PicLan Terminal Emulator

September 5, 1999

Numerous users have requested availability of the PicLan Terminal Emulator for use with non-PicLan host systems running TELNET over TCP/IP. The PLTW and PLTW32 terminal emulators included in the PicLan client have been enhanced to support TCP/IP as well as IPX connections.

Use of PLTW and PLTW32 with TELNET connections includes support for:

Connects by DNS name or IP address
Connect to default TELNET port 23 or other user defined ports
Connect operations by dialog box or command-line parameters
Pick-standard terminal emulations including

PC Console
VT100
Regent

Support for DBCS with bidirectional translation tables
Concurrent support for IPX PicLan and TCP/IP TELNET connection
Small client footprint
Efficient operation
16-bit and 32-bit executables
Uses the standard Windows WINSOCK.DLL (or WSOCK32.DLL) TCP/IP API interface
... plus all of the other turn-key features that have made PLTW/PLTW32 so popular

Licensing

The TELNET functions of the PicLan Terminal Emulator are licensed as an added-cost option. You can license the PicLan Terminal Emulator TELNET functions either in conjunction with a PicLan IPX server license or stand-alone.

Host Platforms

The PicLan Terminal Emulator TELNET functions are targetted toward host platforms running MultiValue database environments in conjunction with Unix and Windows NT hosts. You can also use the PicLan Terminal Emulator TELNET functions in conjunction with PicLan-IP inbound TELNET services.

Pricing

Pricing for the PicLan Terminal Emulator has finally been set. The pricing is a bit "non standard", so here goes.

Single-user copies $50/user

Site License: One Company, single geographic location $400

Site License: One Company, multiple locations $800

Support, which includes telephone support and upgrades is calculated in the same manner as PicLan-IP support at 20%/year with the first three months free.

Because of the very low cost nature of this product, we are only able to offer dealer discounts of 20%

Evaluation Copies

The PicLan Terminal Emulator is "nagware". This means that the software will complain that you have to license it if you do not enter an authorization code, but is otherwise fully functional. You are licensed to download and use the software for up to 15 days without charge for evaluation purposes.

Downloading the Software

You have two choices:

You can download the latest PicLan client and just use the PLTW32 executable. or ...
You can download the latest seperate PicLan Terminal Emulator install. This is somewhat smaller to download, but may be several build behind in terms of release level.

Platform	File Name	Size	Date	Version	Notes
Full PicLan Client for DOS, Win/3.1, WFW/3.x, Win/95/98, and Win/NT	pl2031dn.zip	5,014,526	08-31-99	2.0.0.31	Network Install. This download will create a client install directory that can be stored on a network volume.
	`pl2023dn.zip`	4,947,139	12-10-98	2.0.0.23	Network Install.
	`pl2022dn.zip`	4,987,418	11-28-98	2.0.0.22	Network Install.
	`pl200jd3.zip`	4,940,455	07-02-98	2.0.0.19	Diskette Install. This download will create (4) 3.5" 1.44 Meg diskettes.
	`pl200jdn.zip`	4,975,576	07-02-98	2.0.0.19	Network Install.
PicLan TELNET Terminal Emulator for Win/3.1, WFW/3.x, Win/95/98, and Win/NT	`pl2023t.zip`	2,919,228	12-10-98	2.0.0.23	Network Install. This download will create a client install directory that can be stored on a network volume.
	`pl2022t.zip`	2,913,044	11-28-98	2.0.0.22	Network Install.
	`pl200ktn.zip`	2,909,750	10-08-98	2.0.0.20
	`pl200jtn.zip`	2,906,632	07-02-98	2.0.0.19

Single-user copies	$50/user
Site License: One Company, single geographic location	$400
Site License: One Company, multiple locations	$800