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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- Contact:
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- Matt McLaughlin
- Insignia Solutions, Inc.
- 508-682-7600
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- Wes Carrington
- OpenSource, Inc.
- 303-861-4411
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- INSIGNIA SOLUTIONS, INC. AND OPENSOURCE, INC. ANNOUNCE NEW DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL
- FOR ALL NEXTSTEP VERSIONS OF SOFTPC.
-
- MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA - October 24, 1995. Insignia Solutions
- and OpenSource today signed an agreement making OpenSource the
- exclusive distributor of Insignia's SoftPC DOS/Windows emulation
- software for NEXTSTEP. OpenSource is the largest distributor of
- NEXTSTEP third-party software and hardware solutions.
-
- This agreement encompases both SoftPC 4.0 NEXTSTEP for Intel and
- SoftPC 3.0 NEXTSTEP for Motorola.
-
- "When we met with OpenSource at this year's Object World San
- Francisco," said Matt McLaughlin of Insignia Solutions, Inc. "We
- had an opportunity to see first hand why OpenSource has been
- responsible for the majority of our NEXTSTEP product sales. The
- move from reseller to distributor was a natural and logical
- progression."
-
- "In this day and age of cross-platform productivity, SoftPC may be
- one of the most important applications for NEXTSTEP," explains
- Wes Carrington, OpenSource Vice-President. "We're very happy that
- Insignia has recognized our ability to effectively represent and
- distribute their outstanding products."
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- As exclusive distributor, OpenSource is able to provide SoftPC at
- a discount to all qualified resellers. For more information on
- OpenSource's reseller programs contact Wes Carrington at +1.303.861.4411
- or wes_carrington@opensource.com.
-
- SoftPC 4.0
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- MS-DOS and Windows emulation under NEXTSTEP for Intel. SoftPC is
- optimized to take advantage of the native Intel hardware, supports
- all DOS and Windows applications compliant with DPMI (DOS Protect
- Mode Interface), and includes network support for Novell IPX and
- LAN Workplace DOS TCP/IP. With SoftPC, you can easily copy and paste
- text and graphics between NEXTSTEP applications and PC programs
- such as CorelDraw, dBFast, Excel, and Object Vision. The software
- includes special Insignia Windows and mouse drivers that optimize
- the performance of graphics-intensive applications. SoftPC supports
- extended and expanded memory for DOS applications requiring more
- than 640 kilobytes, PC floppies and PC CD-ROMs, and serial and
- parallel ports. Support for VGA graphics with 256 colors provides
- increased display resolution with crisp, vibrant graphics. A special
- resizable window under Windows allows you to easily expand the
- window to the display's limits. You can also access PC CD-ROMs in
- Microsoft CD-ROM extension format, which supports ISO 9660 and High
- Sierra.
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- FEATURES:
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- 7 Includes Microsoft Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 5.0 preinstalled.
- 7 Supports native CPU for optimum performance.
- 7 Runs 16-bit real mode, and 16-bit and 32-bit DPMI compliant DOS applications.
- 7 Runs standard mode and several popular enhanced mode Windows applications.
- 7 Supports Novell NetWare.
- 7 Supports Windows TCP/IP networking with Insignia Solutions' WinSock
- interface.
- 7 Supports DOS TCP/IP networking through Novell' s LAN Workplace for DOS (LAN
- Workplace purchased separately).
- 7 Supports PC math co-processor operations.
- 7 Supports full screen VGA graphics, allowing users to "hot key" between window
- and full screen mode, depending on graphics cards available.
- 7 Supports standard PC sound.
- 7 Supports resizing of the Windows display up to the maximum screen size
- available.
- 7 Allows running of multiple PC sessions at the same time.
- 7 Supports copying and pasting text and graphics from DOS and Windows
- applications to NEXTSTEP applications.
- 7 Allows access to the DOS partition or "schizo" drive as the D: drive.
- 7 Provides access to both the NEXTSTEP file system and the mounted DOS
- partition.
- 7 Reads and writes PC-formatted floppy disks.
- 7 Supports both real mode and protected mode PC programs in the NEXTSTEP
- environment. Runs applications requiring extended and expanded memory.
- 7 Supports US, UK, French and German keyboards.
- 7 Includes on-line help.
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- OpenSource, Inc.
-
- OpenSource is the world leading distributor of NEXTSTEP based
- object-oriented solutions; offering over 150 third-party software
- titles, a complete line of turn-key workstations and a full range
- of technical support and training services. OpenSource is a
- distributor of NeXT's entire line of products and is a NEXTSTEP
- Intel Compatibilty Expert (NICE) center. Additional information
- can be obtained on our web site <http://www.opensource.com>, by
- email <info@opensource.com>, or by phone at 1.800.TRY.OPEN. OpenSource
- is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
-
- Insignia Solutions, Inc.
-
- Insignia Solutions is the technology leader in PC compatibility
- solutions for non-Intel based computers. The company's PC compatibility
- technology provides an easy-to-use and inexpensive solution that
- enables individual end-users, small-to medium-sized companies and
- corporations to run Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS applications on
- different hardware platforms. The technology has been specifically
- developed for Digital Equipment, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Motorola,
- NeXT, Silicon Graphics and Sun/SPARC workstations, and Apple
- Computer's Power Macintosh and 68K-based computers. Founded in 1986,
- the company has strategic relationships with Microsoft, Apple and
- most of the industry's major computer and software manufacturers.
- The company's headquarters are in Mountain View, California. The
- company also has offices in Boston, Massachusetts for UNIX product
- sales and in High Wycombe, England for its research and development
- activities. Insignia Solutions has approximately 200 employees
- worldwide.
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- SoftPC is registered to Insignia Solutions, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP
- are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
- Windows is registered to Microsoft. All other trademarks mentioned
- belong to their respective owners.