🚀 go-pugleaf

(I am definitely an "interested party" in the following product announcement,
 but I think it could be of interest to the Info-IBMPC community.)

Last month, at the Seybold Conference on Desktop Communications, Apple
formally introduced its Desktop Communications strategy, and demonstrated
several new products that fit in with that strategy, most notably the
AppleShare file server.  Also announced was the AppleTalk PC Card, a $395
half-size card for the IBM-PC, which puts the PC on the AppleTalk network.
The card comes packaged with a software driver, and with a menu-driven
utility for converting files created by popular PC applications to PostScript
and sending them to an Apple LaserWriter for printing.  Apple has made the
driver interface available to third party developers, and there already are
programs for such things as electronic mail, printing, and access to files
on Macintosh.  Apple also announced its committment to produce MS-DOS
software for transparent access to AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) file
servers.

I have just unwrapped one of the first finished products to roll off the
assembly line, and I am told that dealer shipments have begun.  For more
information, contact an authorized Apple dealer (call (800) 538-9696 to
find the name of a dealer in your area).  The part number for the AppleTalk
PC Card is M2050.

Robert Lenoil
Apple Computer, Inc.
Network Systems Development