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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 2.1 - WEB BASED ONLY BBS SOFTWARE =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [2.1.01] - netVillage TOPICS IN THIS SECTION: * netVillage.com, Inc. - Company Profile * Applications for Your Web Site * Entertainment Collection for netVillage * Spice Up Your netVillage Chat Sessions * Online Interaction For Your Users * A Place Where Friends Meet * Entertainment Teleconference General Features * Game Modules General Features * Requirements * Fax/Online for netVillage * An Outgoing Fax Service For Your Organization * Easy Management and Viewing of Information * Configure Your System For Exceptional Security and Accounting * General Features * Security Features * Requirements * Omni-Mall for netVillage * Online Ordering and Real-Time Credit-Card Verification * Flexible and Easy Configuration * Market and Sell Your Products Online * General Features * Security Features * Requirements * Hardware Options for netVillage * The GalactiBox * The G-Box is not just an Expansion Chassis * GalactiBoard * Easy to Configure * GalactiBox Features * Intelligent Serial Kit for netVillage * Host Controller Boards * Port Modules * Easily integrates with netVillage * Everything is included * SuperSerial XP Host Controllers Specifications * netVillage Developer's Kit * An open platform for developing online applications * General Architecture * Terminal-Mode Modules * Client Apps * Server Agents * Development Requirements * Development Kit Features * Security Mechanisms * The secure solution for remote access * A firewall to your LAN * Password protection * Five models of netVillage * Locks and Keys * Assigning Locks and Keys * Classes of users * Security you can trust * Direct Pricing Information ----------------------------------- * netVillage.com, Inc. - Company profile ------------------------------------ Company: netVillage.com, Inc. 1301 West Newport Center Drive Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Sales: (888)922-8455 Customer Service: (954)570-7676 Support: (954)419-1380 FAX: (954)360-7112 Incorporated: October 1999 Overview: Developer of multiuser communications software and hardware for workgroup, Internet and online applications. Markets: Companies looking to set up Web sites, private online services and workgroup environments over the Internet or Intranet. Customers include small businesses, Fortune 500 companies, educational institutions and government agencies. Historical Progress: 1999 -- Purchased the Worldgroup software from Galacticomm. Renamed it to netVillage. Products: netVillage -- online system software for Windows/DOS platforms. Includes the netVillage Plug-in for Netscape. License for eight simultaneous users included. System can be expanded with User Six-Packs to support up to 256 simultaneous users. netVillage Internet Server -- Bundled product combining netVillage, the Advanced Internet Option, Dial-Out and Dial-Up Options. License for 20 simultaneous users included. netVillage Enterprise Server -- Bundled product combining netVillage, the Advanced Internet Option, Omni-Mall, Novell Option, Dial-Out and Dial-Up Options. License for 128 simultaneous users included. Connectivity Options -- User Six-Pack, X.25 Software Option, Advanced Internet Option, Dial-Out Add-on, Novell Option, Dial-Up Option. Add-on Options -- Advertising/Announcement Ticker, Entertainment Collection, Fax/Online, Omni-Mall, Search and Retrieve, netVillage Developer's Kit. Hardware -- GalactiBoard, Intelligent Serial Kit. Support: Readily available technical support. Full-time staff Internet support from support@netvillage.com Distribution: Worldwide distribution through netVillage.com's direct sales force (Internet e-mail: sales@netvillage.com) and a network of dealers, retailers, value-added resellers, and systems integrators. Distribution by Ingram Micro, Tech Data and DistribuPro. ----------------------------------- * Applications for Your Web Site ----------------------------------- - Plug in interactive client/server apps with netVillage A complete suite of applications hot-linked to your Web site. Catalog shopping with real-time credit card verification. Polls and questionnaires with instant graphical display of results. A fax server offering up-to-the-minute information. Video conferencing. Multimedia databases. Classified ads. Shared file libraries. Private discussion areas and chat sessions with shared "white board." And no CGI or Java programming required. With the freely distributable netVillage Plug-in for Netscape Navigator (and Microsoft Internet Explorer coming soon), dozens of ready-to-go applications can be launched directly from your users' browsers. No cost-per-user licensing fees mean all your employees, customers and business partners can enjoy your client/server apps over the Web. The netVillage Plug-in needs to be installed on your users PCs only once. A user who already has an account on your netVillage server will be seamlessly logged on. Those users who have not yet established an account will be asked to create one, using a simple sign-up dialog box. Add a few simple commands to your HTML files to fire off any netVillage app. When a user clicks on a link to an application, the plug-in connects to the netVillage server specified by an EMBED tag in your HTML file - and opens a telnet session through the same TCP/IP stack as the user's browser. The application is launched independently of the browser, so the user can continue to access this Windows client application - even after clicking away to another location on the Web. Your netVillage server and Web server do not necessarily have to be operating on the same machine - or even in the same location. netVillage works in conjunction with your favorite Web server - or you can use the Web server software built into netVillage. Easy to install, easy to administer. With netVillage, you can provide rich Web content with the ease of use people expect from their PCs. The high-impact graphics, sound, animation and context-sensitive help go way beyond basic HTML technology. Plug and Play Web Apps The netVillage baseline product includes online surveys, group messaging, shared file libraries and teleconferencing. Add a link to the polls and questionnaires module and you've got instantaneous information about the people on your site at your fingertips. Using pop-up screens, in minutes you'll create your own market research questionnaires, application forms and opinion polls. Intelligent branching lets you configure polls with questions that vary depending on answers received. You or your users can view tallied results online at any time. Print bar graphs or pie charts of the results or export the data for use in other applications. Set up surveys that different audiences - such as employees, customers and suppliers - have access to. After they complete the questionnaire, you can give them special files, demo software or upgrade their security access. Bring workgroup applications directly to your site with group messaging. All the popular features of today's leading messaging packages are supported - distribution lists, a spell checker, carbon copies and more. Configure up to 10,000 group discussion areas for different topics and define specific access levels for each user or classes of users. Forum messages are organized in both chronological order and topic "threads" to easily track conversations. Users can find messages fast with the "quickscan" feature and boolean keyword searches. URLs in messages are automatically recognized. With a single click on a highlighted address, users can link to Web sites, ftp files, launch telnet connections, or send Internet mail - all while maintaining a persistent session with your netVillage application. Liven things up with Rich-Text Format (RTF) messages with user-defined fonts, colors and styles. And netVillage's e-mail application can be used as your complete wide-area private messaging system or can interface to your existing e-mail package. Set up a link to the file libraries module and you've got the easiest way to organize and share files over the Web - a powerful improvement over ftp's limited implementation for file exchange. Find files by browsing through full-screen listings or searching by library, category, file name, file date, upload date and popularity. Use wildcard and boolean keyword expressions too, and keyword searches even extend into the text of the file. You can display the contents of ZIP files before downloading as well. Visitors to your Web site can tag hundreds of files for download, then conveniently transfer them with the click of a button. And, since all netVillage applications are multithreaded, these transfers are carried out in the background - freeing your users to access other online applications or Web pages in parallel. netVillage's teleconference is perfect for group meetings in real time over the Web. Discussions are displayed in a scrolling format with each person's name before his or her message. Ideas can be sketched using the collaborative drawing board. Visitors to your site also can exchange files directly from their teleconference session, at a background priority, while continuing their conversation. And, with their Web browser open, they can click on URLs that are automatically highlighted in discussion text, enabling a group of users to explore the Web together. * Add More Apps Add a complete client/server online shopping system. Provide 24-hour catalog sales of products, services and online time. With the Omni-Mall option, visitors to your Web site can scan through product catalogs and place or cancel orders at will. Your online mall can have multiple stores, each with several departments and its own products. To increase the selection of items and system revenue, you can rent space to other merchants. Associate multiple images, sound clips and text files with products in your stores for a multimedia sales presentation. Omni-Mall supports automated online credit card processing in real time. And credit card transactions are protected with the built-in encryption capabilities. Charge the appropriate sales tax using variable tax tables. Set up quantity discount levels, shipping methods, delivery schedules, weight rates and handling charges to be included on the invoice. Use Omni-Mall in conjunction with Fax/Online and automatically fax invoices to your store managers for just-in-time order fulfillment. Fax/Online also provides a database of up-to-the-minute documents. Employees can fax documents around the world without ever leaving their desks - and customers can visit your site and fax themselves the information they need. Maintain a list of phone number patterns - such as commonly used numbers and area codes - for different rate structures or to restrict calls. Quickly customize your menus to all of your netVillage applications with our object-oriented, point-and-click design environment. Add hypermedia graphics, digital sounds and multiframe animations without complex programming. With netVillage, you update the content of your applications from Windows dialog boxes -- whether you are local or remote to your server - making it very easy to maintain your site and keep it fresh. * Develop Your Own Web Applications Use Visual Basic and our developer's kit to create your own netVillage apps, or modify existing ones. A well-documented client/server API and application source code are included. Or just plug and play any app already available through our network of over 100 independent software vendors (ISVs). Of course, you can still include any Java applets, VRML worlds or any other HTML files you've already developed - netVillage works hand-in-hand with other leading Web technologies. * Efficiently Manage User Access Take your site beyond incomplete "page hit" auditing. User accounts bring demographic data, usage information and access control to your Web site. Generate real mailing labels - as well as e-mail distribution lists - for direct marketing campaigns. Conduct surveys to gather meaningful information about those visiting your site. Track system and user activities with the built-in audit trail - you can configure which events are recorded and create reports for further analysis. Automatically grant access to information and features based on who the user is. Software locks and keys determine how each user will view or access information and applications. Set up security keyrings, time restrictions, options for billing and expiration dates for individual users or classes of users. * Fulfill All Your Communication Needs Provide interactive client/server computing using the Internet or your Intranet as a TCP/IP network. The network-centric integration of netVillage applications achieves group productivity over the Web. Visitors efficiently use their time by performing multiple tasks simultaneously -- such as downloading files while ordering merchandise from your online store. Any new applications -- or new versions of existing ones -- will be updated automatically in the background. And these applications, once downloaded to a user's PC, can be used even without a connection to the server. Users also can access your netVillage server via modem, Novell IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, ISDN and X.25. From one central hub, you can manage the same set of information for all your users. With these connectivity methods, netVillage serves as a secure bridge between workgroups, the Web and the world. Provide your dial-up users with secure proxy and dedicated SLIP/CSLIP/PPPaccess out to the Internet using the Advanced Internet Option. Offer a range of Internet services such as ftp, telnet, rlogin, finger, NNTP newsgroups, IRC, SMTP and POP3 mail. * Update Your Web Site Today Web solutions for commerce, business communications, publishing, education and more. See for yourself. Check out our Web site at http://www.gcomm.com/ and download the free netVillage Plug-in. When you decide to buy a netVillage server, you can even place your order online. All netVillage products are covered by a no-nonsense 30-day money-back guarantee, and prices start at $595 list. For the name of your nearest dealer, or for more information regarding products and training courses, call (888)922-8455 (954)570-7676 outside the U.S. and Canada). ---------------------------------------------- * Entertainment Collection for netVillage ---------------------------------------------- * Spice Up Your netVillage Chat Sessions Host an online get-together for your callers that is jam-packed with amusement and excitement. The Entertainment Collection includes interactive arcade, word and adventure games, and features the Entertainment Teleconference - a multiuser chat extravaganza. * Online Interaction For Your Users Add a new level of excitement by using actions, sounds and images to enhance your users' real-time chat sessions. Let your users express themselves with animated words, such as hugs, waves, shrugs and smiles. Associate sound clips with these actions and those callers with sound cards will hear the sighs, chuckles and music that can accompany these actions. Users can select their favorite actions by clicking on icons in the action-word toolbar. For example, if Chris selected "laugh," the text "Chris is laughing at you" could appear on the screen accompanied by the sound of laughter. For visual impact, users can submit photos of themselves that, once approved by the Sysop, are available to other users as thumbnails or full images. Users can actually see who they're talking to - or images that represent them. * A Place Where Friends Meet Establish thousands of virtual rooms where your users can meet - each room can have its own topic, moderator and action lists. They can whisper secret messages to one another, invite people into their own private room, or sneak away into a one-on-one chat mode. A user list gives an at-a-glance update of those in the room - updated in real time as users enter and leave. To share ideas, users in a room can launch a common drawing board and sketch images using a wide selection of tools and colors. The drawing can even be saved to disk for future reference. * Entertainment Teleconference General Features - Capitalize on netVillage's client/server architecture and let your users enjoy multimedia teleconference sessions. - Support multiuser chat sessions over local networks, modems, and optionally the Internet, ISDN and X.25. - Establish multisystem teleconferences by linking to other teleconference systems. - Establish thousands of secure public and private rooms in which your users can meet. - Associate software security "keys" with each room - only users who hold the key can enter the room. - Configure hundreds of action commands that your users can select from a tool bar. Define up to two action lists for each room. - Appoint Tele-Sysops - helpers who can post credits and disconnect or squelch abusive users. - Associate sound clips with each action. - Approve user-submitted photos that can be viewed by others as thumbnails or full images. - Maximize your users' time with the background file transfer feature - accessible directly from the Teleconference menu. - Your users can configure topics for their private channels, enable/disable sounds, determine how text will display on their own screens and more. - Users in a room can launch a shared drawing board with the click of a button. * Game Modules General Features Deliver a full suite of multiplayer, terminal-mode games for your users to enjoy: - Provide casino-style games, including Tele-Blackjack, Tele-Poker and Tingo (teleconference bingo). - Let your users purchase lottery tickets and try to win free online time or credits with Super Lotto. - Offer battleship, arcade and word games with Super Nova, Androids and Hangman's Secret Cove. - Feature real-time text adventure games with Fazuul and Kyrandia. * Requirements - netVillage v1.01 or higher - 11MB disk space Call Us Today Enhance your real-time chat sessions. Attract hundreds of users to your netVillage system with this fun-packed entertainment module. Call your favorite netVillage.com dealer, or call us direct at 1-800-328-1128 (or 954-583-5990 outside the U.S. and Canada). netVillage.com, Entertainment Collection and netVillage are trademarks of netVillage.com, Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective companies. ----------------------------- * Fax/Online for netVillage ------------------------------ * An Outgoing Fax Service For Your Organization Ensure that your sales and customer support staff always have the latest information at their fingertips. With Fax/Online you can use your netVillage system as a fax server, sharing a group of fax/modems and a document database to efficiently fax messages and information kits around the world. Your users can call in and request up-to-the-minute- information, and it will be faxed to them directly from your server. If you're running a for-profit system, you can generate revenue by charging users for toll calls and for each page of information faxed. * Easy Management and Viewing of Information A user entering the Fax/Online module will see the list of the documents to which he has access. When sending a fax, your user is prompted for information about where the fax is going and has the opportunity to type a message to accompany the file. A Windows caller can use the built-in viewer to display documents on his screen or output to any printer attached to his PC. * Configure Your System For Exceptional Security and Accounting Fax/Online lets you protect your system against those who might try to run up your phone bill or annoy others at your expense. You can set up your system to restrict or block calls to any number that you choose (such as emergency numbers or pay services). You can define software security "keys" required by users to access certain numbers (such as international numbers). Before permitting a fax transmission, Fax/Online checks that the user has the appropriate access key and credit balance to make the call. * General Features - Provide an easy to use fax service with a client/server interface and context-sensitive online help. - Add documents by simply faxing them to a fax modem on your netVillage server. - Set up different rate structures for various calling areas. - Define charges for first page and subsequent pages, depending on the destination. - Automatically deduct credits from your users' accounts before a fax transmission is attempted - refunds will be given for any unsuccessful fax attempts. - Keep your users informed - Fax/Online will automatically e-mail your users with the outcome of each fax attempt. - Send an announcement to users still logged on to your system as to the status of their fax transmission. - Protect your build and send queues from the effects of power outages or system shutdown - both queues are maintained on disk. Upon system restart the fax delivery will pick up where it left off. - Configure the number of transmission retries and the number of minutes between attempted transmissions. - Use Fax/Online in conjunction with any Class 2 or 2.0 CCITT Group 3-compatible fax modem. - Save time by sending faxes in the background while continuing to access other services. * Security Features - Establish a list of numbers that users cannot access, such as calls to emergency or pay services. - Define numbers that need added security, such as calls to exclusive clientele or staff members. Provide software keys to those users who can fax to these numbers. - Use software keys to restrict access to certain documents on your system. Only users who have the key will be able to view or fax these documents. - Automatically verify that your users have enough credits in their account before sending each fax transmission. - Directly fax invoices to the store managers of your online shopping service (requires the Omni-Mall add-on option, sold separately). * Requirements - netVillage v1.01 or higher - 5MB disk space - One or more fax modems supporting EIA Class 2 or Class 2.0 standard and the CCITTGroup 3 standard Place Your Order Today Extend the efficiency and reach of your online service. Provide up-to-the-minute information by fax to your users around the world. Call your favorite netVillage.com dealer, or call us direct at 1-800-328-1128 (or 954-583-5990 outside the U.S. and Canada). netVillage.com, Fax/Online and netVillage are trademarks of netVillage.com, Inc. Omni-Mall is a trademark of Datasafe Publications, Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective companies. ------------------------------- * Omni-Mall for netVillage ------------------------------- * Online Ordering and Real-Time Credit-Card Verification Offer a fully interactive online shopping and order-entry environment from your online service with the Omni-Mall add-on module for netVillage. Omni-Mall is perfect for 24-hour sales of your products, services or online time, and even lets you rent space to other merchants. For real-time credit card verification, a Point of Sale (POS) Dial module is included. * Flexible and Easy Configuration Your online mall can have multiple stores, each run by its own merchant. Each merchant has control over his or her own store, organizing it into departments and structuring the product line. Built-in editors help your merchants define unique attributes such as the accepted payment options and purchase limits for each store, department names, product handling charges, retail prices and inventory limits. * Market and Sell Your Products Online Promote products in your stores using images, sound and unlimited length text files - your customers can browse stores online, select the products they want to buy and then pay using a variety of encrypted payment options including American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, COD, purchase order, and online credits. Omni-Mall will add the appropriate sales tax and shipping costs. You can fax an invoice directly to the store manager (with the Fax/Online add-on option). A receipt of the order can be sent via e-mail to the customer. * General Features - Enjoy the netVillage client/server interface with context sensitive help. - Provide the greatest choice of access to users with ANSI/ASCII terminal mode support. - Associate thumbnail graphic images with each store to show customers what the store is offering. - Describe each product with up to three images (BMP, GIF, JPG, TIFF, PCX, etc.). - Attach sound (WAV) files to your products as attention-getters or to provide spoken descriptions. - Offer downloadable software products, graphical images or database information - customers can download the files they have paid for directly from your store as e-mail file attachments. - Define a manager for each store - your store manager can securely add, edit or delete departments and products. - Automatically fax invoices to store managers (requires the Fax/Online add-on option). - Charge the appropriate sales tax to purchases made from each store using the built-in tax table. - Operate over a variety of networks - including the Internet. * Security Features - Offer data protection to your customers - all credit card numbers are mathematically verified and encrypted in the client/server mode. - Provide airtight security and account management by defining a software "key" that users must have to enter each store - users without this key will not have access. - Define those customers who may order products with a purchase order - you can grant them software keys that allow access to this payment option. - Use software keys to set up guest accounts and different access levels for users; control who sees information or can perform functions; determine whether a customer gets wholesale or retail pricing; and more. - Protect against fraudulent activity by setting a purchase limit for each store - the system will automatically reject any order that exceeds this limit. - Check the validity of your customer's credit card using the real-time credit-card verification feature. * Requirements - netVillage v1.0 or higher - 248KB memory, 305KB with POS Dial module enabled - 1MB disk space - If using the installed POS Dial module, one modem set to no data compression and no error correction on a dedicated outgoing phone line Place Your Order Today If you're looking for the most open, cost-effective way to provide online ordering, call your favorite netVillage.com dealer, or call us direct at 1-800-328-1128 (or 954-583-5990 outside the U.S. and Canada). netVillage.com, Fax/Online and netVillage are trademarks of netVillage.com, Inc. Omni-Mall is a trademark of Datasafe Publications, Inc. All other products are trademarks of their respective companies. ---------------------------------- * Hardware Options for netVillage ---------------------------------- Expand netVillage with multi-user hardware You know your online service is successful when two lines just aren't enough for your expanding user base. As your system activity increases, you can incrementally add capacity for six more channels at a time with User Six-Packs - up to 256 simultaneous users on a single PC. We harness netVillage's power to support large line counts with the GalactiBox and the GalactiBoard. Both of these high-performance, multi-user hardware options will increase your PC's modem capacity. * The GalactiBox The GalactiBox, or "G-Box" for short, is a 16-slot, AT-size expansion chassis specially designed for connecting large numbers of internal modems, fax/modems, or serial cards to netVillage. The G-Box also supports GalactiBoards, voice/DTMF interface cards, or any 8-bit I/O option cards, to expand the hardware addressing potential of these cards for multi-line, multi-user, or multi-tasking applications. The G-Box comes with an interface card and cabling to plug right into an expansion slot in your PC. With 16 internal modems in your G-Box, you won't have to worry about stacks of modems getting knocked over or giant tangles of cables in the back of your PC. There are just 16 standard RJ-11 phone cables connecting the telephone lines to the back of your G-Box, one cable linking the G-Box to the computer, and one power cord for the G-Box. If you order internal modems at the same time that you order your G-Box, we'll install and test them for you. This way, we can "burn-in" the entire unit, and you'll get a box that's ready to plug-and-play without modification. We carry a complete line of internal modems that we've tested for reliability with netVillage. You can also order a G-Box unpopulated and install your own modem cards. Installing them is easy. You just open up the G-Box and slide in up to 16 Hayes-compatible modems. With the G-Box, you can start small and expand later. Once you fill up one G-Box, you can add more. You can install up to four G-Boxes with 64 modems using just one COM port address. You can use all four of your COM port addresses to reach a line count of up to 256 by "nesting" up to 16 G-Boxes into an additional G-Box and connecting that to one slot in your computer. * The G-Box is not just an Expansion Chassis The GalactiBox can be used as a standard 16-slot I/O expansion chassis, but its real power comes from its ability to multiplex a group of otherwise identical PC/AT/ISA option cards into one set of I/O addresses. Simply put, if you tried to place 16 identical modems into a regular expansion chassis, none of them would work. All of the modems would respond at the same set of I/O port addresses, creating bus contention. The G-Box has a unique port-stacking feature that lets you connect multiple ports without addressing conflicts. Port stacking takes advantage of the high order address bits (A10-A15) that are ignored by almost all serial port cards made for the PC. Instead of one modem on a COM port address, you can have 8, or 16, or even 64 with four G-Boxes. * GalactiBoard If you'd like to expand your system eight modems at a time, or if you prefer external modems, the GalactiBoard ("G-Board") is an excellent solution. This eight-port serial card connects up to eight external Hayes-compatible modems or computer terminals, or other devices to your system. The GalactiBoard can be used in any PC with the standard PC/AT/EISA bus. The G-Board was designed for use with netVillage, but can work with other multi-user applications as well. You just insert the G-Board into one of the expansion slots in your computer and connect external modems to the eight cables. On high-volume systems, if you run out of expansion slots for your G-Boards, you can place them in a GalactiBox. You can insert up to 16 G-Boards into one G-Box, for a total of 128 serial ports. Like the G-Box, the G-Board also minimizes cabling. One 30-inch "octopus" cable is included with the G-Board. It plugs into the back of the G-Board and splits into eight male RS-232C connections, which can be plugged directly into external modems. We carry a complete line of external modems. * Easy to Configure netVillage.com's multimodem software does not use conventional hardware interrupts, like those associated with COM1 and COM2 serial ports. We use a much more efficient time-sliced interrupt scheme that supports many more channels than regular interrupt-based or polling-based architectures. Interrupt conflicts are never an issue. All 16 lines can answer to the same phone number. When you're installing your phone lines, simply ask your phone service to configure them as a single "hunt group." You can purchase the GalactiBox and GalactiBoard from your favorite netVillage.com dealer, or call us direct at 1-800-328-1128 (or 305-583-5990 outside the U.S. and Canada). These products include a one-year parts and labor warranty. * GalactiBox Features - 16 I/O expansion slots per GalactiBox - Supports internal modems, serial cards, fax cards, GalactiBoards, or 8-bit I/O option card - Up to four GalactiBoxes can connect 64 modems on a single COM port address - Up to 16 G-Boxes can be nested to 1 machine - Compatible with the PC/AT and EISA bus - Automatic wait-state generation: 0 to 15 wait-states - Up to 16 interrupt sources on the GalactiBox bus (one per slot), with the appropriate programming of two on-board 8259A interrupt controls - One or two interrupts on your computer's bus, with edge-regenerating logic - Input power selectable to 110 or 220 volts, 50 or 60 cycles AC - 200 watt power supply - GalactiBox does not support: memory, DMA (Direct Memory Access), bus arbitration, Interrupts 0, 1, 6, 7 GalactiBoard Features - 8 EIA-232D-compatible serial ports on one card that plug into PC/AT/EISA-compatible expansion slot - Each port has a 16550-type UART with 16-byte receive and transmit FIFO buffers. - Supports 300 to 57,600 bits per second transfer rate - 14 addressing modes, DIP-switch selectable. All modes (except mode 8) are free of addressing conflicts with COM1/2/3/4 serial ports - Configure up to 7 G-Boards (56 ports) using only 4 channel groups - Configure up to 32 GalactiBoards (255 ports) using G-Boxes and 8 channel groups - 30-inch cabling included. Each connector is clearly marked "PORT 0" through "PORT 7" on both sides - RS-232C DTE pinouts for direct connection to modems or other devices. - Signals supported on each port: Ground, Transmit, Receive, RTS, CTS, DCD, DTR - Each serial cable may be extended up to 50' in length - Interrupt support, for custom programming your own applications. (netVillage does not use conventional I/O interrupts) All specifications subject to change without notice netVillage.com, GalactiBoard, GalactiBox and netVillage are trademarks of netVillage.com, Inc. ------ * Intelligent Serial Kit for netVillage Double your system's performance with intelligent multi-user hardware Only netVillage.com gives you the power to support up to 256 simultaneous users on a single PC. You'll never have to worry about tangles of cable, stacks of computers, or layers of multitasking software with netVillage. Match our software breakthrough with multi-user hardware, and you can greatly expand the modem capacity of your PC beyond COM1/2/3/4. To give you screaming performance for a huge number of simultaneous users, we've teamed up with Equinox Systems Inc. Now, you can rack up dozens of high-speed modems to a single PC with our Intelligent Serial Kit. Originally, our software only worked with non-intelligent serial boards. Your CPU (and our software) had the full burden of handling every byte of data that was piped in or out of your system in real time - a heavy load under today's high speed modems. Now, by using the Intelligent Serial Kit (ISK), you can offload much of the nitty-gritty piping of data from the CPU to the intelligent hardware. The ISK is an expandable I/O subsystem that takes advantage of Equinox's new RISC-based SuperSerial Technology (SST). Equinox's intelligent multiport cards free up tremendous system resources, and solidly boost your system's potential throughput to over 590,000 aggregate CPS - more than double any other single-PC solution. The table to the left illustrates the results of our field testing with Equinox hardware. We successfully demonstrated 225 simultaneous file transfers at 19.2 Kbps and 173 simultaneous transfers at 38.4 Kbps - with no degradation in performance. All of this was handled by a single Pentium machine. The testing also demonstrated a record number of transfers at 115,200 bps and 230,400 bps. Our software is the first commercial online service platform to support 230K speeds - just in time for 28.8K modems and ISDN to take off on a wide scale. Ironclad Reliability Equinox SST products feature advanced multistrike surge protection. Every line of every port is protected against voltages as high as 15kV - protecting your connections from real-world surge hazards. * Host Controller Boards Start with a single host controller card. It plugs right into an expansion slot in your PC and provides the intelligent communications processor to offload the CPU serial communications workload. Host controllers are available for the ISA bus system. Just plug in the host controller and connect your choice of modules. The Intelligent Serial Kit requires minimal system resources, so difficult-to-solve system conflicts are virtually eliminated. After installation, the comprehensive online diagnostics ensure simplified maintenance. Only the Intelligent Serial Kit provides this feature, and even lets you view the real-time data and status of any port. * Port Modules As your line usage grows, add port modules in increments of 8 or 16 ports - up to a total of 128 ports with a maximum speed of 115,200 bps or 64 ports with a maximum speed of 230,400 bps. Expand from 8 ports to 128 ports in a single slot. The host controller card links to the port modules with a 4' cable and a RJ45 connector. * Easily integrates with netVillage The software driver for the Intelligent Serial Kit interfaces directly to the server's communication engine using the netVillage.com Custom Device Interface (GCDI). In the tradition of our open architecture, the GCDI enables independent vendors - such as Equinox - to add new connectivity to netVillage by creating a DLL that automatically links into the underlying architecture at run time. The openness of this interface ensures that your system will keep pace with the constant change of communications technology. Non-intelligent hardware, such as GalactiBoards and GalactiBoxes, offer a cost-effective alternative for increasing your modem capacity - and are the recommended solution for systems with fewer than 30-40 lines. The GalactiBox is an expansion chassis with slots for up to 16 internal modems or serial cards. The GalactiBoard is an eight-port serial card for external modems, terminals, or other computers running communications software. Both products work in parallel with the ISK. * Everything is included The Intelligent Serial Kit includes Equinox's SST 8- or 16-channel port modules, the intelligent software driver, the Equinox host controller, all RJ45 cabling, adapters for modem connections, and documentation. Kits supporting speeds of up to 115.2 Kbps are available in 16-, 32-, 64-, 96-, and 128-line counts. Kits supporting speeds of up to 230.4 Kbps are available in 16- and 32-line counts. Each kit comes with a five-year warranty and world-class support from both netVillage.com and Equinox. * SuperSerial XP Host Controllers Specifications Processor: 30 MHz Equinox SuperSerial Processor (2 SSPs provided on SS128) Performance: SS64 - 64 ports @230 Kbps SS128 - 128 ports @115 Kbps Bus Interface: 16-bit ISA Memory Map: 16 Kb (shared) On-board SS64 - 512 Kb Memory: SS128 - 1 MB Power 5V @ 1A + 5% plus port module Requirements: requirements if powered from host Expansion Bus: SS64 - single expansion bus, connects up to 4 modules SS128 - dual expansion bus, connects up to 4 modules per expansion bus, 8 modules total Cable - 4' host cable supplied w/SS64; two 4' host cables supplied w/SS128 Bus Length - 500' max between modules Connectors - HD-22 Cable - 6-twisted-pair, low-capacitance, shielded SuperSerial XP Port Modules (8 or 16) Application: Locate near host for direct connect or distribute within a facility using optional expansion bus cables and external supplies 8-port Modules: RM8-RJ (RJ-45) 16-port Modules: RM16-RJ (RJ-45) Performance: 8-port modules - 64 ports @230 Kbps 16-port modules - 128 ports @115 Kbps Interface: Type - RJ45 Signals - TXD, RXD, CTS, DSR, DCD, DTR, RI, GND Surge Protection: All ports, all signals, multi-strike Power 8-port modules - 5V @0.6A Requirements: 16-port modules - 5V @1.2A Power Sources: Host powered - modules receive power from host computer when connected via supplied 4' host cable(s) Externally powered - optional power supplies required w/expansion bus cables All specifications subject to change without notice netVillage.com and netVillage are trademarks of netVillage.com, Inc. Equinox is a registered trademark of EQUINOX Systems Inc. SuperSerial is a trademark of EQUINOX Systems Inc. ------------------------------- * netVillage Developer's Kit ------------------------------- * An open platform for developing online applications netVillage's client/server online platform is a foundation for others to build upon. A large effort has been made to ensure you have the tools and techniques you need in order to write add-on applications as well as customize existing ones. This development environment harnesses the power of server-side C code coupled with the ease of design and extensibility of client-side Visual Basic (VB) code. * General Architecture The netVillage server software runs on your host machine under DOS. It manages agents, the server portion of client/server applications. The client software, netVillage Manager, runs on the users' PCs under Windows and manages apps. Client apps make requests of the server. These client requests are serviced by server agents. The server also supports terminal-mode modules. These modules provide an ASCII/ANSI/RIP interface for non-client users. The design of the netVillage platform allows developers to get involved at several levels: - Customizing existing client apps using VB - Developing new client apps in VB utilizing existing server agents (E-mail, Forums, File Libraries, etc.) - Customizing existing server agents or terminal-mode modules - Developing new applications involving apps, agents, and terminal-mode modules The link between apps and agents is handled by the netVillage.com Client/Server Protocol (GCSP). The best thing about this multithreaded, error correcting protocol is that you, as a developer, don't have to worry about it. The communications link on both the client and server sides is managed entirely by the GCSP engine. Since we've already taken care of the details involved in managing the actual client/server link, you don't have to handle the low-level I/O at all. This leaves you free to focus on the functionality of your application. * Terminal-Mode Modules Terminal-mode plug-in DLLs exist on the server for providing an ASCII/ANSI/RIP interface to applications. Generally, a terminal-mode user is in one module at a time. Modules are organized as state machines, allowing users to move from state to state. Terminal-mode modules can intercept users at logon or logoff as well as register global command handlers for interacting with users when they are within other modules. High-level API calls exist for making it as easy as possible to provide a terminal-mode interface. However, your terminal-mode application can also access the low-level channel routines, including interrupt level routines. * Client Apps Armed with the GCSP engine, Visual Basic, and the myriad of other tools available under Windows, client apps run the show. They can utilize 100% of the resources on the client machine: intricate graphics, sound, animation, video, etc. You can create and modify such apps easily because of the work Microsoft and hundreds of other companies have put into Windows-based development tools. Visual Basic is powerful. What it doesn't do for you, hundreds of add-on tools will. You can even access the Windows API calls directly from VB, including your own C libraries, so you have complete control over the client environment. For communicating with the server, client apps read and write data in the form of dynapaks. A dynapak consists of a name and a value. The value can be either a block of data (a structure, record, e-mail message, etc. up to 16K in length) or a DOS file. The GCSP engine handles the transport of all dynapak requests and values. The app makes the requests, the agent services them, and the GCSP engine is the go-between. The client GCSP engine doesn't just transport dynapaks to and from the server. It caches them as well, transparently increasing the apparent throughput of the link (and thus the apparent responsiveness of the application). The client GCSP engine can even service dynapak read and write requests while operating on deck (offline, but still able to perform many functions within the context of a system). In many cases, an app can execute the same code whether operating online or on deck. When an app makes a request identical to an earlier one whose result is still in the client-side cache, the GCSP engine doesn't need to be online with the server agent in order to service the request. An app reads and writes dynapaks by making calls to API routines in the GCSP engine. To sit around and wait (with a Windows hourglass displayed) for a response from the server, synchronous flavors of read and write exist. To continue to operate while waiting for a response from the server, asynchronous flavors of read and write also exist. Using synchronous calls, app code is very linear. Using asynchronous calls, app code is more event-driven. Most apps will use a mix of synchronous and asynchronous calls depending on circumstance. In summary, Visual Basic is the development environment with extensibility for most any need, and dynapaks are the tool used for communicating between client apps and server agents. * Server Agents Server agents run as plug-in DLLs on the netVillage server PC. When a read or write request comes in from a client, the server GCSP engine automatically routes it to the read or write handler in the appropriate agent. From there, the agent is free to service the request in any way it chooses. When ready with a response, the agent simply hands that response off to the engine for transport. A request can be responded to immediately, or it can take some time. To be called back repeatedly by the engine over time (cycled), the agent simply calls cycleme() with a routine address to call every chance it gets. By cycling, agents can perform things like database searches in order to respond to a request. An agent can also communicate with other channels, wait for real-time events, or perform many tasks in order to service a client request. The client can handle doing many things at once, since it's running under Windows. Although not running under Windows, the server can multitask as well. Up to 30 requests can be outstanding on any given channel at any given time. Each request has its own context with per-request memory to keep track of its status. Except for conflict checking where necessary, the engine shields the agent from having to be aware of this fact. The engine calls the agent when a request comes in, calls its cycleme() routine as requested, maintains the request's context, and eventually transports the agent's response to the client. Develop your vision today. Tap into the power to bring your vision online. The netVillage Client/Server Developer's Kit is available from your favorite netVillage.com dealer, or call us direct at 1-800-328-1128 (or 954-583-5990 outside the U.S. and Canada). * Development Requirements Server Borland C++ 4.5 Borland Turbo Assembler Phar Lap 286|DOS Extender 3.1 netVillage Client/Server Developer's Kit Client Visual Basic for Windows 3.0 Professional Edition Sheridan Software's 3-D Widgets netVillage Client App Developer's Kit or Client/Server Developer's Kit * Development Kit Features Client API - 30 threads per user - Each app is a separate VB .EXE - Automatic version control and background updating - Transparent file transfer handling - Online or offline capability - Callback custom control allows for synchronous or asynchronous operation - Dynapak prioritization capability - Greater than and less than dynapak reads for generating lists of data with one function call - Routines to view dynapak data as it comes in - Generic agent for rapid client development - Local data storage is dynapak based - Extensive documentation and source examples Agent API - 30 requests per channel - Per-request memory - Dynapak manipulation routines - Event-driven, C-based DLL technology - Data format conversion routines (VB "types" to C "structs") - Output queues and threads handled by the GCSP engine - Priority issues handled by the GCSP engine - Generic dynapak data file for storage - Accounting functions (deducting, awarding, exempting credit use) - Security functions (checking keys, setting locks, changing classes) - Extensive documentation and source examples Terminal-mode API - Full Screen Editor services - Full Screen Data entry field display/edit routines - File Transfer Facility routines for terminal-mode file transfers - State machine, C-based DLL technology - Routines to allow for individual channel manipulation - Accounting functions (deducting, awarding, exempting credit use) - Security functions (checking keys, setting locks, changing classes) - Multilingual support - Date, time, and file handling suite - Routines for dealing with message file configuration options - Global command API - Complete Btrieve database API - Extensive documentation and source examples ----------------------------- * Security Mechanisms ----------------------------- * The secure solution for remote access Today, more and more business is being conducted online: electronic commerce, information dissemination, exchange of sensitive data and more. In this open computing environment, the security of your system is critical. That's why netVillage offers an airtight security architecture. netVillage safely lets you offer online services to customers and prospects without risking the integrity of your LAN security or the confidentiality of your internal workgroups. * A firewall to your LAN Unlike many remote access programs, your users can't access your DOSprompt. At no point do you risk a user having DOS-level control over your system. In fact, netVillage's protected mode operation makes it impossible to execute DOS applications (which run in real mode) while the system is online. Protected mode gives netVillage the multitasking abilities to support up to 256 simultaneous users on a single PC. * Password protection When new users log on to your system, they must create User-IDs and passwords. By keeping their passwords private and changing them frequently, users ensure the security of their User-IDs. To help protect your system against intruders, the server hangs up if a caller guesses the wrong password three times. If this happens, an audit trail entry will note the time, date, User-ID and channel of the attempted logon. This hang-up feature discourages hackers from making dozens of guesses until they figure out a password. * Five models of netVillage To get you started, we've created five categories with default security settings. During installation, select one as a starting point and then fine-tune as needed. The Public Model gives first-time callers access to all harmless services (reading/writing messages, downloading files, etc.). The Customer Service Model gives prospects access to some services, but reserves the more valuable services for customers. The Sign-up Model gives applicants the ability to enter their names and addresses, but they can't access anything until you give them authorization. The For-Profit Model lets first-time callers sign up and access limited test-drive services, while paying customers can enjoy all of your system's user services. The Private Model brings stringent access control for private or in-house online systems. Callers can't log on unless you've assigned them a User-ID and password. No new user applications are accepted. * Locks and Keys Because of the open distribution of the netVillage client program, which runs on the user's PC, the server manages all security access levels through its Locks and Keys architecture. You control access by placing locks on features and issuing keys to authorized users. You activate a lock by telling it to screen users for a specific key. Users can pass through an activated lock if you have assigned the same key to the user. The server will check the user's keys before fulfilling any request. * Assigning Locks and Keys You can set locks at three levels: the Menu Tree, the modules (e.g., e-mail, forums, etc.) and through Security and Accounting configuration options. Menu Tree locks determine which menu options specific users can access. These locks are configured offline at the Sysop's console. For your ASCII, ANSI and RIP terminal mode callers, you can choose to hide the option, dim it, or show it. If a user selects a menu option that he doesn't have a key for, he will be notified that the requested option isn't available. You can also use Menu Tree locks for your client/server menus. If a user doesn't have the required key, you can choose to hide the option or show it. Because the client runs on the user's PC, however, all security issues are best handled by the server. Server locks on the modules or in Security and Accounting options prevent unauthorized access from terminal mode and client users alike. Module locks determine which activities are offered to which users within individual modules. Set these locks online when you create libraries, forums, polls and so forth. If a User-ID doesn't have the required key for the module, he will be denied access. Over 1,000 user-configurable parameters are available in CNF, the offline configuration facility for the netVillage server. Special Security and Accounting CNF options let you customize user access restrictions and most of the accounting settings. * Classes of users For ease of management, you can create millions of classes of users, such as PROSPECT, CUSTOMER, STAFF, SYSOP, etc., with associated keyrings of services they can access. Assign keys to classes or individual users. You can have up to 10,000 classes of users. For each class, you can specify a time limit, whether to exempt incidental charges, a debt limit and the keys users will have. Configure a class to automatically expire to another class after a certain number of days. Inactive accounts can be automatically purged. For pay-for-use systems, the server can meter online time by the second. You can grant users a certain amount of prepaid time. If you allow users to run up a tab, you can generate a report once a week or once a month for billing purposes. * Security you can trust As data theft on the Internet and online services continues to make headlines, companies are seeking foolproof ways to share information and resources with field staff, customers, vendors and the world at large. netVillage provides this security with Locks and Keys that grant individual users and groups access to different areas of the server. If you'd like to offer remote access to LAN, modem and (optionally) X.25, ISDN and Internet users, netVillage is your secure solution. For more information or to order netVillage.com products, call your favorite netVillage.com dealer, or call us direct at 1-800-328-1128 (or 954-583-5990 outside the U.S. and Canada). netVillage.com, Locks and Keys and netVillage are trademarks of netVillage.com, Inc. ------------------------------ * Direct Pricing Information ------------------------------ April, 1999 netVillage Version 1.0, 8-user $595.00 Launch plug-and-play client/server applications from your Web site. Includes customizable surveys, shared file libraries, group messaging, SMTP mail and teleconference with collaborative drawing board. Built-in Web server software -- or use in conjunction with your existing Web server. Supports up to eight sinultaneous users via TCP/IP. Requires 486 or Pentium-class PC, 8MB of RAM and DOS 5 or higher. Includes freely distributable netVillage Plug-in for Netscape Navigator that will launch Windows client applications from users' browsers. netVillage Dial-Up Server $795.00 Ideal for setting up your own online service or bulletin board system. Includes 8-user license of netVillage and Dial-Up Option for modem support. netVillage Internet Server $1,995.00 Become an Internet Service Provider and offer dial-up users secure proxy and dedicated SLIP/CSLIP/PPP access out to the Internet, as well as a range of Internet services, such as ftp, telnet, rlogin, finger, NNTP newsgroups, IRC and POP3 mail. Includes 20-user license of netVillage, Dial-Up Option, Advanced Internet Option and Dial-Out add-on. netVillage Enterprise Server $7,995.00 A complete online interactive software platform. Offer online shopping with secure credit card verification, customizable surveys, shared file libraries, group messaging, teleconference with collaborative drawing board, ftp, telnet, rlogin, finger, NNTP newsgroups, IRC, SMTP and POP3 mail. Support for TCP/IP, modem, Novell LAN and ISDN callers. Includes 128-user license of netVillage, Dial-Up Option, Novell LAN Option, Advanced Internet Option, Dial-Out add-on and Omni-Mall add-on. Add-on Options -------------- Fax/Online Add-on Option $249.00 Provides an outgoing online fax service for your system. Users can fax pre-scanned images and ASCII text files from your document database, view or print faxes from the built-in viewer, inquire about fax rate charges, and send copies to others. Requires EIA Class 2 or 2.0/CCITT Group 3 fax modems. Entertainment Collection Add-on Option $295.00 Includes the Action Teleconference, a chat extravaganza with action words, sounds and images; multiplayer text adventures, ANSI-graphics, Flash and teleconference games; and more. Omni-Mall $995.00 Extends your system into an online shopping mall of products and services. Users can scan through product catalogs at no obligation, view images of available items, and place or cancel orders at will. Supports automated online credit-card processing and data encryption. Connectivity Options -------------------- Dial-Out Add-on Option $195.00 Allows users on your system to transparently connect to other computers via TCP/IP and optionally modems, serial links or X.25 connections. A flexible script language lets you configure features or areas of other systems your users can access. Dial-Up Option $295.00 Supports modem access to your netVillage system. Novell LAN Option $295.00 Allows users on your Novell LAN without TCP/IP connectivity to access your netVillage system. Supports Novell NetWare IPX/SPX channels. User Six-Pack, each $295.00 Supports up to six additional simultaneous users. Installs effortlessly and leaves all existing configuration and data files intact. Up to 41 User Six-Packs can be added for a total of 256 simultaneous users (support for the last two users is included at no charge). Advanced Internet Option $495.00 Provides dial-up users with secure proxy and dedicated SLIP/CSLIP/PPP access out to the Internet, as well as a range of Internet services, such as ftp, telnet, rlogin, finger, NNTP newsgroups, IRC and POP3 mail. X.25 Software Option $995.00 Connects your system to an X.25 packet-switching network without the need for a PAD. Requires the PC XNet Card - see X.25 Network Hardware. Developer's Kits ---------------- netVillage Developer's Kit $495.00 Modify client-side applications, server-side agents and existing netVillage add-ons or write your own netVillage add-on options. Contains the Visual Basic source for baseline client apps (e.g. e-mail, file libraries, etc.). Includes the server-side engine in LIB form and the C source code to all server-side apps, files necessary to recompile the run-time executable, two of the utilities and certain standard DLLs. Documentation is included. Requires a registered copy of netVillage, the Phar Lap 286|DOS-Extender SDK, Borland C++ 4.5, Visual Basic Pro 3.0 and 3-D Widgets from Sheridan Software. Visual Writer Pro 2.25 and Visual Speller 1.0 required to modify netVillage's message center. Advanced Internet Option and Internet Connectivity Source Code required to modify existing Internet capabilities or to develop your own Internet add-ons. Extended C Source Developer's Kit $495.00 Contains the C sources to many of the offline programs, such as the configuration editor, the menu tree management utilities and screen drawing tools. Also contains the C source to GCOMM.LIB, a collection of low-level routines used by netVillage and its offline utilities for DOS functions, operator I/O, text message management, etc. Requires the netVillage Developer's Kit. (All source code listed below requires the netVillage Developer's Kit and a registered copy of the specific add-on option.) Fax/Online Developer's Kit $ 99.00 Dial-Out C Source Code $295.00 Entertainment Collection C Source Code $450.00 Requires Brushed Aluminum set of VBXtasy by Spinoza Ltd to recompile the client app. Internet Connectivity Option Source Code $495.00 Contains source code to netVillage's Internet capabilities included in the baseline package and Advanced Internet Option. Requires Advanced Internet Option. Omni-Mall C Source Code $995.00 Multi-User Hardware ------------------- GalactiBoard $495.00 An 8-port EIA-232D serial interface for connecting external modems, terminals, or other computers running communications software. Uses 16550-type UARTs for efficient high-speed file transfers. Cable assembly included which provides 8 male DB-25 connectors with DTE pinouts. Update Program -------------- Automatic Software Update Program $395.00 Per year, per registration number. Receive all significant new software updates to netVillage.com products you have purchased as soon as we've fully tested them. (International ASUPs are $495/year.) For "one-shot" updates, give us a call for pricing. Intelligent Serial Kits ----------------------- Enables netVillage to take advantage of Equinox Systems Inc.'s intelligent multiport SuperSerial hardware - delivering unsurpassed performance. Each ISK includes netVillage intelligent driver software, Equinox host controller, 8- or 16-port module(s), power supplies, cables, modem adapters, and documentation. 16-line (up to 115.2 Kbps) $1,975.00 32-line (up to 115.2 Kbps) $2,735.00 64-line (up to 115.2 Kbps) $4,255.00 96-line (up to 115.2 Kbps) $5,865.00 128-line (up to 115.2 Kbps) $7,385.00 16-port upgrade (up to 115.2 Kbps) $ 925.00 16-line (up to 230.4 Kbps) $1,885.00 32-line (up to 230.4 Kbps) $2,805.00 8-port upgrade (up to 230.4 Kbps) $ 665.00 8-port Intelligent Serial Board $ 745.00 Shipping Options ---------------- 2nd day air, anywhere in U.S. $16.00 Next day air, anywhere in U.S. $26.00 Canada and Mexico $48.00 International software Call for quote Hardware orders Call for quote =============================================================== 
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