Rightware Inc. is pleased to announce LinkRight for LANs for OS/2.

LinkRight for LANs has two basic uses. You can establish a connection
between two systems and transfer files between them, or you can clone
complete systems across the network. LinkRight for LANs uses NetBIOS. The
next release will include support for Novell IPX/SPX and for TCP/IP.

LinkRight for LANs allows you to transfer files from one system to another
on your network. It works much like the serial and parallel port version
of LinkRight in that one system is the Local system which controls
everything and the other system is the Remote system that sends or
receives files at the request of the Local system.

Included with the package are 3 versions for 3 different situations. An
Administrator version is for cloning systems. The Administrator version
includes the multicasting feature for sending one to many. The User
version is for normal file transfers between two systems on the network. A
command line version is included for use on a system that has been booted
from OS/2 floppies with no Presentation Manager installed.

LinkRight for LANs can be used to clone systems across the network. It uses
Netbios Multicasting so you can send one to many. The basic procedure is
to create your seed system, pack it into a single big file, and broadcast
that file, and unpack it on the receiving end(s). We have tried to make it
as easy and automated as possible.

Our initial measure of timing is that you can clone a 40 MB partition to
one machine in about 15 minutes. Do 30 machines in an hour. Do 400
machines in 8 hours. This does not include the setup time required to boot
the target systems from bootable OS/2 floppies, do partitioning and
formatting, etc.

LinkRight Utilities

Included with LinkRight for LANs are some stand-alone utilities that you
can use. These utilities do not require a network connection or PM so they
can be used from bootable floppies or a system that does not have a
network connection. These utilities are built for OS/2 and handle a number
of OS/2 specific situations.

PACKPART.EXE can be used to pack an entire partition
   into a single big file.

SHOWPACK.EXE can be used to display the files and directories
   in a packed file.

SHOWPART.EXE can be used to display the files and directories
   in a partition.

LRCRC.EXE can be used to do a CRC and Checksum on a single file.

LISTDIFF.EXE can be used to compare two files that were created using
   SHOWPART.EXE or SHOWPACK.EXE.

SORTPACK.EXE can be used to sort a packed file.  If you created a
   packed file using PACKPART.EXE, the packed file will be
   automatically sorted. If you created a packed file by using the
   Administrator Version and packing received files on the fly, the
   packed file will not be sorted and you will need to run
   SORTPACK.EXE before using SHOWPACK.EXE.

LRNBIO.EXE is a NetBIOS test program. You can use this program to test all
the network functionality that LinkRight for LANs needs to operate
properly. This test program is available separately on Compuserve forum
OS2AVEN lib 1 filename LRNBIO.ZIP. You can download and use this test
program to see if LinkRight for LANs will work on your network before you
purchase the product.

You can use these utilities to verify a complete OS/2 installation. At a
later time, after the system has been used for days, weeks, or months, you
can compare the ORIGINAL.LST to the CURRENT.LST to see if any drivers,
.dll's, or executables have been trashed. If the partition that contains
the important OS/2 files is also used for data, this partition could have
a large number of files in CURRENT.LST that do not exist in ORIGINAL.LST
so you can use /I to ignore these user data files and only look for the
files from ORIGINAL.LST.

Rightware Inc. (301) 762-1151,   fax (301) 762-1185.

Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is $395 for 100 users. Expected
Street Price (ESP) is $250 for 100 users. MSRP for the 1000 user pack is
$1495 and ESP for 1000 user pack is $995. This product is available NOW
from Indelible Blue 1-800-776-8284 and 1-919-878-9700 or OS/2 Express
1-800-672-5945 and 1-612-823-6255.

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