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        Wildcat! 4.0 NOW SHIPPING 
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       Pricing and Availability 

       All of MSI's products are available through normal software 
       outlets such as Software Etc. and CompUSA, however all 
       upgrade purchases are only available through MSI direct.  
       Here is a schedule of our Wildcat! 4 products and pricing:
                                            
                                                  NEW     UPGRADE
                                                   
       Wildcat! Single Line                     $129.00    $50.00
       Wildcat! MultiLine 10                    $249.00    $50.00
       Wildcat! MultiLine 250                   $499.00    $50.00
       Wildcat! MultiLine Platinum              $799.00    $50.00

       Wildcat! BBS Suite                       $999.00     ----
       (includes MultiLine Platinum, wcPRO, wcGATE, and wcCODE)

       wcPRO Utilities (with wcFAX)             $99.00    $50.00
       wcGATE Internet/MHS Messaging Gateway    $149.00    $50.00 *
       wcCODE Custom Online Development Engine  $149.00    $50.00 **

       * wcGATE is $50 for anyone upgrading from wcUUCP or wcMHS
       only.  It is $149 for all new orders.
       ** wcCODE is $50 through 8/31/94 for anyone upgrading from an
       older copy of Wildcat! BBS.  It is $149 for all new orders.


       User Account Management 

       Maximum Number of User Accounts: 2 Billion
       Maximum User-ID Length: 25 Characters
       Maximum Password Length: 14 Characters
       Maximum Number of Security Profiles per User: 1 primary and 
                                                     5 secondary

       Each security profile can have its own:
       menu display set, security display file, maximum logon time, daily time
       limit, expiration maximum up/down file ratio, maximum up/down K ratio,
       download warning action, maximum daily download files, maximum daily
       download K, upload compensation, ability to overwrite files, chat
       options, distributed mail, custom overrides.

User Information Fields for:
name, company, address(2 lines), city, state, zip, voice, fax and data
phone number, screen width,  screen length, computer type, default
editor, graphics support, date of birth, sex, language, comments (5
lines), alias, title, Novell name, file display style, active
conference, help level, file transfer protocol, message read mode, first
call date, expire date, memo date, date and time of last call, date and
time of last new files check, total calls, total messages written,
numbers of uploads, number of downloads, total KB uploaded, total KB
downloaded, current daily downloads, current daily KB downloaded, time
left, account balance, netmail balance, wcMAIL settings, conferences
scanned, user override toggles, security profile, secondary security
profiles, conference toggles.

Charge user accounts by:
 -File download
 -Netmail Message
 -Subscription

Special Features:
 -Sysop can determine which transfer protocols are available by security
  profile
 -Sysop defined default user profile
 -Wildcard user searches
 -Questionnaires can modify any field in user record
 -Duplicate user names allowed


 Security and Menu Control 

BBS types:
 -Open
 -Closed
 -Closed Comment
 -Closed Questionnaire

Maximum number of security profiles:  1,000
Maximum number of options per menu: 40
Maximum number of menus: 650

Menu Options can display a text file, select another menu, call built-in,
global or wcCODE functions:

Main Commands                    Sysop Commands
-Bulletin Menu                   -Event Management
-Door Menu                       -User Editor
-Comment to Sysop                -Activity Log List
-Page Sysop                      -Erase Activity Log
-Show Hello Screens              -Files Editor
-Questionnaire Menu              -Status of Databases
-Find User                       -Node Management
-Change User Settings            -Sysop Download
-Display Statistics              -Sysop Upload
-List Users
-Display Newsletter              Global commands
-Who is Online                   -Change Conference
                                 -Run Questionnaire
Message commands                 -Expertise Level
-Read messages                   -Display Help File
-Search for messages             -Display Menu File
-Delete message                  -Display DISP File
-Check for Mail                  -Display Text File
-Update scanned conferences      -Display Bulletin
-Run wcMAIL                      -Logoff
                                 -Run wcCODE Program
File Commands                    -Go to Menu
-Information on File             -Door/Menu Hook
-List Available Files            -Stack Commands
-Download a File                 -Page User
-Upload a File                   -Run wcCHAT
-New Files Since
-Search for Files
-File Transfer Info
-Personal File Stats
-View a ZIP File
-Read a Text File
-Edit Marked List

Special Features:
 -Define up to 1,000 sysop definable DOS hooks
 -Fully customizable menu structures
 -Ability to define any built-in or global option to any menu
 -Unauthorized commands, file areas, and conferences are hidden
 -Each menu can have its own RIP, ANSI, ASCII or dynamically generated
  display screen.
 -Support for stacked menu commands
 -WYSIWYG ANSI screen editor included


 Messaging Capabilities (Electronic Mail and Forums) 

Maximum Number of Message Conferences: 32,760
Maximum Message Length: 64 KB
Maximum Number of Messages per Conference: 65,520
Maximum Number of Sysop-defined Distribution Lists: 1,000
Maximum To/From User Field: 70 characters
Maximum Subject Field: 70 characters

Message conference types include:
 -Normal messages, public and private
 -Normal messages, public only
 -Normal messages, private only
 -Fido Netmail messages, private only
 -Internet E-Mail, private only
 -Usenet Newsgroup, public to ALL

Special Features:
 -User name search when addressing messages
 -Sysop Snoop mode message reading allows sysop to quickly read messages
  updating message pointers
 -Integrated QWK mail interface (wcMAIL)
 -Message forwarding, carbon copies, return receipts, file attachments,
  quoting
 -Conferences can be defined as Read Only, Write Only, Join Only or any
  combination of the three
 -Full screen editor for ANSI users with automatic word wrap and spell
  checker
 -Subject threading
 -Searches based on sender, receiver, subject, message text, message
  number, and conference.
 -Upload text into message using any file transfer protocol
 -Message attachments can be added download to queue
 -Prompt to delete message attachments based on
 -Originate new messages from Read mode
 -Automatically maintain messages by date or total number using wcPACK


 File Capabilities 

Maximum Number of File Areas: 32,760
Maximum Number of Files per Area: 2 billion
Maximum Length of File Descriptions: 70 Characters standard, 15 lines by
72 characters extended.

Upload/Download Transfer Protocols:
Zmodem, Ymodem-G, Ymodem, Xmodem-1K/G, Xmodem-1K, Xmodem/CRC, Xmodem,
Kermit, ASCII, plus up to 10 Sysop-defined external protocols

Special Features:
 -.GIF file thumbnail previewer
 -Multi-changer CD-ROM support
 -User-specified default transfer protocols
 -Duplicate file names
 -File list marking
 -File list format options for single, double or extended views
 -Searches by keyword, text in description, date, uploader with AND/OR
  logic
 -Password protected files with hide option
 -Auto-logoff option after transfer
 -Transfer prompting at logoff if files are still in download queue.
 -Option for indexing extended descriptions
 -Option for leaving message to file uploader
 -Option for running virus scanner after upload
 -File areas can be defined as list only, upload only, download only or
  any combination of the three
 -Built-in support for FILE_ID.DIZ and DESC.SDI


 General/User Interface Features 

 -Local sysop node in all versions (even Single Line)
 -Built-in support for RIPscrip graphical user interface
 -Auto-detect of RIP and ANSI at connection time
 -User selectable language at login or stored in user record
 -User selected graphics modes
 -User selected message edit modes
 -3 modes of menu operation: novice, regular and expert
 -3 modes of message display: scroll, clear screen, and keep header
 -Each conference can have it own bulletins, menus, questionnaires,
  display screens, help files, and attachment areas
 -Bulletins can be downloaded from bulletin menu or added to the file
  download queue
 -Customizable menus

Doors:
 -Both single and multi-user door programs supported
 -Supported via DOOR.SYS, USERREC.BIN, SYSINFO.DAT and FILEINFO.DAT

Chat Types:
 -Moderated/Unmoderated
 -Public/Private

Chat Features:
 -Sysop definable channels
 -Sysop defined action Words
 -Channel specific action words
 -Profanity filter
 -Ignore/Unignore mode
 -Character by character private chat
 -Paging with 4 line message editor
 -Whisper mode

Questionnaire facility:
RIPscrip or text interface
Maximum Number of Questionnaires: unlimited
Maximum Number of Questions per Questionnaire: 100
Maximum Length of Each Question: 64 KB
Maximum Length of Each Answer: 65 characters
Questionnaire answers are stored in ASCII file


 Sysop Features 

All sysop maintenance functions are available from remote
User activity audit trails recorded in activity logs

Event Management:
  Maximum number of events: 32,760 per node
  Event types: hard, soft, flexible
  Event scheduler  hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly

Configurable console scrollback
  Console Security Types: none, passworded console access, no console
  access
  Console View Types: 25 line, 43/50 line EGA/VGA, quiet (none)
  Status Line Styles: none, single line, two line, or full user account
  information


 Performance and Architecture 

Maximum DTE rate: 115,200
Sysop definable connection rates

Connectivity: Modem, LAN, X.25, FOSSIL*    (* MultiLine Platinum only)
LANS Supported: Novell Netware and any network that uses DOS SHARE

Maximum recommended simultaneous connections to Single 486-33 based PC
using DESQview:

Single Line: 1 + 1 local sysop node
MultiLine 10 and 250: 4 + 1 local sysop node
MultiLine Platinum: 8 + 1 local sysop node

System Requirements:

Wildcat Single Line

  Recommended Software:
  DOS 3.3 or higher

  Recommended Hardware:
  IBM AT or true compatible, 512K RAM, high density floppy, 15 MB hard
  drive space, RS232 serial port with external modem and cable or internal
  modem, voice grade telephone line.

  Typical Application:
  Entry level BBS for the small business person, hobbyist or special
  interest group.

Wildcat MultiLine 10 and 250

  Recommended Software:
  DOS 3.3 or higher, DESQview 386, OS/2, for multiple lines on one PC.
  Network applications require Novell Netware or LAN software that uses
  DOS SHARE for file and record locking.

  Recommended Hardware:
  Multitasking on a single PC: 386-33mhz or higher with 1-2 MB RAM per
  dial-in node, hard drive.
  LAN connections: IBM AT or true compatible, 512K RAM, no floppy required.

  A serial port and external modem or internal modem and voice grade
  telephone line is required for each incoming modem connection.

  Typical Application:
  MultiLine 10:
  Multi-line public or private BBS running up to 4 dial-in lines on a
  single 386 PC, or a small business with a LAN for local logins, and one
  or more dial-in lines for customer or outside staff access.

  MultiLine 250:
  Medium to large sized LAN E-mail or corporate communications system
  requiring both local network access for more than 10 users, and only a
  small number of dial-up lines.

Wildcat MultiLine Platinum

  Recommended Software:
  DOS 3.3 or higher, DESQview 386, OS/2 for multiple lines on one PC.
  Network applications require Novell Netware or LAN software that uses
  DOS SHARE for file and record locking.

  Hardware requirements:
  Minimum  486-33, 8-16 MB RAM, hard drive. Serial I/O boards required are
  to run 8 lines are PC/8e or PC/8i Digiboard with connecting cable or
  multi-port serial card that is FOSSIL compatible.  An external modem and
  voice grade telephone line are required for each incoming modem
  connection.

  Typical application:
  Medium  to large sized LAN E-mail or corporate communications system
  requiring both local network access for more than 10 users, and up to
  eight dial-up lines per workstation. Large multi-user public or private
  BBS, with up to eight incoming telephone lines per workstation.


                    Wildcat! 4 Configuration Guidelines
             Ŀ
           ĴHow many telephone lines do you want to support?Ŀ
             
                                                              
          One                    2 to 4                      5 or more
                                                              
Ŀ       Ŀ     Ŀ
 Will Wildcat! be         Will Wildcat! be         Do you want to    
used on a network?       used on a network?       network multiple   
            computers with up to 
                                                4 lines each, or use 
     NO         YES          YES     NO             a Digiboard for up to
                                                8 lines per computer?
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  Wildcat!                                                       
 Single Line                                     Network      Digiboard
                                                      
                                                                   
       Ŀ    Ŀ 
        What is the total number       What is the total number   
       of users who would be using    of users who would be using 
        Wildcat! at any one time?      Wildcat! at any one time?  
            
                                                                  
        1 to 10     1 to 250            1 to 10     1 to 250          
                                                              Ŀ
 Ŀ  Ŀ  Ŀ  Ŀ  Wildcat! 
   Wildcat!      Wildcat!       Wildcat!      Wildcat!     MultiLine
 MultiLine 10  MultiLine 250  MultiLine 10  MultiLine 250  Platinum 
         


Jim Harrer                            William L. Prichard, V.P./P.R.
President/CEO                         Robert J. Fisher, President
Mustang Software, Inc.                Fisher Business Communications, Inc.
Tel: (805) 873-2500                   Tel: (714) 556-1313
Fax: (805) 873-2599                   Fax: (714) 556-1216
BBS: (805) 873-2400                   BBS: (714) 556-1034


                                      Availability: July 1994
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                                      Price: $999
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          MUSTANG SOFTWARE, INC. INTRODUCES PC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
               INDUSTRY'S FIRST BULLETIN BOARD PRODUCT SUITE

Full Set of BBS Products Available For The First Time In One Box
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    BAKERSFIELD, Calif., June 28, 1994 -- Mustang Software, Inc. (MSI)
today introduced the Wildcat! BBS Suite, the PC telecommunications
[C]ontinue, [N]onStop, [S]top? [C]N

industry's first integrated offering of bulletin board system products to
be bundled and sold in a single package.
    Designed for the serious bulletin board system operators (sysops) as
well as businesses seeking a cost-effective on-line communication tool, The
Wildcat! BBS Suite includes all the tools required to set up a control a
bulletin board system (BBS) environment.
    "Mustang Software develops The Wildcat! BBS Suite as a response to
rapidly gowing interest in BBSes," said Jim Harrer, president/CEO of MSI.
"While major corporations recognize the communications capabilities and
productivity benefits of BBSes, they also want the convenience of a total
solution.  MSI has delivered the first suite of BBS products in the
industry."
    Priced at $999, The Wildcat! BBS Suite incorporates the MultiLine
Platinum version of Wildcat! 4, the world's most widely used bulletin board
software, plus all of MSI's powerful BBS add-on products including the
wcPRO sysop utilties package, an Internet/MHS messaging gateway program
called wcGATE, and the wcCODE development tool kit.

New Enhancements Added To Wildcat! BBS Software
-----------------------------------------------

    Wildcat! Version 4 includes more than 250 product enhancements from
previous Wildcat! versions, enabling callers to easily send, receive and
view messages and files, access external applications and chat 24 hours a
day. Wildcat! BBS software is available in four configurations for the
casual hobbyist to major corporate user.  Among its powerful new features
is a ".GIF Thumbnailer", which allows the caller to download and preview
thumbnail versions of multiple picture files on one screen.  MSI has added
an online spell checker to Wildcat!'s full screen editor for spell checking
before saving messages.  In addition, the new version contains an enhanced
online conferencing chat system, featuring public and private channels and
moderated conferencing capabilities.  An online scrollback and screen
capture feature has also been added, which enables the sysop to scroll back
through a caller's activity while they are online.
    The Wildcat! MultiLine Platinum version, included with the BBS Suite,
contains the functionality of the Wildcat! 4 base product, plus support for
up to 250 concurrent Local Area Network (LAN) users or dial-in callers.
The MultiLine Platinum package allows up to eight BBS lines to be connected
to a single PC, giving the user a substantial savings in terms of hardware
costs and physical space.
    "With the Wildcat! MultiLine Platinum version, LAN users have all of
the E-mail, messaging, and file functions of dial-up users," said Harrer.
"This is an ideal communications tool for corporate environments."

Full-Featured Add-On Packages Included
--------------------------------------

    Included in The Wildcat! BBS Suite are three powerful add-on products:
wcPRO Utilities, wcGATE Internet/MHS mail gateway and wcCODE Custom Online
Development Engine.  Designed by MSI's software development team, these
three add-on packages are also available as stand-alone products.
    wcPRO Utilities provides the BBS sysop with flexible user, message and
file database maintenance capabilities.  Sysops can create custom reports
with more than 20 pages of online statistics, develop command line macros
for nightly batch processing, and export BBS data into other formats for
external applications.  The wcPRO Utilites package also includes a
FAX-on-demand processor known as wcFAX, which enables BBS callers to
request online and receive automatic FAXes of items like product
literature, forms and other documents.
    wcGATE is a sophisticated messaging gateway that enables sysops to send
and receive Internet E-mail and Usenet newsgroups from the BBS.  wcGATE
includes built-in support for UUCP and satellite connections, which
provides for economical access to the Internet information.  The program
also links Wildcat! to Novell, Inc.'s NetWare Message Handling Service
(MHS).
    wcCODE is a development tool kit that gives the sysop the flexibility
to enhance Wildcat!'s interface or write custom applications that will work
on any Wildcat! 4 BBS.  Easy to learn and use, wcCODE is a BASIC-like
structure programming language combined with an Integrated Development
Environment.
    "The Wildcat! BBS Suite offers users control, convenience and a
cost-effective solution to BBS communications," said Harrer.  "For
companies looking for cost justification, the price of the complete suite
is hundreds of dollars less than if each package were purchased seperately."
    The Wildcat! BBS Suite begins shipping in July 1994 and may be ordered
directly from MSI by calling (805) 873-2500.  The Wildcat! BBS Suite is
also available at nationwide retail outlets including CompUSA and Software,
Etc., and through major distributors including Ingram Micro of Santa Ana,
Calif., and Tech Data of Clearwater, Fla.

Mustang Software, Inc.
----------------------

    Mustang Software, Inc. (MSI) is a single-source supplier of bulletin
board systems (BBS) and related communications software.
    Unveiled in March 1987, MSI's Wildcat! BBS now has an active installed
base of more than 30,000 system operators (sysops), making it the most
popular BBS software program in the world.  MSI estimates that more than
one million callers log-on to a Wildcat! system each month.
    MSI also offers the widely-used QmodemPro communications software
program, with more than 80,000 registered users.  With QmodemPro, acquired
in November 1991, MSI is the only supplier of both a BBS program and the
communications software by which a caller may access a BBS.
    Formed in September 1986, MSI is headquartered at 6200 Lake Ming Road,
Bakersfield, CA 93306.  The company can be reached by telephone at (805)
873-2500; the toll-free telephone number is (800) 999-9619; FAX (805)
873-2599; and BBS (805) 873-2400.

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                    wcPRO Utilities for Wildcat! 4   
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wcPRO is the professional system operator's secret weapon, offering
FAX-on-demand (wcFAX), extended database processing and statistics
capabilities to further enhance Wildcat! 4's already powerful range
of function.

wcPRO has a list price of $99 and is available direct from MSI or via
Software, Etc., CompUSA, and other fine software retailers nationwide.

wcPRO General Information:
The wcPRO Utilities give you more flexible access to the Wildcat! 4
user, file and message databases.  You can set match criteria based on
content of any combination of fields in the databases, and you can save
frequently used match setups to disk for easy access and batch
processing.  Browsing, listing, deleting and changing functions all
respect the currently loaded match criteria.

User Database Functions:
 -browse user database sorted by Name, Name & UserID, Security Profile,
  Expire Date, or Alias
 -edit any field in any user record
 -relational hooks to message databases allow you to write a message to
  user while browsing user database
 -list users to screen or file in comma delimited, fixed length, .DBF
  (dBase), or mailing label formats based on the currently loaded match
  criteria (i.e., print mailing labels to send information to all users
  who's first call was in the last 7 days)
 -globally change any field in the user database based on the currently
  loaded match criteria (i.e., add a comment to all user's records who
  have written more than 50 messages)
 -delete users based on the currently loaded match criteria (i.e.,
  delete users who have not called in more than 90 days)

File Database Functions
 -browse file database sorted by Filename, File Area, File Date, or
  Uploader
 -edit any field in any file record
 -view any file or archive while browsing database (sysop can configure
  external file viewers and editors based on the extension of file)
 -relational hooks to user and message databases while browsing file
  database records allow you to jump directly to user database entry of
  person who uploaded file or write messages directly to uploader
 -list files to screen or file in single line, double line, full, or .DBF
  (dBase) formats based on the currently loaded match criteria (i.e.,
  create a list of all the files available for download from your BBS)
 -globally change any field in the file database based on the currently
  loaded match criteria (i.e., freshen the date and time fields of the
  file database entries to match the actual date and time of the file on
  disk)
 -delete files from the database and/or disk based on the currently
  loaded match criteria (i.e., delete all files from the database which
  were on an old CD-ROM disk you no longer offer to your users)
 -report files without database entries and files in the wrong directory
  based on the currently loaded match criteria

Message Database Functions
 -browse message databases sorted in forward or reverse order
 -edit any field in the message header and/or message text
 -copy or move messages to any other database while browsing
 -relational hooks to user database allows you to jump directly to user
  database entry of sender or recipient of message while browsing
  messages
 -list messages to file in single line,  header only, or full text
  formats based on the currently loaded match criteria (i.e., export all
  the messages written by a certain user to a text file)
 -delete messages based on the currently loaded match criteria (i.e.,
  delete all private e-mail messages more than 7 days old which are
  marked as having been received)

Questionnaire Reporting Functions
 -create statistics reports and graphs for multiple choice questions
  process questionnaire answer data file into comma delimited, fixed
  length, or .DBF (dBase) formats
 -can be configured to maintain history files to track questionnaire
  statistics over long periods while still allowing frequent processing
  of the data files
 -can be configured to delete the raw data files when done processing
  them
 -reports can be ASCII text, color coded .BBS files, and .RIP graphics
  filesStatistics Reporting Functions
 -can create the following tables: general statistics, average user,
  bulletin statistics, message statistics, questionnaire statistics,
  door statistics, area code statistics, top file downloads, top
  downloaders, top uploaders, and node efficiency
 -can create graphs based on baud rates, download protocols, upload
  protocols, logoffs, calls by day, and calls by hour
 -all of the reports can be based on any combination of nodes, file
  areas, and conferences
 -can be configured to maintain history files to track statistics over
  long periods while still allowing frequent processing of the activity
  logs
 -can be configured to delete the activity logs when done processing
 -reports can be ASCII text, color coded .BBS files, and .RIP graphics
  files

Batch Processing Functions
 -list, change, or delete users based on match files
 -list, change, or delete files based on match files
 -create reports of missing and unlisted files
 -list or delete messages based on match files
 -process questionnaires based on saved configuration settings
 -process statistics based on saved configuration settings


 wcFAX - FAX-on-demand application 

System Requirements:
 -Wildcat! 4 BBS (any version)
 -Class 1 or Class 2 FAX modem connected to a standard (UART) serial
  interface (user interface works with any serial interface supported by
  Wildcat! 4)

Features:
 -full-screen menu driven configuration program
 -up to 32000 different documents with up to 10 files per document
 -documents can be ASCII text, .PCX graphics, or a combination of the two
 -sysop configurable cover sheet
 -access to individual documents determined by caller's security profile
 -users can mark and queue up FAX documents in the same way as marking
  and queuing up files for download
 -FAX server can run as an additional DESQview or network task, as a
  post-call event, or as a timed Wildcat! event
 -sysop configurable dialing prefix and suffix based on local, metro,
  regional, long distance, and overseas phone numbers
 -FAX requests to phone numbers configured as toll calls may be
  scheduled for times and/or days when rates are lower
 -sysop can configure cost for each individual document and have wcFAX
  automatically deduct the assigned number of units from the user's
  account balance
 -FAX server will try up to 3 times to get the FAX through (up to 5
  times if the line is busy), but aborts immediately if a VOICE answer
  is received
 -support for RIP terminal emulation for point and click queuing of
  documents
 -color .PCX files are converted automatically to dithered black and
  white images when the document is rasterized prior to sending
 -user can enter FAX number of their choice (wcFAX automatically loads
  the user's FAX number from the Wildcat! 4 user database) based on
  their security profile
 -sysop can configure a list of bad phone numbers which wcFAX will not
  allow users to send to (i.e., 911, local time/temperature)
 -users (based on their security profile) may change the To: field name
  when requesting FAXes
 -FAXes are rasterized in normal or fine mode based on the user's
  security profile


               
                                Wildcat! v4