Puzzle Systems Corp. introduced SatServ, a
software package that turns a Windows 95 workstation equipped with a
DirecPC satellite dish into an Internet access server for LANs.
“SatServ provides a very high bandwidth LAN connection to the Internet for
e-mail and web access yet does so at an affordable price. When used in
conjunction with Hughes’ DirecPC product, it’s an outstanding solution that
even small-/medium-sized businesses and schools can easily afford and
benefit from,” said James Leslie, Puzzle Systems’ president.
With SatServ installed, LAN users can access information at speeds up to
400 Kb/sec. For comparison: that is 14 times faster than a 28.8 Kb modem
and three times faster than ISDN. As the vendor points out, an organization
needs only one copy of the SatServ software per LAN, and it does not tie up
the host system to dedicated SatServ-only operations.
LAN users can access their e-mail and the World-Wide Web using applications
running on all the available platforms, including Macintosh, OS/2, Windows
3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, DOS, and Unix. There is no limit to the number
of users that can be accommodated by the system.
Further information can be obtained by sending an e-mail enquiry to info@puzzle.com.
