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- LANtastic Z(TM) Serial/Parallel Local Area Network
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- Interconnect two PCs and enjoy all the features of a full-powered LAN without
- interface cards. LANtastic Z doesn't need network cards. It lets you com-
- municate via existing serial or parallel ports on each PC, the same ports
- used to connect printers and modems.
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- And whereas many "serial" or "zero-slot" LANs are just glorified file
- transfer programs that tie up your PCs while data is going back and forth,
- LANtastic Z is a true network. In fact, it's the same full-featured software
- that normally ships with Artisoft's LAN hardware, such as LANtastic 2Mbps and
- Ethernet adapters. Not only does LANtastic Z let you use your PC while the
- network works in the background, but it also gives you many more features
- than most other serial LAN products.
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- No wonder PC Magazine gave LANtastic Z an Editors' Choice when it reviewed
- zero-slot LANs.
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- "LANtastic Z manages to incorporate a full set of features -- including excel
- -lent printer control, powerful E-mail, and good security -- in under 40K of
- RAM."
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- "If you need real networking for two... stations, this is the one to choose."
- PC Magazine, April 24, 1990
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- LANtastic Z's installation program will have you up and running in minutes.
- LANtastic Z software comes on one diskette accompanied by a step-by-step
- user's manual. And LANtastic Z's install program automatically installs most
- of the network software.
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- Modem Support permits remote access.
- Use your modem at home to remotely access a computer at your office. With
- LANtastic Z, your PC at home can share all the office computer's resources --
- files, programs, printers, a CD-ROM and more.
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- Connect a laptop to a network server.
- By using LANtastic Z to connect a laptop computer to the serial or parallel
- port on a desktop computer, the laptop can access all the desktop's re-
- sources, such as files, programs, and printers.
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- Share programs.
- With LANtastic Z, you just load a program into one PC and both can access it.
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- Share printers.
- No more carrying a disk to the PC which has your printer attached to it. With
- LANtastic Z, you simply print directly to any network printer. And LANtastic
- Z not only supports multiple printers per server, but will automatically
- despool to two or more printers simultaneously.
- Share a CD-ROM.
- LANtastic Z lets you share a CD-ROM that uses Microsoft CD-ROM extensions.
- And with LANtastic Z, the Microsoft CD-ROM extension software resides only on
- the computer to which the CD-ROM is attached, not on both.
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- Protect against unauthorized access.
- LANtastic Z offers several levels of security. Username with password. And
- Access Control Lists which define user access with the following access
- types: Read, Write, Create, Delete and Rename files, Make, Delete and Lookup
- Directories, Execute programs, and Change file attributes. You can limit a
- user's access to certain hours during the day.
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- Use easy-to-follow "audit trails" for accounting and billing.
- LANtastic Z's audit file capability lets you monitor all access to sub-
- directories and printers. This means you can know who used a PC, printer or
- other device, when they used it, and how long they used it. You also know if
- someone attempts to enter "locked" directories. Or exactly how many char-
- acters a printer printed. LANtastic Z can audit access of the items defined
- in the printer sharing section above whether allowed or denied. The name of
- the user and the computer he was using, as well as the time an operation was
- performed, is logged to the server.
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- Chat and send electronic mail.
- With LANtastic Z's "Chat" feature, one PC can send a message to the other PC,
- and the message will be instantly displayed on the other PC's monitor. The
- other PC can give an instant reply -- just like a conversation. LANtastic Z
- also has a built-in text editor that makes sending small messages simple.
- Binary files such as programs or databases can also be sent.
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- Take advantage of LANtastic Z's small memory requirement.
- Since LANtastic Z uses a small amount of memory, you don't have to buy extra
- memory to run it.
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- Programs will still run just like they do now.
- LANtastic Z is compatible with DOS 3.1 and above, and supports DOS 3.1 file
- and record locking. Since almost all common software programs use DOS, the
- way they operate on your computers will not change after you install
- LANtastic Z.
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- Run other NetBIOS-compatible programs.
- Netbios is an industry standard software interface that gives LAN appli-
- cations programs access to computer hardware. It is the most widely used
- interface in PC networking. Hundreds of network applications use it. Because
- LANtastic Z is NetBIOS-compatible, you can run hundreds of other NetBIOS -
- compatible applications programs on your LANtastic Z network. For example,
- you could run Artisoft's The Network Eye(C), which will enable you to control
- the keyboards and view the screens of both of your network Pcs using just a
- single PC.
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- LANtastic Z gives you everything you need to link two IBMs or compatibles.
- LANtastic Z comes with two cables. You choose one of them - either the serial
- port cable or the parallel port cable. The LANtastic Z network kit also con-
- tains a step-by-step LANtastic Network Operating System user's manual, and
- software on both a 5.25" and a 3.5" disk.
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- Specifications.
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- PC requirements:
- * Desktop or laptop IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, 386, and compatibles
- Modem requirements:
- * 9600 baud V.32 compatible modems with error correction are highly recom -
- mended. However, modems with at least 2400 baud that provide full duplex
- communications links with symmetrical data transmission rates can be used.
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- * Half duplex or split speed modems are not supported.
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- Maximum number of PCs per network:
- * 2
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- DOS:
- * MSDOS or PCDOS 3.1 and above (3.2 is not recommended).
- RAM overhead:
- * Network Operating System: Less than 40K on a server and under 12K on a
- workstation.
- * NetBIOS: Less than 18K
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- Data transfer rate:
- * 20 to 40 Kbps via parallel ports
- * 8 to 10 Kbps via serial ports
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- Baud rates:
- Serial: 9600-115200
- Modem: 1200-56000
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- Cable lengths included:
- * 18 feet parallel cable
- * 25 feet serial cable
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