FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            Contact:    Joe Waldygo, PR Manager
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            FAX:  602/293-8065
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ARTISOFT NOW SHIPPING ARTICOM(TM) MODEM-SHARING SOFTWARE

Allows Asynchronous COM Port Sharing on any NetBIOS LAN

      (TUCSON, Ariz. -- December 17, 1991) -- Artisoft, Inc., the
Tucson-based manufacturer of the award-winning LANtastic® Local
Area Network, announced today that it has begun shipping its
ArtiCom modem-sharing software. Priced at $399 per network, ArtiCom
software allows asynchronous COM port sharing on any LAN operating
under NetBIOS including Artisoft's LANtastic and Novell's NetWare®
networks.

      "ArtiCom software provides a cost-effective way for network
users to share modems, faxes and other communication devices from
any computer on the LAN," said Jack Schoof, Artisoft President and
CEO.

      ArtiCom software can be installed on a PC to create modem
workstations, modem servers, or combination modem
workstation/servers. This is independent of whether the PC is a
network workstation or server. Users can share up to four modems
per ArtiCom server with no limit to the number of modem servers on
the network.

      ArtiCom 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 (MORE)
access to host mainframes, BBS, and other systems available by
modem without purchasing additional communication software.

      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 ExecTM and Synappsys' WinComm. 

      The ArtiCom 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 Local Area
Network. The LANtastic network is the leading DOS-based
peer-to-peer network and has won numerous industry awards for its
cost-effective features, performance, and ease of use. It allows up
to 300 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. 

Sales 800/TINYRAM. 
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