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          {ARTISOFT ANNOUNCES NEW ARTICOM(TM) MODEM-SHARING SOFTWARE

          {Allows Asynchronous COM Port Sharing on any NetBIOS LAN

          (TUCSON, Ariz.  -- October 16, 1991) --  Artisoft announced today
          its  new ArtiCom modem-sharing  software that allows asynchronous
          COM port sharing on any LAN operating under NetBIOS. Scheduled to
          ship in mid-November 1991, it is priced at $399 per network. 
          "With ArtiCom,  network users will  now be able to  share modems,
          faxes  and other communication  devices from any  computer on the
          LAN," said Jack Schoof, Artisoft President and CEO.    Artisoft's
          ArtiCom  modem-sharing software allows network users to share COM
          port  devices like modems,  faxes, serial printers  and plotters,
          including plotters that require  bi-directional communication. It
          includes a  built-in terminal emulation  program, providing users
          with access to host mainframes,  BBS, and other systems available
          by modem without purchasing additional communication software.  

          The ArtiCom  modem-sharing software  can be  installed to  create
          modem   workstations,  modem   servers,   or  combination   modem
          workstation/servers.  Users can  share  up  to  four  modems  per
          ArtiCom server.     The  ArtiCom  software  operates  as  a   TSR
          program, requires  less than  6K of RAM,  and is  unloadable from
          memory.  Designed to support communications products with LAN API
          Interrupt  14 (INT14) support, the ArtiCom software is compatible
          with products such  as Communications Research Group's  BLAST PC,
          Caber  Software's COM-AND, DCA's Crosstalk Mk. 4, Future Software
          Engineering's DynaComm  Asynchronous Edition,  SoftKlone's Mirror
          III,  Datastorm  Technology's  Procomm Plus  LAN  Version,  Hayes
          Microcomputer Product's Smartcom Exec and Synappsys' WinComm.  

          The  ArtiCom modem-sharing  software was  also  designed to  take
          advantage of the  First In  First Out (FIFO)  buffer mode of  the
          NS16550A Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) chip,
          which allows  the flow of  information from the internal  mode to
          the PC to move faster.   Artisoft  develops  and  manufactures  a
          full line  of  hardware  and  software for  local  area  networks
          including  the LANtastic(R)  Local Area  Network,  which has  won
          numerous  industry  awards  for  its affordability,  performance,
          features and ease of use. The LANtastic network is a peer-to-peer
          network  that allows users of IBM-compatible computers to connect
          and  share information and  peripheral devices such  as printers,
          hard drives and CD-ROMs.
  
          For more information about Artisoft or  its product line, contact
          Artisoft, Inc. at 691 E.River Road, Tucson, AZ  85704.  Telephone
          1-800-TINY RAM. Fax 602/293-8065.