Vero Beach, FL - Thursday, October 24th, 2002: Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., today announced the immediately availability of Serial ToolKit X v1.0.0. As an authorized distributor for Serial ToolKit X worldwide, Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., is now offering this serial port management plugin for use in 4th Dimension.

Serial ToolKit X is a vast improvement over the native functionality available in 4D's programming language. Serial ToolKit X contains commands to completely manage local serial ports, including open connections, closing connections, port configuration, sending and receiving data, and retrieving serial port parameter and configuration information.

With Serial ToolKit X you can:

• get a list of available serial ports (including additional serial ports added by PCI or Nubus cards, USB adapters and PCMCIA cards);
• open and configure a serial port (speed, parity, hand-shake, etc);
• change the serial port buffer size;
• send and receive information;
• and much more!

Pricing and Availability

Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., is an authorized distributor of Serial ToolKit X. Purchases are secure and processed immediately for you to begin, or continue, your development today!

License	Price
Standard Developer License, 1 Year, includes 50 deployments	$99.00
Standard Developer License, 1 Year, includes unlimited deployments	$149.00
Standard Developer License, 1 Year Renewal	$49.00

If you have any questions about what licensing is required for your particular situation, feel free to visit the Contact Us page to reach the friendly sales representatives at Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., located at:

     http://www.deepskytech.com/contactus.html

Information about Serial ToolKit X is available directly at:

     http://www.deepskytech.com/prod_plugins/serial_toolkit_x/

About Deep Sky Technologies, Inc.

Based in Vero Beach, Florida, Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., provides software development, consulting, hosting, and colocation services. Founded in 1997, Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., develops and supports a wide variety of software development tools and services to aid in the creation of custom applications and web sites for the Macintosh and Windows platform. For more information, please visit our home page at http://www.deepskytech.com/.

For more information contact:

Steven G. Willis
President, Deep Sky Technologies, Inc.
sgwillis@deepskytech.com
http://www.deepskytech.com/
772.794.9494

You can also join the Deep Sky Technologies, Inc., announcement mailing list. Subscriptions can be placed online at:

     http://www.deepskytech.com/mailinglist_signup.html

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