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Subject: Kermit 95 News Release
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 15:16:09 -0500
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
=====================
Contact: Lee Fitzpatrick
Manning Software Inc.
+1 (203) 629 2078 (Voice)
+1 (203) 661 9018 (Fax)
lee@manning.com
KERMIT 95
Communications Software for Windows 95
A new product by the team that developed the Kermit protocol and
the world-renowned Kermit communications products.
Early users' praise:
"The first thing I did was to verify that I could achieve the fast
file transfer on a dialed connection that I was used to ... did it ...
3240 cps @28800 BAUD for uncompressible data (I don't often get that out
of ZMODEM). Having done that, I got rid of Hyperterminal. Then I
verified that it would Telnet using the Win95 Winsock and SLIP or PPP
... it did (excellent terminal emulation) ... then I got rid of QVT."
-- Vincent Fatica
Syracuse University
"I've used MS-DOS Kermit for years and now that I am running
Windows NT, I am overjoyed to have Kermit 95 running under it. I am a
frequent user of EMACS over a dialup line and Kermit gives me far more
control over reprogramming individual keys than any other terminal
emulator I have seen, either freeware or commercial."
-- Tom Horsley
Harris Computers
Greenwich, CT, November 13, 1995 -- Manning Software and Columbia
University's Kermit Project announced today the release of a new product:
the Kermit 95 communications package for Microsoft Windows 95. Dubbed K-95,
it is a fast and friendly, fully native, 32-bit communications software
package for both serial and TCP/IP communication. With a projected street
price of $54 and very little competition, K-95 is positioned for
aggressive market penetration.
"The number of people needing communications software is growing
rapidly, and we expect K-95 to become a major player in the Windows 95
segment of the marketplace," said Marjan Bace, President of Manning
Software. "The numbers of people working from their homes is growing
exponentially. The estimates for those currently using BBSs range from 30
to 50 million. A new trend is BBS access over the Internet--suddenly, BBSs
are turning themselves into global resources by joining the net," he
added.
"The work-at-home crowd will use K-95 and its scriptable operation
to log onto their corporate network either by a direct call or by
connecting through a data network like SprintNet or Tymnet," Mr Bace said.
Because of the key role of online communications in today's world, the
entire Windows 95 marketplace is also the Kermit 95 marketplace. K-95 is
the perfect Telnet client for Netscape, Internet Explorer, and other
popular Web browsers. Used in this way K-95 "gives you important
benefits: you can transfer files while in your telnet session; you have
more and better terminal emulations to choose from; and you have colors,
scrollback, key mapping, and local printing," he added.
The just-released version 1.1 comes in two parts: a full-GUI
Dialer and a console-mode Kermit engine. For most common uses of the
system users will deal solely with the Dialer. It is replete with menus,
pushbuttons, dialog boxes, notebooks, etc. "Under the hood is the most
intensely tested and improved communications engine ever," Mr. Bace said.
The K-95 engine itself is accessed through a traditional non-GUI
command/terminal screen. Fully GUI'ized access to K-95 is in development
and registered buyers of the current version 1.1 will receive a free
upgrade to the fully GUI version planned for early 1996.
Announced in September on the Internet, K-95 has already logged
hundreds of orders and numerous bulk licenses are in negotiation. "The
Columbia Kermit Web site had an average weekly hit-rate of 10,000. This
has doubled to 20,000 per week in response to the announcement of Kermit
95," said Christine Gianone, Manager of the Kermit Project. "In the
Windows 95 newsgroups on the net, people are clamoring for full-function,
native Windows 95 communications software that actually works," she added.
Frank da Cruz, the leader of the Kermit development team and an
internationally known communications expert, has compared the operation of
K-95 to the alternatives that are currently available -- Microsoft's
built-in Hyperterminal and Telnet applets and Mustang Software's QModemPro
-- and has posted the results in tables on the Columbia University Kermit
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html
He concludes that Hyperterminal provides substantially lesser
capabilities, while there is great deal of operational overlap between
QModemPro and K-95. The strengths of Kermit appear to be in providing
robust, reliable operation in diverse application situations, while
QModemPro's strengths are its support of fancier BBS features like RIP
scripts, doorway mode, and a 100% GUI interface. Mr. da Cruz has invited
comparisons and postings on the Internet by others. QModemPro is expected
to have a street price of approximately $99.
According to Mr. Bace the "popularity of the traditional versions of
Kermit--known to be of high quality--will be the wedge we will use to open
the marketplace for this commercial product." Previous versions of Kermit
software have been bundled with the products of major computer, networking,
and software vendors. They are in use in thousands of companies the world
over, at practically every university in the world, and throughout the US
and other governments. Kermit lies at the heart of many high-profile
mission-critical communication applications, from the recent Brazilian
national elections to the UN relief efforts in Bosnia. And, the Kermit
support team has gained a reputation for excellent support -- voice,
e-mail, newsgroup, BBS, etc, and is known for its rapid response to trouble
reports.
The following Sales Sheet details Kermit 95 features, operational
capabilities, tech support, pricing, and ordering information. To receive
more information please contact Lee Fitzpatrick at Manning Software.
KERMIT 95 SALES SHEET
=====================
Features
K-95 features a graphical Dialer; a directory preloaded with hundreds of
dialup and network connections; fast screen updates; full color selection;
the same high-quality VT100/VT200/VT300 and ANSI terminal emulation that
the Kermit Project is famous for; virtually unlimited and instantaneous
screen rollback; flexible key mapping; full support for all VT100/200/300
keys; integrated mouse functions like copy-and-paste, cursor steering;
screen height and width selection; character-set conversion; versatile
printer control; pop-up context-sensitive help, debugging, etc.
Operation
K-95 operation supports: The leading file transfer protocols (X/Y/ZMODEM,
ASCII, and K-95's Kermit protocol is, of course, the fastest and most
advanced implementation of the Kermit protocol available anywhere),
incorporating: sliding windows; long packets; control-character
unprefixing; locking shifts; character-set translation; an update feature;
file transfer recovery; automatic file transfer initiation; and much more;
Windows 95 long filenames; background as well as foreground file transfers;
management of multiple sessions through the graphical Dialer; an
intelligent phone-list that understands the difference between
international, long-distance, local, toll-free, and internal PBX calls, and
adjusts itself according to your location and allows multiple phone numbers
for a single service, and can be told how many times and how frequently to
redial if the connection is not made; script programming (using the same
portable Kermit script language that is already in widespread use on
hundreds of other platforms) which, when used in combination with the
Windows 95 System Agent, allows for automatically scheduled unattended
communications tasks;
Support
The software comes with a 100-page user manual plus a 500-page technical
reference manual. A dedicated newsgroup and a tech-support BBS are
available for discussion and patch distribution. Voice support is
available at $2.50 per minute via a 900 hotline. Kermit 95 will be
aggressively supported with patches, updates, information bulletins, and a
Kermit magazine all of which are free of charge to registered users.
Pricing
Unit price: $54.00 plus shipping.
Quantity discounts, academic site licenses, and bulk right-to-copy
licenses are available.
For further information, see:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html
To order, contact: Lee Fitzpatrick
Manning Software Inc.
lee@manning.com
Marjan
________________________
Marjan Bace, Ph D
Publisher and Partner
Manning Publications Co.
203 629 2028
fax: 203 661 9018
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