LAGUNA HILLS, CA, Sept. 14,1992--Network Software Associates, Inc. (NSA)
today unveiled the Elite 400 LAN Gateway, an SNA communications gateway
for IBM AS/400 midrange computer access by PCs connected to Token-Ring,
Ethernet, or Arcnet LANs. The new gateway can be used on both large and
small LANs, supporting a wide range of LAN protocols and network operating
systems, including NetBIOS, Novell NetWare, NetWare Lite, and
peer-oriented networks such as Artisoft's LANtastic and the impending
Microsoft Workgroup for Windows software.

The flexible Elite/400 LAN Gateway is ideal for heterogeneous, multi-vendor
LAN environments. It supports client PCs running Windows or DOS based 5250
emulation software, including NSA's new Elite/400 and Elite/400DSP for
Windows emulators (see separate news release). The gateway supports up to
128 downstream PC connections.

"Our Elite/400 LAN Gateway has been implemented as an SNA Node Type 2.1
device supporting downstream PC clients running IBM's PCS/400 Router,"
said Russ Hertzberg, NSA's director of product marketing. "It provides an
efficient and economical means to connect multiple PCs to an AS/400 for
advanced client-server computing applications."

The Elite/400 LAN Gateway runs on an 80286 or faster PC with an upstream
host communications adapter and a downstream LAN adapter. The upstream
connection to the AS/400 can be either SDLC or IEEE 802.2.

The Elite/400 LAN Gateway has been optimized for use with client PCs
running NSA's Elite/400 emulators. "In keeping with our philosophy of open
standards and link-independent SNA, however, our gateway is compatible
with other Windows and DOS based 5250 emulators such as Wall Data's
RUMBA/400 and IBM's DOS Workstation Feature," said Mr. Hertzberg. "This is
of particular importance to our customers with heterogeneous networks
running emulators from different vendors."

The gateway is based on a new set of NSA drivers encapsulating the PCS/400
APPC protocols (Startrtr.exe) within commonly-used LAN protocols such as
NetBIOS and IPX/SPX. This provides for highspeed AS/400 connections by
leveraging existing LAN protocols on existing LAN media.

"The Elite/400 LAN Gateway is a very cost-effective AS/400 connectivity
solution for LANs running peer-oriented operating systems such as
LANtastic or entry-level Novell systems such as NetWare 2.X or NetWare
Lite," Mr. Hertzberg continued. "We offer a very effective solution for
the large install base of NetWare 2.X and the growing install base of peer
oriented PC networks."

For the past four years, NSA has been marketing its popular AdaptSNA LAN
Gateway for LAN-to-mainframe connectivity, supporting multiple SNA
protocols such as 3270, LU6.2/APPC and 3770/RJE. With the new Elite/400
LAN Gateway, NSA now provides its SNA enterprise computing customers with
a full range of gateway solutions for both LAN-to-mainframe and
LAN-to-midrange connectivity.

The Elite/400 LAN Gateway and the AdaptSNA LAN Gateway can coexist on the
same LAN, allowing the PC user to access an AS/400 application and a
System/370 application simultaneously. Using NSA's new HLLAPI Toolkit for
Windows, it becomes a relatively simple task to create a Windows-based
interface that allows a PC user to gather data from an AS/400 and a
System/370 host and display them on a single PC screen.

The Elite/400 LAN Gateway will be available for customer delivery on
October 30, 1992. Prices range from $595 for a four-user gateway up to
$3,995 for a 1 28-user gateway.

Since 1980, Network Software Associates, Inc. has developed and marketed a
broad range of PC software and hardware connectivity products for IBM SNA
networking environments. The company is headquartered in Southern
California at 39 Argonaut, Laguna Hills, CA 92656. Phone: (714) 768-4013
or (800) 352-3270.

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