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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.