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- {LANtastic NOS 4.0 released; faster, supports Windows}
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- Artisoft has released LANtastic 4.0, the latest version of its network
- operating system, which provides improved support for Microsoft Windows
- 3.0, faster performance, and other new features, including UPS support the
- and ability to unload from memory without rebooting.
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- {"The new version has increased performance. Many of the feature
- {enhancements were requested from our end users,"} said Jack Schoof,
- Artisoft's President and CEO. {"As LANtastic networks grow in size and
- {number, we'll continue adding functionality that meets the demands of
- {growing businesses."}
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- LANtastic 4.0 NOS and LANcache [(included)] support Microsoft
- Windows 3.0 in real, standard, and enhanced modes on both servers and
- workstations. The INSTALL program has been refined to provide simple
- installation for a variety of system configurations. The INSTALL program
- has also incorporated several new advanced utilities.
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- Users can now unload the network operating system from memory
- with a command, and execute remote batch command on the server from
- their workstations. Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) support has been
- added, along with the capability to shut down the server from the
- workstation and to notify users of shutdown.
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- The LANtastic 4.0 upgrade is available to all registered users direct
- from Artisoft. For users of LANtastic 2 Mbps and Artisoft AE-2 Ethernet
- adapters, the upgrade costs $50 and handles networks from one to 300
- users.
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- {LANtastic for Windows software completes the connection.
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- The final link between LANtastic 4.0 and the Windows graphic
- environment is Artisoft's separate utility, LANtastic for Windows.
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- These Windows-oriented versions of LANtastic NET and NET_MGR
- provide the pull-down menus and icons that appear in Windows Program
- Manager.
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- LANtastic for Windows will retail for $299 per network.
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