San Diego, CA. May 1, 1992 - AGE announced a new release of its X server software for Microsoft Windows - XoftWare for Windows, Version 1.5. In addition to performance level improvements averaging over 200 percent, XoftWare for Windows is now compatible with Microsoft Windows 3.1. Shipments will begin in May, 1992. The new XoftWare for Windows 1.5 provides performance increases in excess of 200 percent based upon x11perf, the industry's standard benchmark routines. According to Craig A. Schmidt, vice president of marketing for AGE, "Performance increased in 208 of the 220 x11perf tests. Over 40 of the x11perf test routines showed performance increases far exceeding the 200 percent level." X11perf is the industry's acknowledged set of performance-oriented test routines, commonly called perftest, that are used to measure X software performance. In addition to increased perftest performance, XoftWare for Windows 1.5 also provides significant improvements in user responsiveness. Areas of improvement include XoftWare's ability to redraw full screen images, start applications, display images, and provide faster server startup. "Product quality and customer support have long been the standards by which we want to be measured." said Peter J. Shaw, president and CEO of AGE Logic, Inc. "With XoftWare for Windows 1.5, AGE will now deliver an optimized Microsoft Windows based X server that provides the high level of performance for which AGE is also known." XoftWare for Windows 1.5 is compatible with the recently released Microsoft Windows 3.1. In addition, XoftWare for Windows continues to provide backward compatibility with Microsoft Windows 3.0. XoftWare for Windows is AGE's enhanced X server software that tightly integrates X and Microsoft Windows on 286, 386 and 486 PCs. X applications can be displayed using Microsoft's local window manager or any of the other popular window managers such as mwm (Motif), olwm (OPEN LOOK), or dxwm (DECWindows). North American end user list price is $495. Distributor, reseller, educational, and OEM pricing is also available. Interested parties should contact AGE 's sales department at (619) 455-8600. Current XoftWare for Windows users should also contact AGE's sales department for upgrade pricing. AGE, a privately owned corporation founded in 1984, is a supplier of X Window System software which enables PCs and X terminals to access X applications residing on UNIX and DEC/VMS host machines. Marketed under the XoftWare brand name, AGE offers customized embedded products for the world's leading terminal, computer and systems companies, as well as standard PC packages for OEMS, systems integrators, resellers, and major end users. These XoftWare packaged products support industry standards such as Microsoft Windows, DOS, TIGA, 8514, SCO Open Desktop, and INTERACTIVE Unix. AGE also has alliances with major silicon, terminal, and workstation companies to develop highly optimized, hardware specific X servers tailored to their specifications. -------------------------------------------------------- San Diego, CA. May 1, 1992 - AGE announced that its XoftWare line of X Window System Servers for Microsoft Windows and DOS environments now supports DEC PATHWORKS TCP/IP Version 1.1 or higher. The XoftWare family of PC-based X servers which support DEC PATHWORKS networking software are XoftWaren' for Windows 1.5, XoftWare for DOS 1.02, and XoftWare for TIGA/DOS 2.1.1. According to Craig A. Schmidt, vice president of marketing, "AGE is committed to the DEC marketplace and to its customers. We are pleased to add DEC PATHWORKS to the extensive list of networking packages that we currently support." XoftWare for Windows is AGE's enhanced X server software which tightly integrates X and Microsoft Windows on 286, 386 and 486 PCs. XoftWare for DOS adds X terminal capabilities to 286, 386 and 486 DOS PCs. XoftWare for TIGA/DOS adds the high-resolution, high-performance capabilities of an X terminal to any 286/386/486 DOS PCs with TIGA-based graphics accelerators. AGE, a privately owned corporation founded in 1984, is a supplier of X Window System software which enables PCs and X terminals to access X applications residing on UNIX and DEC/VMS host machines. Marketed under the XoftWare brand name, AGE offers customized embedded products for the world's leading terminal, computer and systems companies, as well as standard PC packages for OEMS, systems integrators, resellers, and major end users. These XoftWare packaged products support industry standards such as Microsoft Windows, DOS, TIGA, 8514, SCO Open Desktop, and INTERACTIVE Unix. AGE also has alliances with major silicon, terminal, and workstation companies to develop highly optimized, hardware-specific X servers tailored to their specifications. 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