WavePhore WaveTop, Inc.



Company name:	WavePhore WaveTop, Inc.
Contact:	Gary Nichols
Phone:	602-952-5500
Fax:	602-952-5517
E-Mail:	gary@wavetop.net
WWW URL:	http://www.wavetop.net

WaveTop is the first-ever free, advertising-supported nationwide data broadcast medium to deliver multimedia content - news, magazines, software and more - to the home via broadcast-ready PCs.

Quite simply, WaveTop has partnered with PBS National Datacast to send Internet content over the vertical blanking interval (VBI) - the pause between the transmission of TV images - of PBS's television broadcasts.

What does this mean to you? It means that if you have a PC equipped with a low-cost TV tuner, and if you are part of the 99% of the US who receives PBS via over-the-air antenna or cable, you will be able to get topnotch Internet content free - without slow connections and without tying up your phone line.



WavePhore WaveTop, Inc. uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:
  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
• Network file server:
  • Samba server for a network of PCs.
  • NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
  • File server for other types of clients.
• Print server:
  • Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)
  • Print spooler using samba (PC clients)
• Modem communications:
  • Server answers the phone, provides shell logins.
  • Server answers the phone, provides PPP, SLIP or term logins.
• Office productivity software:
  • Document preparation with ApplixWare.
  • Other document management.
• Internet client software - WWW
  • NetScape Navigator.
  • Other browsers.
• Internet client software - mail
  • Pine.
  • Mail.
  • Netscape's mail client.
  • Other mail clients.
• Network management:
  • Internet or WAN router.
  • Internet or WAN firewall.
• Electronic mail server:
  • POP-3 server.
  • IMAP server.
  • SMTP server (sendmail, others).
  • SMTP mail router.
• Network services provided to local users:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Runs one or more database servers.
  • Other services.
• Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Runs one or more database servers.
• Software development tools:
  • C and/or C++
  • Java
  • Perl
  • Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
  • Others.

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