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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:56:36 -0700
From: "Bill Gram-Reefer" 
To: "Editor " 
Subject: HELIOS supports dual processing on Linux


HELIOS support for dual-processor Pentium systems with Linux


July 14, 1999‹ Garbsen, Germany ‹ HELIOS Software GmbH announces its
network and prepress server software now fully supports multiple
processors running the Linux operating system on Pentium-based
computers.

HELIOS already supports single-processor computing with its currently
shipping CD014. This version contains a bootable Linux runtime based on
RedHat 5.2 using the Linux Kernel 2.0.36 to support the HELIOS software
applications as well the Linux TCP/IP, NFS, FTP and Web services to
serve Macintosh, Windows, UNIX and Internet clients.

To make use of multiple processors (see Technical Note below), an
upgrade to the more recent 2.2 kernel is necessary. The download from
the HELIOS web site is one tar archive containing the RPM packages to
upgrade as well as an upgrade.sh script to install everything needed.

The Linux operating system utilizes the full power of today's
Pentium-based workstations and servers, and at the same time builds upon
the well-known compatibility and reliability of the Unix environment.
Linux, being a product of the Internet community of thousands of
programmers worldwide, has gained wide support from industry-leading
hardware and software vendors.

HELIOS' network, file, print and prepress server products supporting
single and multiple-processing Linux include EtherShare 2.5, and
PCShare, EtherShare OPI 2.0, PDF Handshake and Print Preview.

HELIOS supports the complete HELIOS Software solution including the
Linux operating system. Linux operating system problems will either be
resolved or a workaround will be recommended to HELIOS distributors and
dealers selling the HELIOS solution.

HELIOS Software offers all new Linux customers purchasing the HELIOS
Software Solution in 1999 to receive a free Windows 2000 version of the
HELIOS products when available. Customers can decide which operating
system they prefer for their Pentium-based PCs running the HELIOS
Software solution.

Smart Ideas for Better Networking HELIOS products run on powerful and
scalable servers from Apple Computer, Data General, Compaq (Digital),
HP, IBM, Intel (Pentium), Motorola, SGI, and Sun, providing reliable
cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows and UNIX-based
clients. Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added
resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS
software products are also available as part of OEM solutions by many
major vendors in the prepress industry.

For U.S.-based sales information, contact: European Mikrograf
Corporation, HELIOS Software GmbH.'s U.S. distributor, located at 269
Mt. Hermon Road, Suite 100, Scotts Valley, CA 95066; 831-461-6061
(voice); 831-461-6056 (fax); Internet: info@ugraf.com,
http://www.ugraf.com.


Editorial Contacts: o Helmut Tschemernjak, HELIOS Software GmbH,
+49-5131-709320, marketing@helios.de

HELIOS Software GmbH attn: marketing, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen,
Germany fax +49 5131-70-93-25; Internet: marketing@helios.de; or by
World-Wide-Web access at http://www.helios.com.

o Bill Gram-Reefer, WORLDVIEW, 925-676-4733, reefer@worldviewpr.com

* Technical note

HELIOS successfully tested the 2.2.10 Linux Kernel in the following
environment:

o Dual CPU Pentium II 400 MHz, 512 MB RAM o Motherboard: MSI with bios
1.2 (newer bios 1.3 or 1.4 only detects 64MB RAM) o Adaptec on board
UltraWide SCSI, Seagate Cheetah UW disks o Znyx FastEthernet adapter o
40 users with an average of 300 processes