<s>
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
local	O
area	O
network	O
(	O
LAN	O
)	O
operating	O
system	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
and	O
formerly	O
OS/2	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InformationWeek	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
"	O
these	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
solutions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Webcorp	O
's	O
Web	O
and	O
Artisoft	O
's	O
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
,	O
definitely	O
are	O
n't	O
powerful	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
can	O
act	O
as	O
'	O
starter	O
 '	O
local	O
area	O
networks	O
"	O
yet	O
added	O
that	O
even	O
Fortune-sized	O
companies	O
find	O
them	O
useful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
supports	O
Ethernet	O
,	O
ARCNET	B-Protocol
and	O
Token	B-Device
Ring	I-Device
adapters	I-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
original	O
twisted-pair	O
adapter	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lantastic	B-Operating_System
networks	O
use	O
NetBIOS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
multi-platform	O
support	O
allows	O
a	O
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
client	B-Protocol
station	O
to	O
access	O
any	O
combination	O
of	O
Windows	O
or	O
DOS	B-Device
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
interconnectivity	O
allows	O
sharing	O
of	O
files	O
,	O
printers	O
,	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
and	O
applications	O
throughout	O
an	O
enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
was	O
especially	O
popular	O
before	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
arrived	O
with	O
built-in	O
networking	O
and	O
was	O
nearly	O
as	O
popular	O
as	O
the	O
market	O
leader	O
Novell	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Artisoft	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
Tucson	O
,	O
Arizona	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
company	O
to	O
offer	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
mid	O
1994	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	O
for	O
Workgroups	O
was	O
"	O
eating	O
into	O
"	O
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
's	O
lead	O
(	O
as	O
was	O
Novell	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
TeleVantage	O
,	O
Lantastic	B-Operating_System
and	O
Artisoft	O
's	O
other	O
legacy	O
products	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
8.01	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
connect	O
PCs	O
running	O
MS-DOS	O
(	O
also	O
PC	O
DOS	B-Device
)	O
5.0	O
or	O
later	O
and	O
Windows	O
3.x	O
up	O
to	O
7	O
(	O
in	O
case	O
of	O
Windows	O
XP	O
and	O
7	O
,	O
some	O
limitations	O
apply	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
BYTE	B-Application
magazine	O
listed	O
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
as	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
Distinction	O
"	O
winners	O
of	O
the	O
BYTE	B-Application
Awards	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
$399	O
starter	O
kit	O
with	O
two	O
cards	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
LAN	O
for	O
the	O
buck	O
"	O
and	O
noting	O
that	O
columnist	O
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
used	O
it	O
"	O
despite	O
the	O
silly	O
name	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
Power	O
Suite	O
came	O
with	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Organizer	I-Operating_System
and	O
Cheyenne	B-General_Concept
's	O
backup	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
package	O
named	O
Lantastic-95	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
give	O
more	O
security	O
than	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
"	O
signon	O
"	O
screen	O
(	O
for	O
which	O
pressing	O
ESCape	O
is	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
bypass	O
it	O
)	O
and	O
also	O
support	O
"	O
long	O
name	O
"	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artisoft	O
also	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
dedicated-server	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
flagship	O
LANtastic	B-Operating_System
product	O
.	O
</s>
