Galacticomm, Inc. Unveils Two New Add-on Options: 
Fax/Online and Major Gateway/Internet for The Major BBS

Fort Lauderdale, FL--Galacticomm, Inc. announced the final release of two
new add-on products for its flagship software, The Major BBS. The
Fax/Online Add-on Option is the first integrated facsimile product
available for commercial bulletin board system software. The Major
Gateway/Internet Add-on Option will offer users of The Major BBS the
ability to send and receive Internet E-mail and Usenet newsgroup
messages.

Fax/Online provides a fax service for system operators (Sysops) to offer
their users. While a user is online the BBS, he or she can enter the
Fax/Online service and get a list of available fax documents from the fax
document database. The user can also inquire about the charges for sending
a fax to a certain number.

Once the user decides to send a fax, he or she can type a text message into
the BBS's full-screen editor, attach any number of fax database documents
and even send copies of the same fax to multiple facsimile numbers. Then
the fax is "built" (compiled into one large .FAX file) and sent out using
a different BBS channel than the one the user is on. This allows the user
to continue to access the BBS independently of the status of the fax. If
there are no channels available, the fax will be held until a channel
becomes free (even if the BBS shuts down in the interim). Users are able
to send a fax to any CCITT Group-3 compatible fax device.

Sysops, or designated users with the required access, can also attach any
text files on the BBS hard drive, or on a network drive, to the fax. They
can build and maintain the fax document database by sending faxes to a BBS
fax channel, allowing faxes to be "scanned" into the fax document database
without the use of a scanner. The Sysop also has the ability to edit the
cover page that is automatically sent with each fax, edit the header which
appears at the top of each fax page sent, and even edit the font which is
used for sending text messages and files.

Sysops can restrict access to the Fax/Online service if they choose, by
putting a "lock" on the entire module, a lock on certain facsimile numbers
or number prefixes, a lock on certain documents, and locks on the ability
to create, edit or delete faxes in the fax document database. ("Locks" and
their respective "keys" are used by The Major BBS for security purposes.
Using locks and keys, the BBS can have millions of different access
levels.) Sysops can also configure different charges for faxes, based on
the facsimile number prefix, whether or not the call is national or
international, and/or on the number of pages sent.

"The number of possible applications for the Fax/Online module is almost
limitless," says Scott Brinker, Vice President of Galacticomm. "Whether
The Major BBS is used as a customer support center, a for-profit system,
or a workgroup tool, Fax/Online will help make that BBS more successful
and efficient."

The Fax/Online Add-on Option requires Version 6.03 of The Major BBS or
later, and at least 15MB of free hard disk space. One or more fax modems
supporting the EIA Class 2 standard and the CCITT Group 3 standard, are
also necessary.

Galacticomm has also released a Fax/Online Developer's Toolkit, available
to interested Sysops who purchase the Fax/Online Add-on Option. "Our
network of over fifty third-party developers is very excited about the
opportunity to add fax capability to their programs," says Sheri Robert,
Director of Marketing. "This is going to create an explosion of new
products that integrate fax and BBS services for our customers. "

The manufacturer's suggested retail price for Fax/Online is $249. The MSRP
for the Fax/Online Developer's Toolkit is $99.

Major Gateway/Internet offers connectivity to the world's largest message
network, the Internet. It can run either on a separate PC from the one
running The Major BBS, or on the same machine. If a separate machine is
used, then E-mail and newsgroup messages can be sent and received in
real-time, either manually or according to a preset schedule. If Major
Gateway/Internet is running on the same machine as the BBS, the Internet
messages can be processed as a timed-event, which entails a temporary
shut-down of the BBS.

Major Gateway/Internet receives messages from the BBS, either directly or
via MHS. The module then queues the messages and prepares them for
transfer; then using UULINK software by Vortex Technology (Topanga, CA),
dials out and connects to a UUCP host. The outbound messages are sent and
inbound messages are imported, processed, and transferred to the BBS for
distribution.

"The Internet is the most pervasive message network on the face of the
earth right now," says Brinker. "The Major Gateway for Internet provides a
convenient and affordable way for the thousands of Major BBS Sysops to
offer their users access to the most popular Internet services."

The Internet is an interconnection of national and international networks,
representing hundreds of thousands of "host" machines, which are
interfaced to special-purpose message processing computers. The Internet
developed out of a U.S. government-funded research project and continues
to be a hub for research and development, and educational information
worldwide. Most of the major online services, such as CompuServe and MCI
Mail, offer electronic mail connections to the Internet.

The manufacturer's suggested retail price for Major Gateway/Internet is
$199. UULINK, available through Galacticomm, is priced at $335. UUCP
subscriptions are available through Performance Systems International
(Reston, VA). Subscription prices start at $25 per month for in-house
corporate E-mail, $75 per month for in-house corporate E-mail and
newsgroups, and $275 per month for publicly-accessible E-mail and
newsgroups. A one-time registration fee of $75 to $275 is also charged.

For an online demonstration of The Major BBS and its Add-on Options, dial
into the Galacticomm Demo System. It can be accessed free of charge by
dialing (305) 583-7808 [N,8,1] with a modem. Galacticomm's toll-free sales
and information number is (800) 3281128. The number for technical support
is (305) 583-5990.

Galacticomm has been a leading developer of multi-user communications
hardware and software since 1985. Galacticomm is shipping Version 6.0 of
The Major BBS which offers support for up to 256 simultaneous users on a
single CPU. The company also manufactures and distributes the GalactiBox,
a 16-slot COM port expander, and the GalactiBoard, an eight-port serial
card, which connects The Major BBS to external modems, terminals or other
computers running communications software.

Galacticomm, 4101 SW 47th Ave, Ste 101, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314
BBS: (305) 583-7808;  Fax: (305) 583-7846;  Voice: (305) 583-5990

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