LONDONDERRY, NH -- April 28, 1992 -- Panacea Inc. announced today a licensing agreement with Genoa Systems Corporation of San Jose. California. Under the terms of the agreement, Genoa will include Panacea's DLD385-XGA AutoCAD software accelerator. which retails for $199, with its recently announced SuperXGA 9000 Series Graphics cards. The SuperXGA 9000 Series enables true flicker free operation, exceeding IBM's XGA standard with a refresh rate of 70/72 Hz, as opposed to the standard refresh rate of 60 Hz. The company claims the SuperXGA 9000 Series delivers 20% faster performance than standard XGA cards in 1024 x 768 non-interlaced resolution. Available for either the Micro Channel or AT bus, the series offers up to 65.536 colors at 640 x 180, up to 256 colors at 1021 x 768, and works with all DOS, Windows 3.X and OS/2 software. According to Su Huang, President of Genoa Systems Corporation, "Our agreement with Panacea validates our commitment to serving the needs of AutoCAD users. And their XGA product is proof-positive of a Panacea commitment to support all graphics platforms. " Added Jake Richter, President of Panacea Inc., "The Super XGA 9000 Series is the best XGA offering I've seen to date, and confirms the viability of this graphics platform. We look forward to fostering additional growth in the XGA area along with Genoa. ' Panacea's DLD386-XGA enables users to realize up to a 20X speed improvement over VGA in redrawing, panning and zooming in AutoCAD Release ll, the most commonly used operations. The DLD-386-XGA also works with Autodesk AutoShade 2 with RenderMan and 3D Studio. enabling the rendering and display of images in higher resolutions (up to 1024 x 768) and with more colors than is possible with the base Autodesk products, significantly reducing the banding and chalkiness that comes with limited resolution and color display capabilities. The DLD386-XGA includes standard Panacea features such as full backward compatibility with earlier versions of AutoCAD, an easy-to-use install utility with context-sensitive help, the CustomColors color configuration utility, full support for multiple viewports and full compatibility with all third party AutoCAD add-on applications. The SuperXGA 9400 AT Graphics Card is priced at $749 the SuperXGA 9600 Micro Channel Graphics Card is priced at $799. The Panacea DLD386-XGA, sold via retail, is priced at $199. Versions of the DLD386 for VGA/SuperVGA and 8514/A display adapters are available at prices ranging from $149 to $199. Genoa Systems Corporation is a leading manufacturer of graphics cards and multimedia adapters for IBM-compatible personal computers. The company maintains European headquarters in Germany and world headquarters in San Jose, California. Address: 75 East Trimble Road, San Jose, CA 95131. Phone: 408-432-9090; FAX: 408-434-0997. Panacea Inc. is the world's leading provider of commercial and OEM display drivers and software-only applications accelerators for graphics-intensive applications. Panacea specializes in PC-based software for graphics processors and graphics boards that support VGA/SuperVGA, IBM 8514/A, TIGA, S3 and XGA graphics platforms. Corporate headquarters are located at 24 Orchard View Drive, Londonderry, NH 03053. Phone: 603-437-5022 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+