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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- Steve Shannon, COO
- Mercury Systems, Inc.
- 10000 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste. 123
- Los Angeles, CA 90067
- (310)553-0881
- (310)553-1291 (Fax)
- AppleLink: MERCURY.SYST
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- LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 1993 -- Mercury Systems today announced a new product
- titled MacIntercomm Lite. The product is a smaller version of its
- full-featured communications program MacIntercomm, and is intended for bundling
- with modems directly from modem manufacturers and mail order hourses. The
- product is shipping immediately, and several major Macintosh modem
- manufacturers are expected to announce bundling agreements in the near future.
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- MacIntercomm Lite will allow users who have just purchased a new modem to
- automatically enjoy the benefits of telecommunications with features far
- outweighing any previous offering in bundled modem packages, and these users
- also have the option of upgrading to the complete version of MacIntercomm for
- only $49.95, a 60% savings off the retail price of $129.95. The features of
- MacIntercomm not included in MacIntercomm Lite are the Kermit and CIS B Plus
- file transfer protocols, advanced scripting, VT220 emulation, and support for
- the Macintosh Communications Toolbox.
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- Mercury broke new ground at the MacWorld Expo in August, 1992 when it revealed
- its program allowed pre-emptive multitasking for Macintosh file transfers
- letting users do absolutely anything else on their computer without affecting
- the speed of a file transfer and vice versa. MacIntercomm file transfers do
- not fail or even slow down simply because the user is involved in a complex
- task in the foreground application, and MacIntercomm Lite also supports this.
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- Existing programs in the communications market claim to run in the background,
- but if the foreground application is processor-intensive (such as a
- spreadsheet, compression program, database, or a game), other file transfers
- will grind to a halt and usually fail. Not so with MacIntercomm. Pre-emptive
- multitasking is usually found only on very expensive mainframe computers, but
- Mercury’s technology allows them to integrate this into the current Macintosh
- operating system. The program is compatible with both System 7 and System 6.
- The company also announced that they are developing several other Macintosh
- programs using this technology, and that negotiations are under way with other
- major software developers to license this technology.
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- MacIntercomm Lite supports the most popular terminal emulations including
- VT-52, VT-102, PC-ANSI, and TTY; moreover, it is one of the only programs to
- support full 16-color emulation. A complete suite of file transfer protocols
- includes Xmodem, Ymodem, Ymodem-g, and Zmodem. It also supports a full set of
- macros for each service, and a scrollback buffer that can extend up to 20 MB by
- the user’s specification using disk space instead of being limited to available
- memory.
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- An “Auto Dial” window keeps track of all the systems the user calls. The user
- can specify which systems to dial, and MacIntercomm will automatically redial
- each system in order until a connection is made. It will remember this list
- between restarts, so that the user can be sure to call important systems. A
- “Smart Dial” feature adjusts phone numbers automatically based upon area code,
- an indispensable feature for Macintosh PowerBook users. The combination of the
- Auto Dial and Smart Dial features results in one of the most advanced dialing
- systems ever.
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- Mercury Systems will provide technical support for both of its products on
- CompuServe (72360,1420), America Online (MercuryTec), GEnie (MercurySys), and
- the Internet (mercury@cerf.net).
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- MacIntercomm Lite runs on any Macintosh computer with at least 1 MB of RAM.
- System 6.0.4 or higher. For modem communications, a modem with cable is
- required. Supports any modem. Mercury Systems is still offering a special
- direct purchase price of $79.95 on the complete version of MacIntercomm until
- March 31, 1993, and it is also available through most major mail order houses.
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- MacIntercomm is a trademark of Mercury Systems, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark
- of Apple Computer, Inc. All other names are trademarks or registered
- trademarks of their respective owners.
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