NEW OS/2 APPLICATION: AdeptSoft's AdeptXBBS version 1.0x
Michae...@bocaraton.ibm.com
Source: John Lawlor, AdeptSoft (jla...@adeptsoft.com)
Date received: 1995 August 18
Date posted: 1995 August 20
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Contact:
John Lawlor, CEO
AdeptSoft
407-483-1146 Telephone
407-483-2480 Facsimile
e-mail jla...@adeptsoft.com
AdeptXBBS Ships 1.0x with Major AdeptREXX Upgrade
Boca Raton, FL., August 15, 1995: AdeptSoft of Boca Raton, FL. today
announced that AdeptXBBS is being shipped as a commercial product
and now includes AdeptREXX as a part of the $99.00 base package.
AdeptXBBS is an award winning OS/2, 32-bit, Internet friendly,
multi-threaded, multi-user, multilingual, Presentation Manager BBS
(bulletin board software) with a user interface that is totally
customizable.
"This commercial release of AdeptXBBS gives the Sysop control over
their BBS in ways that have never imagined-- all without being
an experienced "C"/C++ programmer or learning a new BBS specific
language to customize our BBS software. If you can write the
standard batch file needed to run most BBSs, you can completely
reprogram the look and feel of your AdeptXBBS system," says
Steven Tower, President of AdeptSoft.
"We've added over 70 new AdeptREXX programming functions,
including the ability to 'ask' the system for an available node,
take it down, and use it to dialout or link two modems. We've also
added over 50 new AdeptREXX functions for controlling the filebase,"
adds John Morris, AdeptSoft Senior VP, Software Engineering.
AdeptXBBS's addition of the AdeptREXX programming language brings
a proven programming language standard to BBS sysops: REXX is the
default BATCH/PROGRAMMING language for IBM's DOS v7.0, OS/2, AIX,
and IBM Mainframes. AdeptREXX enhances the base REXX language with
over 150 BBS-specific functions, giving the Sysop almost 300
available REXX functions. Additionally there are thousands of
pre-existing REXX programming modules available to the Sysop
including complete database subsystems, control over OS2's
workplace shell and program management facilities.
AdeptXBBS includes support for visual REXX environments like
VisProREXX and VXREXX. With VX-REXX, you can write multiple REXX
programs to be called by individual nodes for creating such
things as on-line games and utilities.
AdeptXBBS allows multi-threading of REXX programs, giving the
Sysop the ability to start multiple, simultaneous REXX programs
from within the same program... even passing data cleanly from one
thread to another.
"AdeptXBBS won the 'Best OS/2 Product' at Cyber.Xpo.95 earlier
this summer while it was still a beta product. This upgrade of
AdeptREXX shows that after 2 1/2 years of development and
a 7 month public shareware beta, AdeptXBBS is ready for prime
time," added John Lawlor, CEO AdeptSoft.
AdeptSoft was founded in 1994 in Boca Raton, Florida to develop
and market innovative communications software technology.
AdeptXBBS provides clients with a seamless migration path for
the development of their online service using a standard BBS
environment on the OS/2, OS/2 for the PowerPC and UNIX platforms.
Users of AdeptSoft's server software can take full advantage of
the power and flexibility of today's computers without sacrificing
compatibility with tomorrow's power computing platforms. AdeptSoft
is a division of i-way communications, inc.
An AdeptXBBS demo version is available from the following FTP sites:
hobbes.nmsu.edu /incoming
ftp.cdrom.com /os2/incoming
adeptsoft.com
It is also available via Telnet from our support board at:
407-477-6310 or Telnet adeptsoft.com
AdeptSoft will be in Booth 640 at One BBSCON in Tampa, FL
August 17-19