Carbon Copy (software)
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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 thus: "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 was available.[14] A version for the Macintosh platform was also available, dubbed "Carbon Copy for the Mac".
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