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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact:
    David J. Ferrero
    Zion Software & Consulting.
    56D Nanel Drive
    Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA
    tel: 203-659-4257
         fax: 203-657-3542
    email: palette@zion.com
    ****** AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY ******
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Zion Software & Consulting ships ZionDECView - Palettized Terminal Emulation


Glastonbury, Conn., September 8, 1994 - Zion Software & Consulting
announced the release of ZionDECView, MAB terminal emulation palette
and objectware for applications needing VT100/VT102 and ANSI Color
terminal support.

Summary:  Zion's ZionDECView.palette, libZionDECView.a, and associated
files provide the building blocks for any custom or commercial
NEXTSTEP applications utilizing either VT100/VT102 or ANSI terminal
emulation. Whether the application needs a command line interface
in addition to the NEXTSTEP GUI, or the application is an intermediate
step while moving legacy applications to a Client/Server (NEXTSTEP)
environment, Zion's palettized terminal emulation objectware will
fit the bill. You don't have to throw away your valuable data and
supporting mainframe or mini software just because your company is
migrating towards client/server. With objectware such as Zion's
ZionDECView, your developers can begin building custom terminal
based software in a GUI environment, or allow existing software to
be accessed from your NEXTSTEP environment. Why redevelop and debug
terminal emulation code when your application can take advantage
of Zion's efforts within minutes?


PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

Palette Inspector support
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Window Size: Columns, Rows.
Screen Colors Enabled, Background, Foreground, Cursor Color.
Scrollback Buffer Enabled, Length, Scroll to the bottom on input.
Fixed pitch font to use.
Copy support: Ascii.
Paste support: Ascii.
Find support: Next, Previous, Case, Jump to selection.
Font Panel support: Fixed Pitch.

Terminal Emulation
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DEC VT102/VT100, ANSI Color
VT100/102 Function Key support: PF1-4 keys are emulated via the 4
top keys on the number-key-pad.

Cursor Key / Application Mode support: Full cursor key and keypad
emulation for applications using the proper escape sequences.

Pricing
The suggested retail price for developer licenses is as follows:
$995 - 1 developer license
$1595 - 3 developer licenses
$1995 - 5 developer licenses

Licensing
All licensed developers will receive free email support, and limited
phone support. A developer license code fully enables this palette
for custom application development and authorizes the right to
purchase additional run-time licenses. Each developer license comes
with a complementary run-time license. Deploy finished applications
which utilize Zion's ZionDECView by purchasing additional Run-Time
Licenses from Zion as needed. Developer and run-time site licensing
for Zion's ZionDECView palette and objectware is available. For
commercial applications which include ZionDECView, Zion offers a
discount on the run-time licensing fees.  Please contact Zion for
further information.

AVAILABILITY:
ZionDECView is available on NEXTSTEP Internet sites such as
cs.orst.edu, or may be obtained via NEXTMAIL, Floppy, or Modem for
sites without ftp access. Please contact Zion in this situation.
It can be found as:

ZionDECViewPalette.tar.gz - objectware folder with ColorTerm example.
ZionDECViewPalette.README - this file.


About the company:
Zion Software and Consulting is based in Glastonbury, Connecticut
and was founded in September 1992. Zion specializes in Custom and
Commercial Software Development and consulting with the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP
environment.

Other shipping products include:
** MTP - Midi Time Piece Configuration application for MTP/Midi NeXT users.
** TeleComm - inexpensive/robust modem software with VT100/ANSI
terminal emulation, x,y,zmodem file transfer.
** Checkers - NEXTSTEP Checkers with full undo and game save!

ZionDECView and TeleComm are trademarks of Zion Software & Consulting.
NEXTSTEP && OPENSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer,
Inc. VT102 and VT100 are registered trademarks of Digital Equipment
Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.