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Availability: March 1995
Price: $129 (Single-Line Version)
MUSTANG SOFTWARE, INC. ANNOUNCES UPGRADE
TO "WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BBS SOFTWARE"
Wildcat! 4.1 Offers Enhanced OS/2 Support
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Feb. 15, 1995 -- Mustang Software, Inc.
(MSI) is introducing Wildcat! 4.1, the latest update to the world's
most widely used bulletin board system (BBS) software. The new
version features enhanced OS/2 support, a new multi-database file
system and a full-screen ANSI-based file listing mode that makes
browsing file lists easier for the caller.
With Version 4.1, Wildcat! has been upgraded to support direct
communications with OS/2's serial drivers, improving performance for
system operators (sysops) running Wildcat! as a DOS process under the
OS/2 operating system. Wildcat! sysops can also now use intelligent
multi-port serial cards from Digiboard, Inc. and other enhanced serial
devices that have OS/2 drivers in an OS/2 environment, an option not
possible in previous versions of Wildcat!
Another key Version 4.1 feature is Wildcat!'s improved support for
CD-ROMs via the ability to define "groups" of file areas on a Wildcat!
BBS. A file group consists of any collection of file areas defined by
the sysop and each group has a separate database. This makes adding a
new CD-ROM of downloadable files to Wildcat! as simple as "dropping in"
a pre-made database.
"With the new file system, Wildcat!'s file databases are much more
portable and managing multiple CD-ROM disks is simplified," said Jim
Harrer, president/CEO of MSI. "We have created a system that gives the
sysop many of the features of popular CD-ROM doors without sacrificing
the speed and ease-of-use built into Wildcat!"
Groups can be selected by the caller for listing, searching and
transferring files. The sysop's job of processing requests for off-
line files, such as those contained on a CD-ROM not normally kept on-
line, can be automated with the upgraded version of the wcFILE database
utility included with Wildcat! 4.1.
Full-Screen File Listing Mode Also Added To Wildcat!
Wildcat! 4.1 also offers a new full-screen file listing mode,
making it easier for callers to scan through the list of downloadable
files. In "ANSI Lister" mode, users can browse through the file
databases using their arrow keys and mark files for download by just
hitting the spacebar. Single-line, two-line and extended file listing
modes are also available and each user can select the file listing
method they prefer.
Importantly, Wildcat!'s "Internet-compatibility" has been improved
as the software now allows blank "subject" headings on Internet e-mail
conferences. Some e-mail systems require a blank subject heading for
routing purposes.
Wildcat! BBS is offered in five separate versions, starting with
the $129 Single Line package popular with the hobbyist sysop. The
product line extends to the Wildcat! BBS Suite for $999, the most
complete BBS solution in the industry.
The new Wildcat! 4.1 will be available in March '95 and may be
ordered directly from MSI by calling toll-free (800) 999-9619. For
Wildcat! 4.0 sysops, the Wildcat! 4.1 update is offered for only $20
plus shipping. Sysops running Version 3.X or older can upgrade for
$50 plus shipping.
Wildcat! 4.1 is also available nationwide on the retail level
through such outlets as CompUSA and Software, Etc., and through major
distributors including Ingram Micro of Santa Ana, Calif. and
DistribuPro of Santa Clara, Calif.
Mustang Software, Inc.
Mustang Software, Inc. (MSI) is a single-source supplier of
bulletin board system (BBS) and related communications software.
Unveiled in March 1987, MSI's Wildcat! BBS now has an active
installed base of more than 35,000 system operators (sysops), making
it the most popular BBS software program in the world.
MSI also offers the widely-used QmodemPro communications software
program, with more than 50,000 registered users. With QmodemPro, ac-
quired in November 1991, MSI is the only supplier of both a BBS program
and the communications software by which a caller may access a BBS.
Formed in September 1986, MSI is headquartered at 6200 Lake Ming
Road, Bakersfield, Calif. 93306. The company can be reached by
telephone at (805) 873-2500; the toll-free telephone number is (800)
999-9619; FAX (805) 873-2599 and BBS (805) 873-2400.
-end-
NOTE: Members of the press should contact Bill Prichard of Fisher
Business Communications, Inc. for press kits and information about
Wildcat! BBS or any of our other products.
Fisher Business Communications, Inc.
Tel: (714) 556-1313
Fax: (714) 556-1216
BBS: (714) 556-1034