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- {L A N T A S T I C Z (tm)}
-
- {Serial / Parallel / Modem }
-
- {Local Area Network Version 4.0 }
-
-
- Now a computer located at your home can use a modem to share the
- resources of your office computer, just as if they were directly linked via
- cable. Or you can create a two-PC network with any combination of
- desktops, notebooks or laptops -- yes, even computers that will not accept
- adapter cards -- because LANtastic Z lets you interconnect two machines
- via serial or parallel ports, the same ports usually used to connect printers
- and modems.
-
- No wonder PC Magazine selected LANtastic Z as the Editors' Choice when
- reviewing zero-slot LANs:
-
- {"LANtastic Z manages to incorporate a full set of features --
- {including excellent printer control, powerful e-mail, and good security --
- {in under 40K of RAM."} -- April 24, 1990.
-
- While 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 with the same award-winning features that
- have earned LANtastic PC Magazine Editors' Choice Awards three years
- in a row:
-
- {"Reviewing LANtastic's past history makes it no surprise that
- {Version 4.0 is better than ever. With its improved disk-caching abilities
- {and the upcoming Windows version, LANtastic is faster and easier to use
- {than its successful predecessors, a winner in its own right." }-- PC
- Magazine, June 25, 1991.
-
- {One disk, a few commands, and you're ready to go
-
- 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 for you.
-
- {Modem support permits remote access
-
- LANtastic Z lets you use your modem at home to remotely access your PC
- at the office to share its files, programs, printers, CD-ROM drive and more.
- Which means you can plan an upcoming project without workweek
- interruptions. Or finish next week's reports and print them at the office from
- the comfort of your own home.
-
- {Creates a network for any two IBM compatibles
-
- Whether they're laptops, notebooks or desktops, you can connect any
- combination of IBM compatibles to form a two-PC network. All you have
- to do is connect them with the serial or parallel cable provided. So a small
- business can set up a two-PC network to share all of its PC resources. Or
- a business with an established network can set up temporary office help
- by networking their PCs to their supervisors' PCs.
-
- LANcache to boost network speed.
-
- {"LANcache, LANtastic's disk-caching program, is one of the fastest
- {caches we tested. Version 4.0 of LANtastic has been improved to cache
- {with expanded, extended, or conventional memory."} -- PC Magazine,
- June 25, 1991.
-
- LANtastic's disk caching lets you process data much faster than many
- other networks because it caches both reads and writes, reducing the
- number of physical accesses to the disk. Designed to be fully compatible
- with Microsoft Windows, LANcache will release its own memory to
- Windows to allow better performance when it detects that Windows is
- running. LANcache will also allow you to cache some memory and leave
- the rest to Windows.
-
- {Multiple levels of security
-
- {"Security in a LANtastic network is tight as a drum if you choose."} -- PC
- Magazine, June 25, 1991.
- You can prevent unauthorized entry into a system with LANtastic's
- "Username with Password" feature and limit any user's access to certain
- hours, days of the week, etc. You can even individually assign users any
- or all of the following privileges: read, write, modify, create, delete and
- rename files; make, delete and lookup directories; execute programs and
- change file attributes.
-
- {Electronic mail with Chat and pop-up notification
-
- One easy menu lets you use LANtastic's Chat feature to send text
- messages back and forth between two computers -- just like a
- conversation. Another menu lets you send and save messages for reading
- at a later time. And LANPUP alerts you immediately whenever you receive
- a new message.
-
- {Unloadable from memory
-
- If you ever need to free up what little RAM LANtastic uses, you can remove
- LANtastic's network software from memory without rebooting.
-
- {Everything you need to link two PCs
-
- Your LANtastic Z kit comes with LANtastic NOS software on both 5.25" and
- 3.5" disks, a step-by-step LANtastic NOS User's Manual, a serial cable and
- a parallel cable. All you have to do is connect your two PCs with one of
- the cables, install the software, and you're up and running!
-
- [{Features}]
-
- o Easy installation
- o Modem support for remote access
- o Networking for any two IBM compatibles
- o Smallest RAM overhead of any LAN
- o Cost-cutting PC resource sharing
- o LANcache to boost network speed
- o Unloadable from memory
- o Multiple levels of security
- o Audit trails to track network activity
- o Simultaneous despooling to multiple printers
- o Electronic mail with Chat and pop-up notification
- o Sound capabilities for optional Voice Mail and Chat
- o Cleanest CD-ROM networking support available
- o Full support of Microsoft Windows 3.0 and above in standard, real
- and enhanced modes
- o UPS support to safeguard your network
-
- [{Specifications}]
-
- PC requirements:
- o Desktop or portable IBM PC, XT, AT, 386 and compatibles
-
- Maximum number of PCs per network:
- o 2
-
- Network Operating System RAM overhead (not including NetBIOS drivers):
- o Server: Less than 40K
- o Workstation: Less than 12K
- o Expanded or extended memory not required
-
- DOS:
- o PC or MSDOS 3.1 and above (3.2 is not recommended)
-
- Modem requirements:
- o 9600 baud V.32-compatible modems with error correction are highly
- recommended. However, modems with at least 2400 baud that
- provide full duplex communications links with symmetrical data
- transmission rates can be used
- o Half-duplex or split-speed modems are not supported
-
- Data transfer rate:
- o 20 to 40 Kbps via parallel ports
- o 8 to 10 Kbps via serial ports
-
- Baud rates:
- o Serial: 9600-115200
- o Modem: 1200-56000
-
- Cable lengths included:
- o 18' parallel cable
- o 25' serial cable
-
- Artisoft's Promise To You
- o Free, unlimited technical support to registered endusers and
- dealers
- o A 30-day money-back guarantee on all Artisoft software products
- for incompatibilities
-