Andrea Santos, Marketing and Sales Santronics Software Tel. 305-248-3204 BBS. 305-248-7815 FAX. 305-242-1482 email: sales@santronics.com fido: 1:135/382 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTRONICS SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES PLATINUM XPRESS FOR WILDCAT! VERSION 4.x THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FRONTEND MAILER SYSTEM Santronics Software, Leisure City, FL, a 8-year old firm specializing in the development of advanced mail systems and add-on mail utilities, announces Platinum Xpress v1.1 for Wildcat! 4.x, an incredible, unattended Remote Host Frontend System with a FidoNet and Fax Server, designed specifically for the world's most popular BBS package, Wildcat! 4.x, by Mustang Software. Platinum Xpress for Wildcat! 4.x is a comprehensive package which includes all the components a Wildcat! sysop will need to integrate Wildcat! 4.x with the FidoNet Network - A powerful Wide-Area-Network Technology used to link two or more BBS packages to transfer files and mail automatically. Initially released in March 1995, version 1.1 represents massive improvements and enhancements to this powerful frontend mail system. Platinum Xpress offers Wildcat customers an easy and powerful way to setup "Offices of Wildcat!" to share Wildcat! messages and files with other FidoNet Servers. Platinum Xpress for Wildcat! includes: - A Fidonet Frontend Server/Mailer, which allows two BBS packages to connect with each other to transfer information (mail and files). - A Class I, II Fax Server, which allows professional systems to to take advantage of the new standard Fax/Modems, allowing you to offer faxing services. - A built-in Mail Tosser, Mail Packer, Tic Processor which will help prepare the sending and receiving of mail and files between two BBS packages. Its all automatic! No batch files! No 3rd party software! Easy, Automatic, No Maintenance and Powerful! More Time Savings for you! - Built-in Area Fix and File Fix Managers, which are used to manage Wildcat! Mail and File Conferences with other Wildcat! or other BBS packages. In addition, PX includes an industry exclusive "instant response" reporting system for Area or File fix requesters! Your remote requestors will love it because they will get immediate responses! No more calling back or sending responses on your dime! More time savings for you! - A super fast Nodelist Compiler, which allows you to create a Network of Wildcat! or other BBS packages. Optional automatic compiling when new the NODEDIFF arrives from your network coordinator! More time savings for you! - Direct support for Wildcat! File Conferences in the Fido File Requesting System including Wildcat File Group support! No more separate setups! Complete support for Wildcat! CD ROM File Conferences! 100% respect for all security! Includes instant request reports given to requesters with complete reasons for failed file requests! More time savings to you! - A very powerful Sysop editor to create mail! And all the little considerations that make the combination of Wildcat! and Platinum Xpress, the most powerful BBS and Mailer System on the market! No other system can offer the performance, added-value price ratio as Platinum Xpress could! Platinum Xpress comes with an incredible, easy to use, MakeWild-Like setup program that "Puts it all Together"! Platinum Xpress is guaranteed to save you not only hundreds of dollars, but time! If Platinum Xpress does not save you 5-6 hours of your time per week, it's not doing its job, or you are simply spending your extra time saved admiring Platinum Xpress! But Platinum Xpress is not just a Powerful FidoNet Server! We took our $295.00, commercial, Silver Xpress Lan Fax System package and integrated it into the Platinum Xpress system to give you a powerful Fax Application and Server! Now you can finally make use of the FAX MODEM you bought with hardly any setup at all! Just tell the FAX server which Wildcat! Mail Conference is your Fax Email Conference, and you have a instant Fax Email Service on your BBS! The Fax Server will also receive faxes and optionally print them on your printer! For that Wildcat! Office or LAN environment, you can send faxes from any machine on the NETWORK! Using the PX FAX Task Scheduler system, 3rd party applications can learn how to use Platinum Xpress as their fax server! Sound incredible!? It is! And its all 100% integrated with your favorite BBS package - Wildcat! 4.x! How much does Platinum Xpress Cost? Take a look at the components of the entire system if you were to purchase separately: Average Price Range FrontEnd Mailer $50 to $200 Mail Tosser/Packer $30 to $100 Area Fix Manager $25 to $50 File/Tic Manager $25 to $50 Nodelist Compiler $15 to $35 Fax Receiver/Sender $35 to $100 Sysop Editor $35 to $50 LAN-Based Fax Server $295 to $700 Don't forget the valuable time (hence cost) it takes to put it together and maintain it all! For the average sysop (never mind the first timer), it can take weeks, if not months, to get a system completely set up! Add it all up and you're looking at costs ranging from $500 to well over $1000.00. With Platinum Xpress you can have it all in one complete, well integrated package for a retail price of $149 (Single Mailer) or $299.00 (Multi Mailer Version). Look and compare! Nothing comes close to this deal of the century! But don't stop reading yet! Download our test drive. Try out this powerful system for Wildcat. If you order within 7 days of the test drive, you can purchase this powerful package for $120 (Single) $225 (Multi)! A price that can't be beat! And there is more! Place your order for Platinum Xpress now and save significantly in upgrade cost for our new Project: Terminator, Platinum Xpress for Windows which will work directly with Mustang's Wildcat 5.0 when release. Official release of Platinum Xpress V1.1 is November 1, 1995. Santronics Software is located at 30034 SW 153 Ct., Leisure City, FL 33033. For further information, call 305-248-3204. To place an advance order for Platinum Xpress, call 800-845-6944, 9am-9pm EST.