ejg@ednor.UU.NET (Ed Gaudet) (09/19/90)
SOFTWARE MAKES UNIX AND MS-DOS MORE
ATTRACTIVE TO VMS USERS.
ANDOVER, MASS., AUGUST 31, 1990...To the over eight million VMS
users in the world, UNIX and MS-DOS have just become visually
attractive. Boston Business Computing, Ltd., a developer of
VMS-emulation software, announces that it is shipping VCL 3.0,
software designed to dress up UNIX and MS- DOS in VMS clothing. VCL
3.0, the most complete software emulation of the VMS Digital Command
Language (DCL) available for UNIX and MS-DOS systems, helps VAX/VMS
users coexist with or move to UNIX or MS-DOS systems without the time,
cost, and frustration of learning a new operating system. BBC is
scheduled to demonstrate VCL 3.0 at the Fall COMDEX show (Booth
H-7039) in Las Vegas, NV.
VCL 3.0 features over 50 commands and utilities with more than
300 qualifiers, including ASSIGN, COPY, DEFINE, DELETE, DIFFERENCES,
DIRECTORY, DUMP, MERGE, SEARCH, SET DEFAULT, SORT, user-defined
commands, command line editing, symbols, command history, and a VMS
Help facility. New features of VCL 3.0 include 35% more lexical
functions, full flow control within command files using IF- THEN-ELSE
logic, file encryption for data security, DELETE/ERASE to overwrite
sensitive data with random characters before deletion, rooted
directories, symbol bit overlay and enhanced documentation. New
commands such as SHOW MEMORY and SHOW DEVICES provide users with
system information in VMS formats. Additionally, MS-DOS users can
take advantage of a memory swapping facility that copies 95% of the
VCL process image to disk or expanded memory before executing VCL
utilities, thus freeing more memory for other applications (i.e.
Microsoft C, Lotus 123, MS Word, etc.).
VCL has two additional features that assist in the migration from
VMS to UNIX or MS-DOS: the TEACH command and PASSTHRU mode. TEACH
helps users learn UNIX or MS-DOS from a familiar environment by
displaying the UNIX or MS-DOS equivalents of the VMS commands entered.
PASSTHRU lets users access all UNIX or MS-DOS commands while running
VCL.
"Coming from a VMS environment, I find MS-DOS very limiting. To
make my PC look and act more like a VAX, I purchased VCL 3.0 for my
386. VCL lets me use VMS development utilities such as SEARCH,
DIFFERENCES, logical names and command line editing - all of which
MS-DOS lacks. VCL allows me to take VMS command files from a VAX and
run them on MS-DOS," states Jim Rowland, Software Design Engineer at
Spectral Dynamics, San Diego, CA.
According to Edward J. Gaudet, BBC's Marketing Manager, "VCL 3.0
is designed for system managers, programmers and end- users who have
worked with VAX/VMS for a number of years and wish to continue using a
compatible environment under UNIX or MS-DOS. For these users, VCL
reduces the time, cost and frustration associated with moving from VMS
to UNIX or MS- DOS."
VCL has been installed at approximately 1,500 sites worldwide,
including Fortune 500 Corporations such as Abbott Labs, Caterpillar
Inc., and Digital Equipment Corporation. VCL is resold by the
following OEMs: Accelr8 Technology, Alliant, Bull H.N. WIS, FPS,
Encore, Gould, Intergraph, and Modcomp. VCL is also reference-sold by
the 88open Consortium Ltd., Convergent, Data General, Digital
Equipment Corporation, Evans & Sutherland, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, MIPS,
Motorola, Prime, Pyramid, Sequent, Solbourne, Sony, Stardent, Sun
Microsystems, Tektronix, and Unisys.
VCL 3.0 is available now for MS-DOS; the UNIX version is due to
ship fourth quarter of 1990. Licenses start at $195.00 and include a
30-day, money-back guarantee and free customer support and updates for
60 days. Annual Maintenance Plans are available. Customers and OEMs
under maintenance will receive the new version free of charge. For
more information, call Boston Business Computing, Ltd. at (508)
470-0444.
VCL is a trademark of Boston Business Computing, Ltd. UNIX is a
Registered Trademark of AT&T. All other product names are registered
trademarks of their respective manufacturers.
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Edward J. Gaudet
Boston Business Computing Ltd.
(508) 470-0444 x303
(617) 471-8074 After 6:00 p.m.
Email: ejg@bbc.com