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- Contact: Wendy Keough
- Farallon Computing, Inc.
- 2000 Powell St. Suite 600
- Emeryville, CA 94608
- (415) 596-9303
- AppleLink: KEOUGH
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- NEW TIMBUKTU™ VERSION LETS USERS CONTROL MULTIPLE MACINTOSH SYSTEMS IN SCREEN
- WINDOWS
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- Emeryville, CA-—March 20, 1990—-Today Farallon introduced a set of major
- enhancements for Timbuktu, Farallon’s popular network software for screen
- sharing and file-transfer. With version 3.1, Timbuktu now allows users to
- observe and control a number of other Macintosh computers at once, in multiple,
- resizable windows. Point to point file-transfer speeds have also been
- increased three to seven times over version 3.0.
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- Multiwindows
- Timbuktu 3.1 enables users to observe and control the screen activity of
- multiple Macintosh computer hosts simultaneously, each in a separate window.
- All host windows are updated “live,” regardless of which window is selected and
- active. With Timbuktu 3.1, the user can harness the power of the network to
- operate any number of computers at once.
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- New Guest Menu
- Another new Timbuktu feature is the guest menu, which groups a number of
- Timbuktu functions in a pull-down menu near the right end of the screen’s menu
- bar. The user can manage all guests from this menu, instantly changing a
- controller to an observer, or vice versa, simply by clicking on an icon. The
- menu also provides a log of past and current visitors to the user’s computer.
- The familiar scissors icon now selectively disconnects a particular guest or
- all guests, quickly and easily.
- The “Wait for Guest” feature, formerly on the desk accessory menu, now
- resides in the new guest menu. This feature allows a user to share the
- computer with another user without revealing a password. This feature is
- especially useful for user support or impromptu voice/data conferences.
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- Faster File Transfer
- Timbuktu’s file-transfer speeds were dramatically increased for version
- 3.1, which is now up to seven times faster than version 3.0. Timbuktu’s
- file-transfer facility allows users to exchange any combination of files and
- folders point to point, without routing them through a server or interrupting
- the other activities of either host.
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- Hands Across the Network
- “Timbuktu is especially well suited for user support,” said Tom Rielly,
- Farallon’s Director of Marketing. “For the first time, a support person can
- view and compare the screens of multiple computers at once — and see, for
- example, which user has an incompatible driver of some kind in their System
- Folder.”
- The only limit on the number of windows is available memory. Each host
- session requires 30 to 50K of RAM. “We've had up to 15 systems (windows)
- running on one computer,” said Fredel.
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- Pricing
- Suggested retail price for Timbuktu on one Macintosh computer is unchanged,
- at $149. A 30-pack is $1995.00. One copy of Timbuktu is required for every
- Macintosh. Volume pricing for sites of more than 100 users is also available.
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- Free Upgrades for Timbuktu 3.0 Users
- Timbuktu 3.1 upgrades will be mailed to registered Timbuktu 3.0 owners free
- of charge. New user’s guides can be purchased directly from Farallon for
- $10.00. Registered users of Timbuktu 2.0 can upgrade for $50.00 for the
- initial package, plus five dollars for each additional serial number.
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- Shipping Availability
- Timbuktu 3.1 will ship the first week in April.
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