newsbytes@clarinet.com (02/04/90)
HADLEY WOOD, ENGLAND, 1990 FEB 03 (NB) -- Messiter Software has updated Trans-send Plus, the MNP Class 5 error-correction and data compression communications software package for the IBM PC and close compatibles. Update 5.21 of the package has several improvements, the most noticeable of which is a dramatic increase in the speed of screen updates when operating under viewdata terminal emulation. "Previously, Trans-send Plus had to convert the incoming data stream from an eight pixel to a 16 pixel screen format, so as to display a 40 column viewdata screen on the PC's full screen. By replacing the calculation with a look-up table algorithm, the screen write speed of the viewdata emulation is very much increased," said Malcolm Messiter, the author of Trans-send Plus. Other improvements include support for host mode subdirectories, an all-key learning mode, a keyboard remap facility, Orchid VGA support and many other minor improvements/enhancements. Despite the improvements, Trans-send Plus continues to sell at UKP 69-95, with updates available for existing users at nominal rates. To date, Trans-send Plus has sold in excess of 120,000 copies. This figure is expected to almost double over the next two years, as Messiter has just concluded a prestigious deal with the Nokia group of Finland for bundling Trans-send Plus with Nokia modems throughout Europe and Scandinavia. Terms of the deal call for Messiter Software to supply a minimum of 70,000 copies of the package in a total of nine languages over a two-year period. (Steve Gold/19900301/Press & Public Contact: Malcolm Messiter, Messiter Software - Tel: 01-449-2994; Fax: 01-441-7250; Email on Dialcom - 75:MUS256)