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ARTISOFT'S PEER-HUB(tm) 10BASE-T HUB/CONCENTRATOR NOW SHIPPING

Industry Standard 10BASE-T Hub Allows Bridging Between Artisoft's
10BASE-T and Coax Ethernet Adapters

      (TUCSON, Ariz. -- September 30, 1991) -- Artisoft announced
today that it has begun shipping its new Peer-Hub concentrator
which provides a complete 10BASE-T hub connection within a PC, XT,
AT or EISA computer (ISA mode only). Priced at $399, the Peer-Hub
concentrator will work with any 10BASE-T network including
Artisoft's LANtastic(r) Local Area Network and Novell's NetWare(r).

      According to Jack Schoof, Artisoft President and CEO, "With
our Peer-Hub product, we've delivered the promise of 10BASE-T's
ease-of-installation, management and flexibility to every network
at a great price."

      The Peer-Hub concentrator is a complete 10BASE-T hub residing
in a host PC. It has five external 10BASE-T ports using modular
RJ45 telephone-style jacks that can connect to any standard 10BASE-
T adapters. Its network management software allows the host PC to
view the status of all ports, as well as activate or disable each
port individually. Plus, onboard EEPROM saves the complete network
configuration to memory, guarding against power outage. 

      The Peer-Hub concentrator also has three special internal
connectors which have been designed to connect with other
Artisoft(tm) products. One provides an internal 10BASE-T connection
to Artisoft's AE-1/T, AE-2/T(tm) or AE-3(tm)  Ethernet adapters
without using one of the five external RJ45 ports. Another internal
connector is used to link multiple Peer-Hub concentrators together;
up to four per PC. The third option, with the separate purchase of
an Artisoft AUI Interface Kit, provides an internal coax connection
between the Peer-Hub concentrator and an Artisoft AE-3 Ethernet
adapter (which supports thin and thick coax in addition to 10BASE-T
connections). Used in this manner, the AUI Interface Kit creates a
bridge between the 10BASE-T network on the hub and a coax Ethernet
segment attached to the AE-3 Ethernet adapter. 

      Artisoft develops and manufactures a full line of hardware and
software for local area network including the LANtastic Local Area
Network. The LANtastic network is a peer-to-peer network that
allows users of IBM-compatible computers to share programs, data
and peripheral devices such as printers, hard drives, tape backups
and CD-ROMs.

      For more information about Artisoft or its product line,
contact Artisoft, Inc. at the Artisoft Campus, 691 E. River Road,
Tucson, AZ 85704. Telephone 602/293-6363. Fax 602/293-8065.