MacFormat 1994 September/macformat-004.iso/Demos/NovaLink Demo/Product Information/3.1 literature

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NovaLink
Professional
NovaLink Professional (NLP)
version
3.1 is quite
simply the most powerful
information server software
package
available. NLP
3.1 unlocks the power of
your in-house
information resources by
(+allowing all users instantaneous access to
up-to-date
information and e-mail
through an easy to use, fully
(*customizable graphical interface for Mac,
Windows
and DOS
)''users. NovaLink can save time and money
( and increase your organizations
productivity by
making the latest information
available to everyone
who needs it.
NovaLink offers
)D!much more than a complete line of
bulletin board type
services. Not only can clients
access electronic
)D$mail, message forums, file libraries
including CD-Rom,
)U databases, real-time conferences
and chats but
):$they can also access public networks
including the
)="Internet and Fidonet, perform high
speed text searches,
write powerful scripts, gateway
to popular
)6!e-mail packages and create custom
(-applications. Additionally, NovaLink clients
logon through
)@!serial, AppleTalk, Communications
Toolbox, X.25 and
TCP/IP connections. For a
(*complete list of features, please see NLP
Specifications list.
*!&Now any size organization can benefit
from the same
information
)3%management flexibility widely used on
such broad services
as Prodigy, CompuServe,
("America Online and GEnie.  Today,
small businesses
(-and other organizations, using NovaLink, can
easily
(1and inexpensively set up a sophisticated private
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!Infolink, a wide area networking
    solution,
O%links multiple NLP servers together,
O    exchange
messages and keep files and
information synchronized and
up-to-date. A
standard capability built
into every NovaLink system,
InfoLink lets you specify
a regular time interval for
")each server to call its "Supervisor" and
automatically
update and route e-mail,
message forums and file
libraries.
Distributed Processing
NovaLink Professional
can distribute
server loads among multiple
computers
for greater capacity. A single
Mac Quadra can handle 40-60
simultaneous
users (depending on
connection type). Adding
additional CPU's gives
NLP virtually unlimited
expandability.
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unlimited
number of uses for NovaLink.
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)$ applications greatly enhance the
power and flexibility
of a NovaLink
server, because these programs
can be
developed to do almost
anything. For example,
"#clients can access databases, play
sophisticated multi
"+user games or bill users for on-line time.
An external
can be designed by anyone
who can program in C.
Current externals include
Accounting (Hobbyist and
" Professional), new user logon ,
dial-out, resume,
Netris and Five Card Draw.
AppleSearch
 Support
    NovaLink
enables users to access an
AppleSearch server
on-line. Now,
NovaLink clients can
conduct powerful
high speed text
searches of unstructured
documents
with English-like queries. The
,AppleSearch server will search the contents
designated hard disks and CD
ROM drives on the
network. When the search
is completed, AppleSearch
ranks results
)5(in order of relevancy. At that time, the
    user has
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$connectivity. For example, students
can connect over
(the Internet, a customer can logon over
a standard
phone line or
even an employee can access the
"AppleSearch server over the local
area network.
*AppleSearch and NovaLink make remote high
speed
&text searches affordable to education
    and small
companies.
 AppleSearch is a trademark of Apple Computer , Inc.
NovaScript
For those
seeking even more flexibility,
I#NovaLink Professional provides its
scripting language,
NovaScript.
NovaScript, English-like
in syntax, can
fine-tune the performance and
capabilities
of your
)"*server. With NovaScript, for instance, you
%can allocate certain phone lines (or
other types of
connections) to privileged
callers, restrict specific
/clients to certain times during the day, write
powerful
-surveys, offer alternate user interfaces and
display
animated graphics.
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    Gateways
)+&greatly enhance the reach and power of
NovaLink. For example,
companies who currently
(CE Software's QuickMail
 can implement a
NovaLink system and
continue with business as
usual. NLP
)1(is transparent to the end-user. NovaLink
will automatically retrieve
and deliver the messages
()with enclosures bi-directionally between
NLP and
QuickMail. Other gateway
products include
MacKennel
 for Fidonet
access and soon to be
(0available cc:Mail
 and Microsoft Mail
 Gateways.
 QuickMail is a trademark of CE Software, Inc.
 MacKennel
(8trademark of Mobius Concepts
 cc:Mail is a tradmark of
Lotus
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 Microsoft Mail is a tradmark of Microsoft Corp.
Interface Flexibility
NovaLink Professional
supports custom graphics,
ANSI, VT100 and TTY. With
its virtually unlimited
flexibility, a system
operator can design a NovaLink
server exactly
)= the way they want. Custom icons,
(%pictures and sounds are limited only
by the
imagination of
the creator. NovaLink supports
NovaTerm
)6$Graphics for Mac users and RIPscrip
(#for Windows and DOS users. You can
create graphics
("from your favorite draw and paint
programs, import
($clip art or use NovaLink's built-in
paint program.
NLP supports more
than one configuration file, so
that sysops can
)@(offer alternate user interfaces to their
(    clients.
)(#For conventional terminal programs,
NovaLink also
)> supports ANSI, VT100 and TTY, so
(0that anyone can logon to your server regardless
platform type.
 RIPscrip is a trademark of TeleGrafix Communications Inc.
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Internet Access
    NovaLink
is your gateway to the world's
largest
 wide area network, the Internet.
P NovaLink's MacTCP support means
anyone using the Internet can
telnet into
an NLP
server. What's more, clients
"!connected to NovaLink can telnet
out to other host
""systems on the Internet. NovaLink
Professional 3.1
supports Internet standards
for e-mail (SMTP) and
"$Usenet News Groups (NNTP). NovaLink
supports UUCP through
an external gateway.
"    Finally,
)'$NovaLink provides direct TCP support
without using
the Macintosh Communications
Toolbox. No other
Macintosh software offers this
"%range of TCP/IP support. NovaLink is
your key to
the Internet.
Automatic Menu
Generation
    NovaLink
)/&Professional automatically generates a
graphical and command line
interface. NovaView,
shown
)below, is an icon-driven GUI available to
"&Mac, Windows and DOS users. With NLP,
creating
menus are simple. The
sysop merely drags miniature
"1icons from a tool palette and drops them into an
"+folder. Additionally, NovaLink dynamically
updates
both the NovaView and
the command line interface
"$when changes are made to the server.
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Connect to the World...
,The opportunities for NovaLink Professional
unlimited.
)/%NovaLink is flexible and configurable
#enough to handle any size business
or organization.
Aimed at the
)6'educational, entertainment and business
*markets, NovaLink Professional represents
&epitome of information server design.
NLP allows
)organization to set up a fully customized
&graphical communications system- that
does not
discriminate by platform type-
with which teachers,
 students, employees, customers,
members, suppliers,
associates, or even friends
can tie into over a local
area network, the Internet
or from remote. With
NovaLink, setting up
a powerful information service
is easy and affordable.
+In conclusion, NovaLink Professional gives
users
easy access to
)C!all of your information resources
(regardless
)-'of network protocol or connection type)
2whether located in the same office or anywhere on
Information Superhighway.
 NovaLink Professional, NovaTerm, InfoLink, NovaView,
NovaScript
(are trademarks of ResNova Software, Inc.
ResNova Software, Inc.
5011 Argosy Drive, Suite #13
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Sales: [phone]
) Technical Support: [phone]
 Info Server (BBS)- [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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