{L A N T A S T I C {Network Operating System version 4.1 {The international award winner in peer-to-peer connectivity From small business to major corporations, the easy-to-use, full communication DOS-based LANtastic Network Operating system makes sense. Featuring simple menus to set up and manage the network in minutes, a peer-to-peer structure that provides high-tech democracy and one small price tag for an entire network's software, LANtastic networks get people's attention. What makes people take notice is that the LANtastic network works. Simply. Reliably. Quickly. Without hiring a fleet of computer technicians, without abandoning the MS-DOS foundation, without the enormous expenses of high-powered hardware for dedicated servers, a LANtastic system makes sense to business people who want their networks to improve, not confound, productivity. Beyond that, the LANtastic network operating system features tiny RAM usage, high performance, multi-level security, built-in e-mail and voice capability, Windows compatibility, audit trails and CD-ROM support that makes the LANtastic network an international award-winner and the world's most popular peer-to-peer system. Peer-to-peer is networking between equals. In contrast to a centralized network's structure where one computer is dedicated to processing network requests, a peer-to-peer system allows a broader distribution of resources. Any workstation can also be a server. Users can log into multiple servers, so workgroups can have their own servers and still be part of the larger structure. Resources like printers and CD-ROM drives are accessible from any convenient network station. The structure easily shifts with a few simple management commands, so a temporary task group can network together for a project. "LANtastic is easy to use and administer, and inexpensive in price and RAM. It also gives dynamite performance. In fact, it can handle 100 users using typical DOS-based applications on a single server. Its optional voice feature and_Windows capabilities can add extra dimensions to the network, and the security features are very well-implemented. LANtastic is a must-see if you're considering a peer-to-peer network." --PC Magazine Editors' Choice citation, June 25, 1991 {The Tiny RAM network that avoids big expenses Many networks devour large helpings of your PC's RAM. The LANtastic system overhead is as small as 13K per workstation and 40K per server, leaving room to run RAM-hungry applications. Using the tiny LANtastic system saves big money. It includes the robust features you need to get your network up and running affordably at one low price. Many networks are sold per node, which can be an expensive proposition. Rather than buy more expensive printers and peripherals, you share the ones you have. Because any station can be a network server, you don't have to spend thousands on a dedicated server with a high-speed processor, massive memory and a monster hard drive. {Enter LANtastic version 4.1 The latest version of the LANtastic operating system has taken performance to a new level by fine-tuning the network's DOS interface. A quick new NetBIOS and more extensive use of your server's available memory for file requests provide a quantum leap in speed. Management tasks are simplified even further. User-friendly menus can yield to more direct DOS commands --- or a batch file--- to reconfigure the network. Hot keys also provide more direct access to network commands. Printing has gained new flexibility. Large files can print before they finish spooling to the server's hard drive. A new print queue screen monitors the list of files waiting to print and estimated times to start and complete each print job. LANtastic software caches applications and files to speed work on the local machine and across the network. The LANcache program allows faster processing because it caches both reads and writes, reducing physical access to the disk. The LANcache program detects and releases its memory to Microsoft Windows 3.x. File directories and user's network access rights can be stored in memory buffers, accelerating responses to access requests. {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 the LANtastic network's Username with Password feature, or limit a user's access to certain hours, days of the week, etc. You can individually assign users privileges to read, write, modify, create, delete and rename files, make, delete and look up directories, execute programs and change file attributes. {E-mail with Chat, pop-up notification and voice Electronic mail is a built-in LANtastic feature, which you can use to send real-time text messages to chat between two computers. Another menu lets you send and save messages to read later. The LANPUP feature alerts you to incoming messages. You can use the LANtastic sound capabilities to send voice messages across the network with optional Artisoft Sounding Board adapters. It's as easy as picking up the telephone-style handset provided with each Sounding Board adapter, bringing up a menu, and talking. Use the Voice Chat feature to carry on a conversation, or save your voice message in digital format for playback later, like regular e-mail. {UPS support safeguards your network. If an Uninterruptible Power Supply connected to your server signals that a shutdown is imminent, the LANtastic program warns network users, gives them time to log off, then closes network files so no one loses any work. {Remote control or shut down any server Network managers can use the NET RUN command to remotely assign tasks to any available server on the network, so the fastest machine can handle a time-consuming data sort. A user with manager privliges can remotely shut down a server or schedule its shutdown, at which point the system automatically warns users of the impending shutdown. Managers can also lock users out of a server when necessary, such as during file backups. {ALONE_ sets up a dedicated server. The ALONE program dedicates a server for unsurpassed performance. You can run this stand-alone server program on demand with a single command, and escape just as easily. By side-stepping DOS, ALONE allows multitasking on a network server, so it can perform more simultaneous user requests without reducing performance. {Despools to multiple printers simultaneously. Other LANs despool to only one printer at a time. The LANtastic system simultaneously despools to two or more printers. LANtastic software also allows you to create files to define draft, letter quality, different fonts, banner pages, tab expansion, and other printer options including setting margins and page lengths for printing ASCII files. {Audit trails track network activity. The LANtastic system's audit feature monitors and records all access to subdirectories and printers, letting you know who used a PC, printer or other shared devices, when they used them, and for how long. It can tell you if someone tries to enter a directory to which they've been denied access, providing detailed records for security or billing purposes. {Simple CD-ROM networking. No LAN surpasses LANtastic software's ability to support CD- ROM drives with Microsoft extension software. PC Magazine awarded the LANtastic system an additional Editors' Choice Award in February 1990 for the network's ability to network CD-ROMs. While other LANs require you to load the CD-ROM's extension software on every remote computer accessing the drive, the LANtastic system only requires loading the software on the computer to which the CD-ROM drive is attached. {Full support of Windows 3.0 and above. The LANtastic program supports Microsoft Windows' real, standard and enhanced modes on both non-dedicated servers and workstations. With The LANtastic for Windows program, you can use Windows' pull-down menus, icons and on-line help for both NET and NET_MGR functions. "Artisoft continues to take a good thing and make it better." -- PC Magazine, June 25, 1991. {Help on-line . . . or a phone call away If you can't find the answer to a problem in our user- friendly manual and the LANtastic system's on-line help doesn't solve the problem, call us from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. One of our technical support representatives works with you until your problem is solved, and we don't charge a cent for the service. Answers to common questions are available in on-line help files through Artisoft's Arti-Facts Bulletin Board Service and our fax- back system. The LANtastic system has won the PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award for three years running, and based on user requests, we continue improving it. That's how we remain the leader of the peer-to-peer pack. {LANtastic for Windows utility gives you fingertip network control If you use Microsoft Windows' simple, elegant framework of pull-down menus, icons, and on-line help, LANtastic for Windows software gives you fingertip access to network commands. LANtastic for Windows software runs the system's NET and NET_MGR utilities within Windows. Use the utility to simultaneously monitor print queues, handle e-mail and multiple servers. With the drag and drop feature, you quickly assign a server's drives and printers to any drive in your PC. If you want to use a CD-ROM drive from the server, simply drag the CD-ROM icon across the screen, drop it in the drive of your choice and it's done. The LANtastic for Windows utility is purchased separately, and runs with the LANtastic system version 4.O and above and Windows 3.0 and above to make a user-friendly system even friendlier. {Features o Tiny RAM overhead of 13K per workstation, 40K on a server o Cost-cutting peer-to-peer resource sharing o No dedicated server required because any node can be a workstation or a workstation/server o LANcache software boosts network speed by caching access rights, file directories and active files with random access o Manage network resources through easy-to-use menus, command lines, batch files, hot keys or optional LANtastic for Windows utility o Print queues monitored on screen, immediate despooling on request, despooling to multiple printers o Unloadable from memory o Easy installation with option flexibility o Multiple levels of security o Electronic mail with Chat and pop-up message notification o Sound capabilities for optional Voice Mail and Voice Chat o Built-in UPS support to safeguard your network o Remote server processing and shutdown o Remote booting for diskless workstations o The ALONE program sets up a dedicated server o Wildcard user names for groups of users o Audit trails track network activity o Overcomes DOS limitations, opening up to 5100 files per server o Supports DOS 3.1 and above file and record locking o Runs other NetBIOS-compatible applications o Simple built-in CD-ROM networking support o Full support of Microsoft Windows 3.0 and above in standard, real and enhanced modes {Secifications {Requirements: o IBM and compatible computers using NetBIOS-compatible network adapters o MS-DOS 3.1 and above (3.2 is not recommended) o One floppy drive (supports diskless workstations with optional boot ROM or PEROM chip {Network Operating System RAM overhead (not including {NetBIOS drivers): o Server: Less than 40K o Workstation: Less than 13K o Expanded or extended memory supported but not required {Maximum users per server: o 300 {Optional Artisoft Products (sold separately) o Voice mail and Voice Chat with separate purchase of Artisoft Sounding Board adapters o Easy-on, easy-off connections for portables and peripherals with the Central Station connectivity processor o LANtastic for Windows provides a Windows graphical interface for network utilities o LANtastic operating system available in LANtastic Starter Kits with everything you need: two adapters (A2Mbps or Ethernet), software and cables for a two-PC network. LANtastic Software Kits provide software and cables only o LANtastic Z, a two-PC serial/parallel/modem version that requires no adapters o LANtastic/AI, a version that runs on a multitude of third party adapters o LANtastic for NetWare for adding valuable peer-to-peer networking features to a Novell NetWare network o ArtiCom software enables the network to dial-out over modems across NetBIOS networks