From: haralds@Microdyne.COM (Harald Skardal)
Date: 22 Dec 92 16:22:04
Organization: Microdyne Corporation, Westford, MA, USA
Newsgroups: biz.comp.software
Subject: EXOS 205/LWP 3.5 News:
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Title: Good news to EXOS 205 and LAN WorkPlace 3.5 users.

Microdyne is happy to announce that the EXOS 205 and the related
software products are being supported, and that new development for
this ultra reliable intelligent Network Adapter for the PC market is
going on.

Microdyne acquired the rights to the hardware and related software
products from Novell in 1991. Since then we have done the following:

1: Developed an compatible upgrade to the EXOS 205 called the EXOS
305, it has more than twice the speed, more memory, and costs much
less than the 205.

2: Made a support release of EXOS Net Station 3.6, based on the former
LAN WorkPlace 3.5 software, with several enhancements. This includes a
socket based SDK for third party applications.

3: Provided a complete SMB based Network Operating System called
"TCP/IP Host Utilities", that includes among others printer spooling
services, and dedicated and non-dedicated file server.

4: Developed a new Software Development Kit: "NX6 SDK" for the EXOS
205 and 305. NX6 is the on-board kernel (OS). This SDK makes it easy
to develop applications for or port applications to the board, running
under the control of NX6. NX6 is a PC version of the Network eXecutive
for the EXOS 200 and 300 family of "big bus" intelligent network
adapters. This SDK will make it easy to port existing custom EXOS 200
or 300 based applications to the EXOS 305, to be used in PC based DOS,
WINDOWS or UNIX systems.

In the works, we have:

1: A soon to come software release, EXOS Net Station 3.7, that adds 
support for PopMail, a TurboVision based email application from
University of Minnesota, a WINDOWS
"look and feel" FTP that allows for drag and drop between the FTP and
the WINDOWS File Manager, and several other improvements. 

2: A later release that includes more support for standard WINDOWS
applications, for third party applications through WINSOCK and
Berkeley Sockets, and on board support for other transport protocols
and standard driver interfaces.

If you have an EXOS 205 in your PC, you may have noticed that your PC
survives in a hostile environment, when "dumb card" based PC's often
go down. Therefore, if you and your business depend upon your PC being
alive, you are probably interested in staying with the 205, or to get
a new 305. To get more information on these products, and why smart
cards are so reliable in a DOS environment, please send Internet email
to:

	"info@microdyne.com"

and we will be happy to update you further on the products available,
and the direction of the product line. If possible, please indicate
the version of software and hardware you are using, and what
applications or services you depend on, now and in the future.

Microdyne also sells and support the other EXOS hardware and software
products, plus a full range of other high performance connectivity
products, such as non-intelligent Ethernet adapters, FDDI and CDDI for
ISA and EISA, NetWare Access products, and more. We will be happy to
send you information on these products also.

	Harald Skardal,
	Microdyne Corporation,
	Westford, MA, USA.

	haralds@microdyne.com




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