brian@xlnvax.novell.com (Brian Meek) (02/26/91)
This is a modified version of the official Novell press release
concerning the LAN WorkPlace for DOS version 4.0. Marketing rhetoric
has been toned down, while technical content has been beefed up for
this posting to comp.newprod.
There is not, as of yet, an official mechanism at Novell for receiving
product inquiries via Internet mail. If you submit follow-up
questions to me via electronic mail, I can't promise that they will
get a prompt response since I will be attending NetWorld in Boston
until February 18th. For more information phone 800-LAN-KIND from the
United States or 801-379-0775 from outside the U.S.
Brian Meek - 02/08/1991
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NOVELL ANNOUNCES NEW LAN WorkPlace for DOS
Hardware-Independent TCP/IP Networking Software Links DOS and Windows
Clients With Enterprise-Wide Information Systems
BOSTON, Mass., NETWORLD -- February 11, 1991 -- Novell, Inc., developer
of NetWare systems software products, today announced a new, hardware and
media-independent version of LAN WorkPlace for DOS connectivity software,
which provides DOS and Windows users with direct, concurrent access to
UNIX systems, DEC VAX minicomputers, IBM mainframes and NetWare servers,
via the industry-standard TCP/IP protocol suite.
Hardware and media-independence allow LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 to
operate with common Ethernet, Token-Ring and Arcnet adapters. Ring and
Arcnet adapters. The product also lets users maintain simultaneous
sessions in, and move data among, a variety of computing environments.
For example, users can cut and paste between a UNIX mail message and a
DOS-based word processing document.
"Many customers have asked for a fully supported TCP/IP implementation
that leverages their existing hardware and integrates TCP/IP services
with the NetWare environment," said Bob Davis, director of product
marketing at Novell's San Jose development center. "LAN WorkPlace for
DOS 4.0 gives users full citizenship in a variety of computing
environments, and allows them direct access to the broad range of
services typical of today's multi-vendor networks."
LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 is based on an optimized TCP/IP protocol stack
designed by Novell to provide DOS and/or Windows users with high-
performance TCP/IP connectivity while consuming a minimum of system
memory. The TCP/IP transport facilities are augmented by two full sets
of new applications that provide File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and
terminal emulation (Telnet) services for both Windows and the
conventional DOS environments.
LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 also allows NetWare clients to connect directly
to NetWare v3.11 servers that are accessible only via TCP/IP routes, or
to coexist with NetWare v3.11 servers in an environment where only TCP/IP
transport protocols are to be used.
The TCP/IP in LAN WorkPlace provides a stable platform for a variety of
products from leading software vendors. Implementations of X-Windows,
TN-3270, NFS Client and SQL Database services are available. Developers
wishing to write DOS and Windows applications that use TCP/IP in a
NetWare environment will want to purchase the developer's version of LAN
WorkPlace: LAN WorkPlace Toolkit for DOS.
-- Windows 3.0 TCP/IP Service Applications --
-o- Host Presenter -- provides up to ten simultaneous Telnet session
windows (emulating a VT220, VT52 or VT100 terminal) to multiple
TCP/IP-equipped hosts. Most international keyboards and character
sets are supported. Includes an extensive script language.
-o- Serving FTP -- a Windows-based "FTP daemon" that runs in the
background under Windows, waiting for an FTP user to establish a
connection with the PC and initiate file transfers to or from local
disk drives or NetWare volumes.
-o- File Express -- provides a graphical front-end that makes FTP file
transfer between NetWare, DOS, Unix and other file systems simple
and intuitive. Features include recursive directory copies, copies
between two remote hosts, remote file-find by wild card and direct
printing of remote files to Windows printers.
-- Conventional DOS TCP/IP Service Applications --
-o- TNVT220 is a DEC series terminal emulator for Telnet that supports
up to 10 simultaneous sessions. TNVT220's keyboard usage is user
definable, and it supports most international keyboards and
character sets using DOS 3.3 language-specific code pages.
-o- TelAPI (Telnet API) provides a "Telnet Engine" for LAN WorkPlace
and 3rd party terminal emulators. Off-the-shelf communication
programs supporting BAPI, EtherTerm, Int14, Extended Int14 or the
NETCI LAN communication interfaces can utilize Telnet connections
via TelAPI.
Note: TelAPI-specific programming extensions for establishing
connections and Telnet option negotiation are documented in
the LAN WorkPlace Toolkit for DOS.
-o- Telnet Session Utility (TSU) is included to establish Telnet
connections and perform Telnet option negotiation for terminal
emulators designed to use any of TelAPI's standard LAN
communication interfaces. TSU can be invoked using command-line
options from a batch file, or can be used interactively in menu mode.
-o- R-Utilities - rsh (remote shell) and rexec (remote execute) for
remote command execution, rcp (remote copy) copies files between
NetWare, DOS and UNIX file systems, rpr (remote print) sends files
to remote hosts for printing.
-o- FTP, FTPd, TFTP, TFTPd - Traditional FTP command-line interface.
FTP and TFTP client applications can be invoked using batch and
script files.
-o- All conventional DOS applications operate correctly in multitasking
environments such as DESQview and Windows v3.0 due to the fully
reentrant TCP/IP stack.
-- TCP/IP Transport utilities / drivers --
-o- Netstat (can query remote LAN WorkPlace TCP/IP protocol stacks as
well as that of the local host) and Ping.
-o- IPTunnel driver. This ODI Multiple Link Interface Driver (MLID)
encapsulates IPX datagrams in UDP/IP packets. Use of this driver
allows a DOS-based NetWare client to attach to one or more NetWare
servers that are accessible only through an IP internet. The
target server must be either a NetWare v3.11 server with the
IPTUNNEL.LAN driver installed (a standard feature of NetWare v3.11)
or a NetWare 2.x server with Schneider & Koch's SK-IPX/IP Gateway
product installed (the SK-IPX/IP gateway can also be installed in a
NetWare external IPX router).
-o- Convert (enables the use of applications written to prior LAN
WorkPlace releases).
-o- NetBIOS session layer. A Broadcast-Node implementation of
NetBIOS Service Protocol on TCP/IP - RFCs 1001, 1002.
-- RAM usage of DOS ODI, TCP/IP and related drivers --
Drivers are listed in the approximate order in which they are loaded.
Driver Description Default Size Size Range
TSR name (Approximate size in KB.)
------ ----------- ------------ -------------
LSL.COM Link Support Layer 19.5 4 - 30
NE2000.COM Board specific driver 3.8 Varies with NIC
TCPIP.EXE TCP/IP protocol stack 19 12 - 26
IPTUNNEL.EXE Software MLID IPXonIP 2.4 n/a
IPXODI.COM NetWare SPX/IPX stack 14 9 - 14
???NET?.COM NetWare Shell 7 - 43 7KB with XMS/EMS
TELAPI.EXE TelAPI (Telnet API) 21 17 - 33
All ODI LAN drivers, protocol stacks, and NetWare drivers operate
correctly when loaded in high memory regions using 386 memory managers
such as QEMM-386. All can be sequentially unloaded from RAM without
having to reboot.
LAN hardware drivers for the following boards are currently included with
LAN WorkPlace for DOS:
-o- Ethernet --
Novell -- NE-1000, NE-2000, NE/2, NE/2-32, EXOS 205T, EXOS 215T
3Com -- 3C501, 3C503, 3C505, 3C523
-o- ARCnet --
Novell -- RX-Net, Turbo RX-Net
-o- Token-Ring
IBM Token-Ring Adapter I or II (direct to hardware)
IBM Token-Ring via IBM LAN Support.
Check with your LAN hardware vendor for availability of ODI drivers for
DOS.
-- LAN WorkPlace Toolkit for DOS --
LAN WorkPlace Toolkit for DOS is a super-set of the LAN WorkPlace for DOS
package. It is available to developers who wish to write applications
for DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.0 that use TCP/IP and work reliably in a
NetWare environment.
The following programmatic inferfaces are supported:
-o- Socket Library. Conforms to the Berkeley socket interface model and
is current with the 4.3 Berkeley Software Distribution. Up to 64
TCP sockets and 32 UDP sockets can be established concurrently.
Socket Libraries are included for both conventional DOS programming
and for Windows programming to the WSOCKET.DLL included with LAN
WorkPlace.
-o- TelAPI (Telnet API) The toolkit includes programmer's documentation
for the TelAPI component of the end-user and developer packages.
-o- NetBIOS (NetBIOS Service Protocol on TCP/IP) - RFCs 1001, 1002.
The toolkit includes programmer's documentation for the NetBIOS
component of the end-user and developer packages.
-- Pricing and Availability --
In the United States and Canada, LAN WorkPlace for DOS 4.0 lists for
U.S. $450 for the single-user version and U.S. $1995 for the 10-user
version. Both will be available through Novell's distribution channels.
For pricing outside the United States and Canada, customers should
contact their local Novell Authorized reseller. LAN WorkPlace for DOS
customers wishing to upgrade to 4.0 may call 800-346-7177 or 801-429-5414.
For ordering information concerning the LAN WorkPlace Toolkit for DOS,
phone 800-RED-WORD.
Special educational pricing is available, please contact Janet Perry at
415-975-4480 or send mail to janetp@novell.com.
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Brian Meek Novell, Inc. - 2180 Fortune Dr. San Jose, CA 95131
Internet Mail: brian@novell.COM Phone: (408) 473-8375