ICL has decided that Microsoft’s OS/2, Windows 3 and LAN Manager are strategic personal computer networking products for the 1990s and has accordingly brought out communication products for connection between ICL machines and those using Microsoft ware; 7561 Window connects ICL mainframes to servers or workstations running OS/2, VT 220 Plus Window connects computers supporting VT 220 both run in a Windows 3 environment: specifically for OS/2 servers, ICL has Direct Print, enabling the spooling of output from VME to print on any OS/2 server on the network, ADI, which enables the exchange of data between personal computer servers and mainframe hosts and FTF, enabling files to be transferred to and from ICL mainframes and departmental servers.
