Carbon Copy (software)

Carbon Copy was "a remote control/communications program"[1] with for-its-day advanced features for remote screen-sharing,[2] background file transfer, and "movable chat windows."[3]

Overview

The New York Times described it as enabling "you can sit at the console of either machine and call up the programs and files stored on the other."[4] Computerworld called it "a package that mirrors every action a user takes on two connected PCs."[5]

Part of its user base was acquired via inclusion as bonus software for a modem that could communicate at "300, 1200 and 2400 baud."[6]

Carbon Copy's vendor, Meridian Technology, was acquired by Microcom in early 1988,[7] and accepted tax credits to move software duplication and packaging of Carbon Copy to Puerto Rico.[8] Meridian had a British subsidiary, also acquired by Microcom.[9]

History

Computerworld covered the flow of features and newer releases: 3.0 (1986),[10] 1987,[11] 1989.[12] By 1991, although Version 5.2.2 was still actively marketed, Version 6.0 was released to coincide with the release of MS/DOS 5.0.[13]

By 1994, DOS versions topped out at 6.0, and the 2.0 version of Carbon Copy Plus for Windows, Version 2.0 was available.[14]

See also

References
  1. "Guide to the Stephen M. Cabrinety Collection". 1991.
  2. "Object orientation".
  3. version 5.0, 1988 "Carbon Copy Plus Version 5.0". PC Magazine.
  4. Erik Sandberg-Diment (August 11, 1987). "Personal computers, remote control". The New York Times.
  5. "Carbon Copy Plus". Computerworld. August 3, 1987.
  6. "Extra Bonus for users of the IBM PC and new HP Portable Vectra" (PDF). The Portable Paper. Hewlett-Packard. November 1987. p. 11. Included with the WorldPort 2400 at no charge is ...
  7. "Microcom acquires Carbon Copy Plus developer Meridian Technology". InfoWorld. February 22, 1988. p. 17.
  8. Larry Luxner (January 26, 1989). "Tax Benefits, Low Labor Costs lure Microcom to Puerto Rico". the third U.S. software manufacturer to select Puerto Rico as a production site for the booming U.S. software market.
  9. "David Iannini, Senior Team, William & Harris Associates". Mergr.com. United Kingdom .. acquisitions of Meridian Technology and Carbon Copy Ltd. by Microcom
  10. "Carbon Plus 3.0". Computerworld. September 1, 1986. p. 78.
  11. "Meridian Technology: Carbon Copy Plus". Computerworld. March 30, 1987. p. 50.
  12. Elisabeth Horwitt (June 26, 1989). "Remote access: Carbon Copy Plus". Computerworld. p. 12.
  13. "IBM DOS Version 5.00 and Upgrade". June 11, 1991.
  14. "Announcement Number: 694-014". May 10, 1994.
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