Herndon, Virginia-based InterCon Systems Corp has announced TCP/Connect II for Windows, which is a TCP/IP communications offering that is said to give Windows users access to alien systems including Unix, Macintosh, OpenVMS and MVS systems, and other TCP/IP hosts. According to InterCon, the product includes Network File System client and server functionality, providing transparent access to files and storage devices located on the network. It will also enable users to exchange files, electronic mail messages and share network services, such as printing, with any system that supports the TCP/IP protocol, says the company. The product is implemented as a Microsoft Corp Windows Dynamic Link Library, enabling it to work with the Windows memory management facilities and run primarily in high memory. It is also said to support the Windows Sockets – WinSock applications programming interface, which should enable users to add other utilities, protocols and applications. The software can run Windows applications and memory-resident MS-DOS applications. The offering is said to support Ethernet and Token Ring networks and network operating systems including Novell Inc NetWare 3.11, LAN Manager, Banyan Systems Inc Vines, Digital Communications Associates Inc 10-Net and DECnet and SLIP for wide area network connections. The product is shipping now and is priced at $500.
