{FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE}



          {ARTISOFT ANNOUNCES RECORD SALES
          {AND EARNINGS FOR QUARTER ENDED
          {DECEMBER 31, 1991

          (TUCSON, Ariz. -- January  16, 1992) -- Sales of  Artisoft, Inc.,
          for     the  second  quarter  ending  December   31,  1991,  were
          $17,030,000, a 79%  increase from the $9,511,000 reported for the
          same quarter a year ago. 

          Net income for the  latest quarter was $3,211,000 or 19 cents per
          common share  according to Jack Schoof,  Artisoft's President and
          CEO. Comparable figures for  last quarter was affected by  a $2.6
          million expense  resulting from the exercise of a stock option by
          a key employee. The one- time charge amounted to approximately 11
          cents per share.

          For  the  first  half of  the  current  fiscal  year, sales  were
          $31,513,000    and net  income was  $5,410,000,  up 74%  and 106%
          respectively from the  same period last year.

          The company is increasing its sales efforts in foreign countries,
          which during the most recent quarter, accounted for approximately
          26%    of  sales.  In  December,  1991,  Artisoft  announced  the
          formation of a  subsidiary in Japan which will market and provide
          technical support for  Artisoft products in that country. 

          Artisoft, based in Tucson,  Arizona, manufactures a full  line of
          hardware  and  software for  local  area  networks including  the
          LANtastic   Local Area Network.  The company was  founded in 1982
          and it completed  its initial public offering in September, 1991.
          It is traded on the NASDAQ  market.

          For more information about Artisoft or its product line,  contact
          Artisoft, Inc. at 691 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85704. 
          Sales  800-TINY RAM. Corporate 602/293-4000. Fax 602/293-8065.