
- -Hummingbird's unique user-programmable menuing facility with graphical
interface, simplifies window management and application launching
- Virtual Desktop:
- Provides a virtual screen much larger than the actual display, presenting
a bird's eye view of all X and Windows NT applications, which the user can
move on and off the screen
- Xtrace - Sophisticated protocol tracing for
client debugging
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Communications Features
- Many start-up methods, including:
- TELNET, PASSIVE, REXEC, RSH, RLOGIN, dterm, cterm, LAT, XDMCP, hRPS
(Hummingbird Remote Program Starter)
- Supports a local XDMCP Display Manager Chooser:
- Presents a list of hosts willing to manage the X display
- Application start-up options:
- Including Xstart point and click start-up of X and character-based non-X applications,
Wstart point and click Windows NT Program Starter, and Xsession
drag-and-drop, point and click startup of multiple X, Windows NT and character-
based non-X applications. Customization of X server window and startup modes
is supported
- An icon library for custom icon installation for Xstart, Wstart, Xsession,
and
Exceed Basic
- The Transport Monitor provides visual feedback of transport activity
Exceed/Xpress Remote Access Features
- Modem compress to maximize performance
- Supports IP, enabling Xpress to run over TCP/IP, SLIP OR PPP
- Custom scripting feature for automating dialing, login and
call-back procedures
- Remote file transfer and printing of UNIX files on local PC
printers
- Requires host specific software
- - Xpress/Host supplied as a separate product in binary format for the host operating
system
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Terminal Emulation Features
Multiple terminal emulations include RTelnet which supports VT320/220/100/52 with scripting
to automate the log sequence. The graphical keyboard remapping feature permits
the user to customize the keyboard, and other features include copy & paste, scroll-back
buffers, and local printing. TN3270 terminal emulation supports 3278 and 3279 and includes
support for extended attribute mode, copy and paste, keyboard remapping, and color
support.
- Telnet support for VT320/220/100/52 emulation
- - Includes copy, paste, scroll-back buffer, local printing, text attribute color mapping,
automatic re-sizing of fonts when the Telnet window is re-sized, graphical keyboard configuration,
and scripting capabilities
- TN3270 support for 3278 models 2,3,4,5, and 3279 models 2 and 3
- - IND$FILE (CICS, TSO, or CMS) file transfer
- - Support for HLLAPI programming using Exceed Basic
- - Includes copy and paste to Windows clipboard, printing contents of window, text attribute
color mapping and graphical keyboard configuration
- - Automatic re-sizing of fonts when TN3270 window is re-sized
- - Support for hot spots
Exceed 5 for Windows NT File Transfer & Management Features
- FTP support graphical drag-and-drop file transfer and directory
management
- Local printing and Exceed Basic script driven file transfers
- Supports Active FTP connections
- - For sites that have security preventing incoming FTP data connections
- Firewall support
- Connection to Internet Anonymous FTP servers
Internet Applications - Features
- Email
- - Supporting SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), POP2, POP3, (Post Office Protocol),
- - MIME support for file attachments, UUencode/UUdecode
- - Distribution Lists
- Network News Reader
- - Network News Protocol (NNTP) supported, for dynamic subscription to Internet News groups,
user groups, mail lists and other services
- - Includes filtering and reading options
- - All messages can be downloaded into text files or printed on the fly
- - Its threaded functionality allows users to open multiple news groups simultaneously
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Network Utilities
- Ping
- - Testing tool to determine whether a specific machine is connected to the network, and
available
- Trace Route
- - Graphical testing tool to trace path of data packet across network
- Whois
- - Query the central Network Operations Centre database for information on specific user and
specific user sites
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Printing and Security Features
- LPD Capabilities:
- - Supports queued printing on a PC printer from a UNIX host
- - Supports printing of host raw data files (e.g. postscript files) via Print Manager
- XDMCP security
- Program starter & Extend password encryption
- Host Access Control List
- - Restricts server access to authorized users only
- System administrators can restrict users from settings and can disable certain features in Exceed
- Users can password protect running of the Xconfig application
- Remote configuration can be password protected and can be
disabled if desired
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Font, Display, Keyboard and Mouse Features
- Display Features:
- - 24 plane graphics board and TrueColor support (up to 16 million colors)
- - 16 or 256 colors per colormap
- Keyboard Features:
- - Graphical keyboard configuration allows mapping of KeySyms and definition
of compose sequences and keyboard macros
- - 20 international keyboard mappings
- - Support for DEC LK450/250/201 keyboards and emulation of DEC LK201 on
PC keyboard
- - Support for Microsoft Natural Keyboard
- Font Features:
- - X11R6 font support - font server, complete font transformation support
- - Full interactive support for all font naming and alias schemes, including
wildcard font requests
- - Automatic font substitution
- - Font compiler provided which compiles .bdf and .pcf format fonts into the
Windows NT font format
- - Unlimited font size - not restricted to 64KB enabling the use of oriental
fonts, e.g. Kanji
- - Hundreds of X fonts are provided in Windows NT font format
- - Fonts: OpenLook, DEC, HP, IBM, 75dpi, 100dpi, Andrew, PC, Misc.
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Optimized Performance
- System resource tuning
- Users can tune the system resource usage for optimal performance
- Graphics performance tuning
- Allos optimal configuration of the hardware in use for the best possible performance
Exceed 5 for Windows NT Transport Support
Exceed 5 for Windows NT supports:
- The Windows Sockets compliant TCP/IP transport provided in
the Windows NT operating system
- DEC Pathworks for Windows NT (Vers. 4.1)
- Concurrent TCP/IP and DECnet transports
Hardware and Software Requirements on Your PC
- IBM compatible 8386, 8486, or Pentium-based PC, or MIPS,
Alpha, PowerPC-based platform
- Microsoft Windows NT operating system, 3.1 or higher
- Minimum 12MB memory
- Hard disk for storing software - Typical requirement - 20MB
- 3.5" floppy disk drive
- Mouse - Microsoft Windows NT supported
- Color or analog monochrome monitor
- Graphics adapter - Microsoft Windows NT supported
- A TCP/IP transport either provided with Exceed 5 for Windows
NT, WinSock 1.1 supported, or one of the other transports listed
- Network adapter supported by transport
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