FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sue Carlson Black & White Software, Inc Bridge Street Marketplace Waitsfield, VT 05673-12120 802-496-8500, 802-496-5112 (fax), nxfax@bandw.com. Waitsfield, VT, March 15, 1994 BLACK & WHITE SOFTWARE SHIPS NXFAX 1.04 Black & White Software is pleased to announce the release of NXFax 1.04 for NEXTSTEP running on both Intel and NeXT hardware. NXFax is a reliable, high speed, fax solution which integrates perfectly with NEXTSTEP on Motorola and Intel based computers. Anything you can print you can fax just by pressing the Fax button on the Print Panel. You read, log, assign, and archive your faxes with the NEXTSTEP FaxReader. NXFax works perfectly with your favorite data communications programs like UUCP, SLIP, PPP, tip, Kermit, and Microphone. Winner of the Best of Breed award for Communications, NXFax is at work in thousands of locations world-wide. NEXTWORLD "highly recommends" NXFax, calling it "our favorite fax-driver software". PURCHASING NXFAX You can purchase NXFax directly from Black & White Software for $135. You will receive the award winning NXFax software plus extensive on-line documentation and a password. Ordering information appears at the end of this announcement. DEMO You can test NXFax before you decide to purchase. Without a password, NXFax runs in demo mode allowing you to send (but not receive) any number of single page faxes. To obtain a demonstration copy of NXFax, please refer to the instructions at the end of this announcement. SUPPORTED MODEMS NXFax has been tested with the following Class 2 fax modems: Boca Research - Boca 14.4 Intel - Intel144/144E MultiTech - MT1432BA Practical Peripherals - FXSA, FXMT, FXPKT Supra - SupraFAX 14.4 v32.bis Telebit - WorldBlazer, T3000 Zoom - VFX ZyXEL - all U-1496 models Note that NXFax does not support Class 1 modems. ZYXEL MODEMS ZyXEL builds some of the best and most reliable fax modems available. NEXTWORLD agrees saying that the "ZyXEL modem is the best we've seen". Black & White sells specially priced NXFax and ZyXEL packages starting at $470 US. Packages include the NXFax software, 1496E high-speed fax/data modem, serial and phone cables. Shipping is free in the U.S. UPGRADING FROM AN OLDER VERSION OF NXFAX NXFax version 1.04 runs on Intel hardware and supports more different brands of modems than NXFax 1.03. If you are still using a NeXTstation or Cube and not changing modems, you can keep using version 1.03. Upgrades to NXFax 1.04 are free for registered customers who can retrieve the software from an FTP site or archive site (refer to the section "Where To Get NXFax Electronically"). There is a $15 handling charge for receiving an upgrade via U.S. mail. NXFax 1.02 users who want to upgrade to NXFax 1.04 must be running version 3.0 or higher of NEXTSTEP. Everyone who upgrades from a prior version of NXFax will require a new password. Password updates are free for registered users who provide us with a previously registered Host ID. To request a password update, send First and last name Voice phone E-mail address System Host id NEXTSTEP Version Modem type and model Customers with e-mail access are asked to send password update requests to nxfax@bandw.com. If you do not have e-mail access, please fax your update request to 802-496-5112 or call 802-496-8500. MULTI-ARCHITECTURE FORMAT NXFax 1.04 is shipped in Multi-Architecture Binary format so that it works with NEXTSTEP on both NeXT and Intel hardware. NEXTSTEP 3.1 (or later) is required to use this version of NXFax 1.04. NEXTSTEP 3.0 users should request a special "NeXT only" version of NXFax 1.04 directly from Black & White. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTEL USERS NEXTSTEP 3.1 for Intel shipped with a serial driver that does not work for high speed data and fax communications. If you want to install NXFax 1.04 on Intel hardware, you must either use NEXTSTEP 3.2 or obtain an updated serial driver directly from NeXT. WHERE TO GET NXFAX ELECTRONICALLY NXFax will be available publicly in a few days. If you have FTP access or can receive VERY large NeXTMail (about 1.3 meg), you can get NXFax 1.04 electronically. * Via FTP NXFax (multi-architecture version only) can be obtained at Purdue (sonata.cc.purdue.edu) and at Oregon State (cs.orst.edu). The files are: NXFax1.04.tar NXFax1.04.README.txt * ANDI Info Server We are currently waiting for NXFax to appear on the ANDI InfoServer. It has been submitted and should appear there in a few days. Until NXFax 1.04 is posted on the InfoServer, any request mailings will return NXFax 1.03. NXFax can be sent to you automatically via NeXTMail from the ANDI info server. To obtain NXFax this way, send mail to info@andi.org. The subject you specify will determine what gets sent to you. Type the subject exactly as shown in the chart below: NXFax 1.04 Subject ---------- ------- Multi-architectureSend BlackandWhite NXFaxInstaller.app NeXT only Send BlackandWhite NXFaxInstaller.app.m68k README fileSend BlackandWhite NXFax1.04.README.rtf If you get the "NeXT only" version, be sure to rename it to NXFaxInstaller.app before you try to launch it. TO PLACE AN ORDER OR GET MORE INFORMATION When placing an order or requesting a demo diskette please include: First and last name Company name Address Voice phone Fax phone E-mail address NEXTSTEP Version Hardware platform (NeXT or manufacturer name) Modem type and model Modem color (black or white if ordering) Master Card or VISA number and expiration (if ordering) Black & White Software, Inc. Bridge Street Marketplace Waitsfield VT 05673-1210 Call: 802-496-8500 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. Monday - Friday Fax: 802-496-5112 Email: nxfax@bandw.com (NeXTMail OK)