Pathworks for DOS 4.1 SPD 55.07.11 Oct91

PATHWORKS for DOS, Version 4.1, is a software product designed to integrate DOS-based personal computers into an organization's total information system, enabling them to share resources and services across a network. It is built upon Digital Equipment Corporation's Personal Computing Systems Architecture (PCSA) and interoperates with PATHWORKS server software on VMS, ULTRIX, OS/2, and Macintosh systems.

Key features and capabilities include:

• Networking & Connectivity: Supports DECnet Phase IV (as non-routing end nodes) and TCP/IP as network transports over Ethernet, Token Ring, and asynchronous serial lines. It also offers NetWare Coexistence and NDIS (Network Device Interface Specification) compatibility.
• Resource Sharing: Provides transparent access to remote file, disk (virtual disks), and print services. Users can send and receive mail, access CD-ROMs via the InfoServer 100, and offer local PC printers as network resources.
• Application Support: Integrates Microsoft LAN Manager 2.0, supports the NETBIOS interface for applications, and offers task-to-task communication utilities for custom network programs.
• User Environment: Features include date and time synchronization, broadcast and receive messaging, memory-saving techniques (loading components into EMS/HMA), and DOS Version 5.0 Task Switcher API support.
• Terminal Emulation & GUI: Includes VT320-like terminal emulators (for character-cell and Windows environments) and PC DECwindows Motif, an X server for MS-DOS, allowing remote X Window System applications to display on the PC.
• Management & Utilities: Provides Network Control Program (NCP) for network management, installation and configuration utilities (NETSETUP), and Maintenance Operations Protocol (MOP) support for Digital terminal servers and routers. It also supports multilinguality.

Limitations and Requirements: Remote boot functionality has limitations (e.g., unavailable with Token Ring or NDIS drivers). Some task-to-task communication features are not supported under Microsoft Windows 3.0. PC DECwindows Motif has specific memory requirements and does not support print screen. The product typically requires a PATHWORKS server (VMS, ULTRIX, or OS/2) in a client/server environment.