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- From: aglover@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: PEP Associates Press Release: CD-ROM + Network = ?
- Date: 14 Oct 93 09:10:44 GMT
-
-
- CD-ROM + Network = ?
-
- PEP Associates are please to announce that, as from the 1st November, it
- will be possible to access CD-ROM across AUN networks by utilising their
- new product, CD-Net.
-
- The product, as the names suggests, has been designed specifically to
- fufill the task of serving CD-ROMs over the network. It consists of a
- server application and a filer application.
-
- The server application allows the network manager to decide which CD-ROMs
- are available over the network. It utilises state-of-the-art cacheing
- technology to maximise network usage while overcoming the relatively slow
- speed of CD-ROM drives. By using appropriate network cabling, it is even
- possible to run Replay
- movies. By being AUN conformant, CD-ROMs can be
- accessed over Econet, Ethernet and NEXUS networks.
-
- The filer application allows users to access CD-ROMs from the desktop as if
- the CD-ROM drive was attached to their computer. For some titles, CD-Net
- enhanced retrieval software makes accessing the data even simpler.
-
- "It is our hope that this exciting product will be the catalyst which
- brings together CD-ROM and networking technology" said Patrick O'Reilly,
- PEP's educational and IT product development manager.
-
- To introduce the product, a trial pack is available for #39.95 which
- contains the server software and the filer application. It will provide
- unlimited access to the Acorn Replay Videoclip Collection One and Acorn
- Educational Directory Issue 4 CD-ROMs. It will also provide 30 day access
- to several commercial applications including the Hutchinson Encyclopedia
- (1993 text version) and the Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia.
-
- If you have any enquiries regarding this product, please contact Ellis Hall
- at PEP Associates, 34 Tiverton Way, Cambridge, CB1 3TU, or by phone or fax
- on 0223 212251.
-
-
- A postscript to the previous posting, any enquiries regarding CD-Net should
- be addressed to Ellis Hall on 0223 212251, or by fax to the same number, or
- by letter to PEP Associates, 34 Tiverton Way, Cambridge, CB1 3TU.
-
-
-
- From: aglover@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: PEP Associates Press Release: Announcing CD-NET
- Date: 14 Oct 93 09:27:17 GMT
-
- ANNOUNCING CD-NET
-
- CD-ROM + Network = ?
-
- From 1st November 1993, it will be possible to access CD-ROM across AUN
- networks.
-
- Until now, the utilisation of CD-ROM in schools has been severely limited
- by the technical problems involved in reading CD-ROMs across Acorn
- networks.
-
- The CD-Net filing system from PEP Associates liberates CD-ROM from its
- single-user status, and gives Acorn network users the ability to share
- an ever increasing pool of CD-ROM based resources.
-
- As its name suggests, CD-Net has been specifically designed to serve CD-ROMs
- across networks. Because it is AUN compliant, it will work over any network
- that uses Econet, Ethernet or NEXUS as the transport layer.
-
- CD-Net consists of two applications:
-
- A server
- that allows the network manager to decide which CD-ROMs can be accessed
- by network users.
-
- This utilises state-of-the-art cacheing technology to maximise data
- throughput while overcoming the relatively slow speed of CD-ROM drives.
- It will even run Replay
- movies remotely from a server
- machine, provided that appropriate network cabling is present.
-
- A filer
- that allows users to access CD-ROMs from the desktop as if the CD-ROM
- drive were attached to their computer.
-
- In addition, some CD-ROM titles will make CD-ROM-based data even easier
- to access by utlilising CD-Net-enhanced retrieval software.
-
- "CD-Net represents an important technical breakthrough", commented Patrick
- O'Reilly, PEP's Educational and IT Product Development Manager,
- "It is our hope that this exciting product will be the catalyst which
- brings together CD-ROM and networking technology".
-
- To introduce CD-Net, a trial pack is available for #39.95 which
- contains the server software and the filer application. It will serve:
-
- Acorn's Replay demo disc
- Acorn's Educational Directory on CD-ROM, issue 4.
-
- plus 30 day trials of the Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia and the
- Hutchinson 1993 Encyclopedia.
-