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Advantages of C-DAC GIST Cards over other GIST Cards
Market segments and Marketing opportunities
C-DAC GIST Cards are
PC add-on cards that allow the use of Indian & other scripts along with
English in character-oriented packages like dBase, Lotus 1-2-3, WordStar,
FoxPro, FoxBASE, QBasic etc., and compilers like C, C++, Clipper etc. on MS-DOS.
A software driver allows the user to type in English and other scripts using
the INSCRIPT Phonetic keyboard. The firmware for downloading the scripts is
provided along with the GIST Card. Printing through the packages is done using
the normal print commands of that package.
Support for GIST Card is also
available on PC-based UNIX (Ver 3.2 & SVR4) platform. The Terminal Emulation
software GLINK enables a PC with a GIST Card to emulate a GIST Terminal. GIST
Card is machine (node) specific, and can also be used in a LAN (Novell NetWare
3.x) environment. GIST Card, however, does not support Windows environment
and graphics applications.
Independent software developers
have already developed application packages in FoxPro, QBasic etc. with the
help of C-DAC GIST Card which give the facility of using the local language
on computers to the users of these packages.
GLINK :
GIST Terminal Emulation
software GLINK enables a PC with a GIST Card to behave like a GIST Terminal
when connected to a multi-user system, like UNIX, XENIX etc., over the RS232
serial port. It provides full functionality of a GIST Terminal, and supports
DEC VT52, VT100, VT220, VT320 and ANSI standards. It supports local script
printing through the Centronics compatible parallel printer port on the GIST
Card.
The
c Current version of C-DAC GIST Card is V1.44 - for VGA. C-DAC
GIST Cards support two modes to display GIST Scripts namely DATA Page and
SCRIPT Page. DATA Page is compatible to the IBM screen display and SCRIPT
Page is specially created for multiscript operation considering the variable
width of the characters
Advantages of C-DAC GIST Cards over other GIST Cards
Coming directly from C-DAC
(or through the authorized C-DAC GIST Hardware Dealer) , the pioneer of the
GIST technology, C-DAC GIST Cards incorporate all the latest developments
in the product (both hardware and the firmware) that result from the continuous
and dedicated R&D efforts going on in C-DAC. These latest technological
advancements are based on the feedback of our customers and dealers, and on
our own research and study of the new/additional requirements and applications
of the customers.
C-DAC GIST Cards now come with
the latest Firmware version 8.041, unique to C-DAC GIST Cards, and offer some
new and advanced features like Landscape printing on HP LaserJet (A4 &
A3) printers; VL-VGA/PCI-VGA/Integrated VGA compatibility through improved
Device Driver (GISTDRV.SYS V1.31); a customized, WordStar-compatible multilingual
word processor (ALP For GIST Card Ver 3.0) etc.
C-DAC has also developed drivers
for UNIX SVR 3.0 & 4.x and SCO UNIX to facilitate use of GIST Card on
UNIX consoles. These latest features are unique to the GIST Cards manufactured
by C-DAC in Pune .
The latest, unique features
and utilities that come bundled only with C-DAC GIST Card are -
1. GIST Firmware Ver
8.041 - with facility for Landscape printing on HP LaserJet (A4 & A3)
printers.
2. GISTDRV.SYS Ver 1.31a
- DOS Device Driver with support for GIST Card (on ISA Bus) on VL-VGA/PCI-
VGA/ Integrated VGA motherboard.
3. ‘ALP For GIST Card’
Ver 3.0 - WordStar compatible multilingual word processor with Manual.
4. INSCRIPT Keyboard
Tutor - Online Tutor to facilitate ease of learning to type in Indian languages
with INSCRIPT Keyboard Manual.
5. Separate Boot ROMs
for GIST 9000 and GIST 9001 - the Firmware for GIST 9000 and 9001 based cards
have different signatures so that one does not download incorrect image file
by mistake.
6. Tell Code Ver 1.1
- for instant offline information about file type (ISCII-8/ISCII-7/PC-ISCII/ASCII).
C-DAC GIST Card is now able
to co-exist with a Ethernet Card on LAN (Novell NetWare V3.x & 4.x) even
when Remote Boot ROM is enabled.
Market
segments and Marketing opportunities
The market for C-DAC GIST Cards
and C-DAC GIST Terminals is potentially very large, and can be divided into
following segments :
1. Government Sector :
2. Co-operative Sector :
3. Private Sector :
