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UK - EBG OS/2-Based FaxServer "Light" 06/13/94
FAREHAM. HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1994 (NB) -- The European Business Group
(EBG) has announced FaxServer Light, a "light" version of FaxServer
3.5, the company's network fax system.

The light version costs UKP 795 for the software only or UKP 1,325 for
the software and a fax modem card. Users of the light edition can
upgrade to v3.5 for an extra UKP 1,495.

FaxServer is a multiline network fax system for Microsoft LAN (local
area network) Manager, LAN Server and Novell NetWare-compliant
networks. According to the company, the software transforms every
laser printer on the network into a plain paper fax receiver and every
workstation into a send and receive fax terminal. Faxes are "sent" by
printing from any application.

"Light is a single line system for up to 25 users which gives
smaller sites managing a low volume of fax traffic the opportunity to
use the power of FaxServer at a considerably reduced price," explained
Paul Smith, EBG's chief executive.

"The decision to launch FaxServer Light only strengthens our belief
that FaxServer is a product which clearly defines the needs of today's
network fax users and further emphasizes our leadership in this
field," he said.

EBG claims that, unlike a number of products in the marketplace,
FaxServer is a real client-server application. According to the
company, the drivers supplied with most network fax "solutions" do
little more than pass along fax transactions to the file server or
convert the paper image to a fax at the workstation. FaxServer, in
contrast, merely "prints" the fax image on the local terminal and
routes the image to the fax server.

Since the fax server is OS/2-based, EBG claims that the preemptive
multitasking facilities of the OS/2-based environment allows the
package to seamlessly link to DOS and Windows environments at the same
time as faxes are being sent or received.

(Steve Gold/19940613/Press & Reader Contact: EBG [phone]; fax:
[phone])


(NEWS)(TRENDS)(LON)(00002)

UK Survey Finds Computers "Educational Tool Of Future" 06/13/94
ADDLESTONE, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Books could face
competition from computers as the preferred method of teaching,
according to a survey commissioned and just released by
WordPerfect UK's Main Street division.

According to the survey, a hefty 80 percent of parents think that
their children would benefit from using educational computer packages
in the home. Of those who already use their home PC for educational
purposes, 78 percent consider that educational software is at least as
effective as books as a teaching tool, while 35 percent feel that they
are more effective than books.

This opinion seems to be backed up by the educational profession in
general. The report quotes Dave Thomson, information technology (IT)
advisor to the Hereford and Worcester local education authority, as
saying that children love to learn with computers.

"Software packages that allow the children to interact with the screen
not only develop specific skills, such as reading and counting, but
also encourage free thinking and a sense of control," he said.

"The view that computers are insular and non-communicative is also
patently false. Watching children at work with their computers, it is
clear that the excitement of operating the programs stimulates
enthusiastic discussion with other children. The arrival of ever more
sophisticated educational packages on the market is making computers
an educational tool to be reckoned with," he added.

The survey found that 27 percent of UK homes own a personal computer
(as distinct to a games console). In homes with children aged between
5 and 14, this figure rose to 47 percent. The telling story,
WordPerfect notes, however, is that 69 percent of adults claim they
know little or nothing about computers and their uses.

Simon Palmer, consumer products manager with WordPerfect UK, said that
the survey was commissioned to confirm that the company's Main Street
packages have good market potential.

"Main Street makes computing accessible to all of the family. And of
course, there's the added bonus that children are becoming familiar
with computers and their operation -- a valuable skill for the
future," he said.

According to Palmer, the view that computer literacy is a valuable
skill is borne out by the findings of the survey -- while the majority
of those questioned may not personally understand computers and their
uses well, they are convinced of the importance of computers for
getting ahead in the world.

The report shows that 62 percent of those surveyed rate computer
literacy as important in getting ahead, second only to academic
qualifications. Interestingly, computer literacy is rated as more
important than both professional business training and a knowledge of
foreign languages.

(Steve Gold/19940613/Press & Reader Contact: WordPerfect UK +44-932-
850500; Fax: [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(SFO)(00003)

Ungermann-Bass Changes Name 06/13/94
BERLIN, GERMANY, 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Ungermann-Bass has changed its
name to UB Networks, while at the same time announced details of its
new Access/Workgroup Series.

Speaking about the name change, Roel Pieper, president and chief
executive officer of the company, said: "The selection of UB Networks
played off our desire to have a name that reflected a respect for the
past and a vision for the future."

UB says that its Access product family is based on "an evolutionary,
not revolutionary implementation, which minimizes the cost of
ownership through investment protection, reliable operation" and
network management functionality.

According to the company, the Access/Workgroup Series delivers on its
commitment to provide customers with "end-to-end connectivity across
the enterprise." The line includes a family of stackable products.

The company says that the Access/Workgroup Series is the workgroup
component of UB's Access/Anywhere Universal Network Framework and is
designed to provide "cost-effective solutions for department or branch
offices and a scalable, managed solution that can be integrated into
the enterprise-wide network."

The Series reportedly offers users greater flexibility through a
combination of "highly functional, feature-rich" stackable hubs,
desktop adapters and protocol stacks, as well as scalable network
management.

The Series includes: the Access/Stax 16- and 24-port Ethernet hubs;
the 24-port Access/TRax for Token Ring networks; MicroHub, a low-cost,
low-port 10Base-T repeater hub; Token Ring and Ethernet adapters from
SMC; the MasterLAN FT dual-port Ethernet adapter; TCP Pro Protocol
Stacks; the Windows-based NetAssistant network management; or the more
powerful OS/2 or Unix-based NetDirector.

Said Norm Goldberg, UB Networks' senior vice president and general
manager, Network Products Division: "The addition of the 16-port
Access/Stax and 24-port Access/TRax products expands UB's reach
in two directions: it completes our offering from desktop to
enterprise, and it offers the workgroup environment high
scalability to support varied numbers of users," he added.

The key elements of the series include: the Access/Stax 16, a low-cost
hub for departmental 10Base-T Ethernet networks, equipped with 16
10Base-T ports, with up to 10 hubs being stacked together; the
Access/Stax 24 Ethernet stackable hub with 24 ports that adds such
features as load balancing and segmentation; the Access/TRax Token
Ring stackable hub, with features including error elimination, beacon
avoidance and jitter bypass, with each unit supporting 22 ports; and
the MicroHub low cost, low port density, 10Base-T repeater hub. Two
models of the MicroHub are offered: one with nine RJ-45 ports and one
with eight 10Base-T ports and one BNC port for thin coax connection to
an existing Ethernet LAN.

Other elements of the series include: SMC Ethernet and Token Ring
adapter cards; the MasterLAN FT is a dual-port Ethernet adapter
designed to provide nonstop access for networking to the desktop;TCP
Pro, an implementation of the full TCP (Transmission Control
Protocol), IP (Internet protocol), UDP (User Datagram Protocol), ARP
(Address Resolution Protocol), ICMP and SNMP (Simple Network Management
Protocol) protocol stack; NetAssistant Windows-based SNMP network
management software; and the NetDirector OS/2 or Unix-based network
management platform.

Pricing and availability for the products is as follows: the
Access/Stax 16 will be available in 30 days for $1,295; the
Access/Stax 24 is available now for $1,995; the Access/TRax is
available now $3,795; the MicroHub is available now for $525; SMC
Adapters will be available in 30 days starting at $129 for Ethernet,
and $299 for Token Ring; the MasterLAN FT will be available in 30
days, priced at $219; TCP Pro is available now starting at $299;
NetAssistant is available now for $795; and NetDirector is available
now, with prices starting at $4,500.

(Ian Stokell/19940613/Press Contact: Mary Carlisle 408-562-7795,
Samantha White; 408-987-6509, UB Networks)


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Supermac Power Mac Video Card 06/13/94
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Supermac has
unveiled an Apple Computer Power Mac version of its budget video
editing card, the Videospigot. The existing (68xxx-based)
Videospigot is acclaimed as a useful device by the Mac user
community, mainly owning to power and price -- Supermac intends
the Spigotpower card to achieve similar success in the Power
Mac user community.

According to Supermac, the new Spigotpower card offers the ability to
create Quicktime videos and CD-ROM titles in-house, all for under
$1,000. Mac users got a chance to get a hands on with the Power Mac
card at last week's Digital World, held in Beverly Hills, California.

The Spigotpower AV offers Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
video compression at the television-quality playback of 30 frames per
second (also known as 60 fields per second). The card can also capture
detailed images at 24-bits per on-screen picture element (pixel).

While the Power Macintosh AV also offers video playback on board in
several models, the playback is much slower at only at 2 to 3 frames
per second. However, once installed, the card does take advantage of
the audio capability of the Power Mac or Quadra AVs, Supermac
officials said.

In use, the card supports Quicktime 1.6 as well as the new 2.0
version, and popular Quicktime video applications such as Avid
Videoshop, Adobe Premier, and Cosa Afterimage. The card will play the
US/Japanese NTSC video format in full-screen at 640 by 480 pixels
resolution at up to 30 frames per second. Support is also offered for
the European PAL video standard at 768 by 576 pixels resolution at up
to 25 frames per second.

The Spigotpower AV comes as a seven-inch Nubus card that will work in
the Macintosh Quadra 660AV and 840AV as well as the Power Macintosh
7100AV and 8100AV models. According to Supermac, the card does not
work in the Power Macintosh 6100AV, because Apple installed a video
card in that model in the only available Nubus slot. The video card in
the 7100AV and 8100AV models is built-in to the unit, leaving the
Nubus slot free.

Spigotpower retails for under $1,000 in the US. In addition,
Supermac's Japanese development partner, BUG, is offering the card in
the Japanese market only under the Desktop Studio name tag.

(Linda Rohrbough/19940613/Press Contact: Louise Ledeen, Supermac
Technology 408-541-6100; Jill Ryan, McLean Public Relations for
Supermac 415-513-8800; fax: [phone]/SUPERMAC940610/PHOTO)


(NEWS)(IBM)(DEN)(00005)

Microsoft Multimedia Baseball Guide 06/13/94
REDMOND, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Microsoft has just
announced shipment of Microsoft Complete Baseball, a multimedia CD-ROM
program that includes facts and figures about the nation's national
pastime.

Complete Baseball details the sport's history and provides information
about players, teams, season summaries and statistics. It also
includes video and sound clips and thousands of photos and other
images. In addition to current data, the historical information goes
back to the 1800s. Data searches can be conducted using player names
and other criteria.

Users with modem-equipped PCs can subscribe to the Microsoft Baseball
Daily, an online service that provides daily downloads of official
scores and statistics for every 1994 major league game.

The statistics are updated daily at 9AM. The information is
automatically downloaded to the user's hard disk and can then be read
offline. Microsoft spokesperson John Uppendahl told Newsbytes the that
cost for the service is $1.25 per call in the US and $2.25 in Canada.
Charges are billed to the user's credit card. All calls are toll-free.

Microsoft says that the program is shipping now and should be in
retail outlets in time for Father's Day. Baseball is the first
offering from the Microsoft Home Complete Sports product line that
will offer CD-ROM programs on a variety of sports.

To promote Microsoft Baseball, the company is launching a tour of
baseball parks across the country that will feature kiosks where fans
can sample the software. The tour kicks off June 15th with the New
York Mets game and then moves to San Francisco for the Giants' home
game June 17. Additional dates will be announced later.

(Jim Mallory/19940613/Press contact: John Uppendahl, Waggener Edstrom
for Microsoft Corporation, 206-637-9097; Reader contact: Microsoft
Corporation, 206-882-8080 or 800-426-9400/BASEBALL940613/PHOTO)


(NEWS)(APPLE)(DAL)(00006)

Rasterops' Free Upgrades For Power Mac 06/13/94
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- One of the
biggest hurdles facing users of existing 68xxx-based Macs wanting to
migrate to the Power Mac environment is the cost of replacing and/or
upgrading peripherals and add-ins to work with the Mac. Now Rasterops
is offering upgraders the chance to upgrade the company's Nubus
multimedia product free of charge.

Rasterops' products in the upgrade plan include display adapter and
digital video hardware and software such as the company's Moviepak
product line and television (TV) display adapters. The Video Installer
3.0 upgrade offers improved Quicktime 2.0 multimedia extensions
support including 30 frames-per-second (fps) video capture and
playback.

The upgrade also offers editing, searching, and interaction with video
compressed using the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) standard.
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) compression, aimed at high-
quality still photos, is also supported at the full-motion 30 fps,
with the standard 2 fields per frame.

The company said that its Video Installer 3.0 upgrade offers Apple
Quicktime 2.0 support and compatibility with the all the new Power
Macintosh computers -- the 6100, 7100, and 8100 series. All users have
to do is ask. Specific products affected by the upgrade are the 24STV,
24MxTV, 24XLTV, Mediatime multimedia TV display adapters, Moviepak,
Moviepak Presenter, Moviepak Presented with Sound, Moviepak2, and
Moviepak2 Pro Suite digital video products.

Users who require a software-only upgrade can obtain the software from
the company's own bulletin board service, or from America Online,
Applelink, Compuserve, or on the Internet. Upgrades can also be
requested by phone, fax, e-mail, and US mail. Some products, such as
the 24MxTV and the 24XLTV and their related product bundles, may also
require that the user change a chip, called a read-only memory (ROM)
upgrade. Rasterops said that in those cases it will supply the ROM
upgrade and installation instructions as well.

(Linda Rohrbough/19940613/Press Contact: Anne-Lise Stannard,
Rasterops, tel [phone], fax [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(LON)(00007)

France - Cheyenne Tech Support Facility For Europe 06/13/94
PARIS, FRANCE, 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Cheyenne Software has announced it
is expanding its European technical support capacity with the opening
of a dedicated multi-lingual facility in its European headquarters in
Paris.

According to Paul Dunford, regional manager with the company,
customers throughout Europe now have access to a hotline support
number, five days a week. He said that the Paris facility was prompted
by the company's rapid expansion in Europe. Last year saw company
turnover in Europe increase by 400 percent.

Languages supported by the hotline include English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Greek. Plans call for extra languages to
be added at a later time this year.

The opening of the new Paris facility follows hard on the heels of the
opening of a technical support facility in San Diego last month.
Dunford said that the technical support expansions in Europe and the
US "have already provided a significant increase in our customer
service capacity worldwide, as well as substantially reducing our
average call queue time."

(Steve Gold/19940613/Press & Reader Contact: Paul Dunford, Cheyenne -
[phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(SYD)(00008)

Oracle Plans "World Support Super Center" For Australia 06/13/94
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Information management software
specialist Oracle Corporation has announced plans to set up a major
worldwide support center in Sydney with staff levels eventually
reaching more than 120. The company is restructuring its support
around the world.

This will be one of three sites which will offer 24-hour support to
Oracle customers around the globe. Most staff will need to speak
multiple languages to deal with the calls. The center will open with
40 operatives and will grow to full strength in the 12 to 18 months
after that. Oracle will then have grown from 300 to 500 staff in
Australia once the center is fully operational.

The plans are part of a fundamental new strategy in which Oracle will
move from a conglomerate of 95 international subsidiaries to a closely
knit structure of just four regions: Asia/Pacific, Japan, Europe, and
the Americas. Sydney will assume major significance in the new global
plans and will be the site of one of 15 "Global Business Centers" that
Oracle is setting up around the globe to handle pre- and post-sales
support, design, and migration services, localization, and translation
plus support.

John Darraugh, Oracle Australia national technology manager, is
currently searching Sydney for a suitable site for the support
supercenter and could well end up heading it, according to insiders.
One possible site under investigation is the old NEC facility at
Frenchs Forest, nearby to Apple, and other computer companies in
Sydney's leafy northern suburbs.

Neil Weston, an Australian working with Oracle in Britain, and a
former Rank Xerox executive, will return home on August 1 to become
managing director in Australia. He fills the hole created when John
Thompson was promoted to VP for divisional development and human
resources at Oracle Asia Pacific.

Oracle has a new suite of more than 25 modules called the Oracle
Cooperative Applications, claimed to be the world's first open and
distributed software packages, designed to automate business
operations from small workgroups to global enterprises. Oracle
described the new applications as "BPR-ware" -- supporting business
process engineering.

(David Frith and Computer Daily News/19940613)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(MSP)(00009)

NewsPix Images For Newsbytes Publishers 06/13/94
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- These are the
photos that have been digitized and correspond to stories Newsbytes
has reported recently.

The photos are online on the Newsbytes menu on GEnie, eWorld, and the
Newsbytes private bulletin board system in Minneapolis in the US, as
well as in the UK. For information on how to become a licensed
Newsbytes publisher in any medium call Newsbytes at 612-430-1100.

All photos are in JPEG format with PICT files for thumbnails. The
photo 'tag' numbers: title/year/month/day. The JPEG and PICT
indicators are 'jpg' and 'pct.'

APPLE PHOTO POLICY: An `Apple Computers' courtesy, along with the
photographer's name, is to be printed when an Apple Computer photo is
used. The bulletin will indicate this. Unless otherwise noted, all
Apple product shots are courtesy Apple.

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Week of JUNE 13 - JUNE 17,1994

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INFOCOMM940609 - Color from digital / head shot of the virtual
Mark Twain, who held sway at the recent INFOCOMM (June 9-11).

VideoConf940603 - B&W from photo / shot of a video conference, with
group at table looking towards monitors in background. This is in
regards to a California State project to save money and commute time.

GAMETEK940531 - B&W from photo / group shot of the original 'Not
Ready for Prime Time Players' of Saturday Night Live. (Bonus fact:
Bill Murray is co-owner of the St. Paul Saints baseball team.)

SHARP940609 - Color from photo / group shot of people looking at
the new Sharp LCD projection panel.

ADOBE940524 - Color from slide / screen shot of Illustrator 5.5.

Epson940517 - Color from slide / view of the new Epson Stylus
color printer, based on piezo technology.

LOGAN940526 - B&W from print / shot of 'Number Nine' the hit robot
of the recent DB/Expo.

MEDIOa940531 - Color from slide / screen shot from the interactive
cd rom 'Medio Magazine' by Medio.

MEDIOb940531 - Color from slide / screen shot from the interactive
cd rom 'World Beat' by Medio.

SKBOSSES940518 - B%W from photo / shot of SoftKey execs surrounded by
software. (left) Kevin O'Leary president = (right) David Patrick
vice president of worldwide sales and marketing.

R'SHACK940527 - B&W from photo / shot of service tech working on
camcorder.

Amdahl940527 - B&W from photo / shot of Xplorer 2000 Model 100
database server.

NuPBook940516 - B&W from print / Apple PowerBook Duo 280.

NuPBook*940516 - B&W from print / Apple PowerBook 540.

PYRAMID940526 - Color from transparency / the Pyramid 'Nile' server.

MAXIS940523 - Color from slide / screen shot of PrintArtist work.

ECLIPSE940509 - B&W from photo / shot of Eclipse FAX package.

ADOBE940523 - Color from slide / shot of Dimensions program at work.

IDENTITY940523 - Color from slide / view of the liquid proof keyboard
with, OH NO!!, coffee being spilled onto the keyboard.

PHOENIX940426 - B&W from photo / view of the CD Essentials package.

PHONE940510 - Color from slide / view of man (frame right) on
phone set attached to PC, using the InterActive Communicator.

NOTEFLEX940518 - B&W from photo / view of the Zenith Data NoteFlex
notebook computer. For scale; a cell phone, pen & coins frame left.

FtrTel940511 - Color from photo / shot of 'PrimeView' card.

DECPC940517 - B&W from photo / shot of the DECpc LPx+ 400,
one of the new 'Green Line' pcs meeting EPA 'Energy Star' guidelines.

ALDUS940517 - Color from slide / screenshot of TypeTwister at work.

P'Tel940512 - B&W from photo / shot of presenter at the
PictureTel podium, where screen can be seen.

Prince940506 - Color from artwork / The 'glyph' which now serves
as Prince's nom de plum.

(Newsbytes/19940613)


(NEWS)(TRENDS)(BOS)(00010)

Motorola Adds To "Diner's Delight" Paging Services 06/13/94
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Motorola has
rounded out its plate of "Diner's Delight" paging services with two
new applications -- CourtesyCall and ServerCall.

According to Motorola, CourtesyCall alerts a roving restaurant
customer that a table is available. ServerCall tells the waiter or
waitress that an order is ready to be served.

"With the addition of CourtesyCall and ServerCall, our `Diner's
Delight' program now has three components. I like to call them `meet,
greet, and eat,'" explained Steve Spiro, director of Motorola's
Customer Owned Paging Services, in an interview with Newsbytes.

TableCall, the first portion of the restaurant paging program, was
dished up by Motorola last winter, he noted. As previously reported in
Newsbytes, TableCall uses a sugar/salt/pepper caddy to let patrons
discreetly call for a waiter or waitress' attention.

Spiro told Newsbytes that the Motorola's new CourtesyCall service
allows patrons to roam a mile or two away -- around a shopping mall or
downtown shopping area, for example -- instead of remaining stuck in
the restaurant's reception area while waiting to be seated.

ServerCall, on the other hand, tells the busy waitress or waiter that
the time has come to go to the chef's station to pick up an order.

CourtesyCall and ServerCall were each unveiled at the recent National
Restaurant Association Show to enthusiastic response, according to the
Motorola executive. "We've received hundreds of inquiries," Spiro told
Newsbytes.

Like TableCall, the new CourtesyCall and ServerCall incorporate
restaurant-specific technology from ServiceAlert, a manufacturer and
system integrator of call system products, he said.

Motorola is the only vendor on the market to be supplying a "full
range" of restaurant paging services, Spiro said. The services are now
being deployed commercially across the entire nationwide TGIF ("Thank
God It's Friday") restaurant chain.

"TGIF is calling (the services) `the best thing since sliced bread,'"
Newsbytes was told. Meanwhile, three or four other chains are in the
middle of beta testing.

Restaurant staff find that the applications not only step up table
turnaround time but raise customer satisfaction, increasing the total
of tips along with the number of customers served per shift, Spiro
said.

Like Shopper's Delight, another recently introduced Motorola paging
service, Diner's Delight eliminates the "customer frustration that
comes from having to wait for an indeterminate period of time," he
added.

Now under commercial implementation in Super Kmart Centers, Shopper's
Delight lets customers in retail stores page salespersons from
wireless callboxes on the sales floor.

The new CourtesyCall alerts customers to "come to dinner" by causing
their pagers to silently vibrate, Spiro told Newsbytes. "In a crowded
restaurant, it's hard to hear your name being called, in any event.
And this way, you don't even have to be on the (restaurant) premises
to find out that your table is ready."

Similarly, TableCall summons a waiter or waitress to the table when an
already seated customer depresses a button, according to the exec.
ServerCall signals the "waitperson" to come to the kitchen when the
chef pushes a "silent buzzer" on a nearby transmitter panel.

(Jacqueline Emigh/19940613/Reader Contact: Rosalie Wyatt, Motorola
Customer Owned Paging Services, 800-382-9336; Eileen Smith or Marianne
Radwan, Hi-Tech Communications for Motorola, 415-904-7000)


(NEWS)(UNIX)(BOS)(00011)

Software AG, SAP Team On Financial System For NT, Unix 06/13/94
RESTON, VIRGINIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Software AG and SAP
AG, two German-based software vendors with over 20 years experience
each in the mainframe world, are teaming up on a financial system
for Windows NT. The new client-server version of SAP's R/3 system
is also being offered for Unix.

In an interview with Newsbytes, William Alexander, Software AG's VP of
business alliances, said that Software AG has agreed to integrate its
Adabas relational database management system (RDBMS) with R/3, a
system with modules for financial, managerial and cost accounting;
manufacturing and logistics; sales and distribution; and human
resources.

The new Unix and Windows NT versions of R/3 were shown at the SAP
Symposium in New York City, and will also be exhibited to symposium
attendees in Chicago, Atlanta, Mexico City, and Canada in coming
weeks, according to Alexander.

Also under the new pact, the two vendors will jointly establish their
first North American "Competence Center" this summer. Modeled after a
smaller center set up last summer in Walldorf, Germany, the Competence
Center in Denver will bring together sales, marketing and technical
support from both companies under a single roof.

The pact between Software AG and SAP comes just when the customer base
for each vendor is migrating to Unix, Alexander explained.
"Particularly among big accounts, financial systems have traditionally
been mainframe applications," he said.

"Up to now, Unix has been most popular with medium-sized companies.
But today, Unix is being embraced by large enterprises, the area
where both our companies have historically been very strong."

The two vendors also plan to market their new application to
smaller Unix sites, as well as to "the whole new market of Windows
NT," the VP told Newsbytes.

Software AG announced a port of Adabas from the mainframe to Unix
in March. In another recent move, the company integrated its SQL-DB
(Structured Query Language - Database) Server RDBMS into Adabas.

In the Unix arena, SAP's R/3 client-server financial system will
compete against the likes of Informix and Oracle, Alexander explained.

The enhanced R/3 system dominated over other players at the recent
SAP Symposium in New York City, with about 30 to 40 percent of
attendees stopping by to view the product, he said.

By making R/3 available for Windows NT, the vendors are building
alliances with Microsoft as well as with AT&T (formerly NCR), a
company that is making a "strong commitment" to NT, the VP told
Newsbytes.

Microsoft, he added, is "very anxious" to use R/3 for penetrating
new markets. "It's our sense that we'll probably have the
Windows NT (client-server financial) market exclusively to
ourselves for the next nine to 12 months," he contended.

The newly announced pact between Software AG has deep roots,
suggested Alexander. The original mainframe version of Software
AG's Adabas has long been used at a "fairly substantial number" of
sites installed with SAP's R/3 financial application for
mainframes, he said.

Software AG is 25 years old now, while SAP is 22. Each company has its
worldwide headquarters in Germany -- Software AG in Darmstadt, and SAP
AG in Walldorf -- with offices in North America, as well. Software AG
and SAP AG constitute the two largest software companies in Germany,
he asserted.

SAP America is based in Philadelphia, and SAP Canada in Toronto,
according to Alexander. Software AG's North American operations are
headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

The two vendors' year-old joint Competence Center in Walldorf,
Germany employs eight professionals in the areas of sales,
marketing, and technical support.

The new center in Denver will add eight to ten sales and marketing
specialists to a Software AG building in Denver that now houses
Software AG's 250-person telephone support crew. The sales and
marketing specialists will oversee a large direct sales force.

The new Unix version of R/3 is shipping now, Alexander said. The
Windows NT edition is expected to be available at the end of the
third quarter. Pricing is based on hardware platform and specific
modules purchased.

The SAP Symposium is being repeated June 13 in Chicago, June 23 in
Atlanta, June 27 in Los Angeles, and in Mexico City in the first
week in July, Newsbytes was told. "Then, the symposium will be held
across Canada."

(Jacqueline Emigh/19940613/Reader Contact: Software AG, 703-860-
5050; Press Contacts: Tina Bosse, Software AG, 703-391-6720; Peg
Culotta, SAP America, 215-595-4753; Pat Arcand or Leahanne Hobson,
Copithorne & Bellows, 617-252-0606)


(NEWS)(APPLE)(DEN)(00012)

Aldus Paint Program For Older Children 06/13/94
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Aldus Corporation has
announced an Apple Mac painting and drawing program designed for kids
aged from nine to 14 years of age.

Aldus Art Explorer is the company's first software package designed
specifically for children and is based on its SuperPaint program. "Art
Explorer is for kids who have outgrown programs like Kid Pix," said
Melissa Dyrdahl, Explore's product marketing manager.

Superpaint version 3.5 shipped in July 1993. Following its
introduction at $199, the program's cost was lowered to $149.
Superpaint supports Quicktime, images stored using Kodak's Photo
CD technology, and TWAIN scanned images. Aldus says it has combined
the Superpaint technology with "kid testing" to come up with Art
Explorer.

Art Explorer comes with stamps, stencils and clip art for the young
artists that include background scenes with human, animal,
superhero, alien, and even plant characters. The scenes can be
customized by the user. Explorer tools include hundreds of colors,
special blends, textures, and techniques such as charcoal, airbrush,
markets, pencils and calligraphy pens.

In a section called Art Worlds, users can mix and match graphic
elements, performing such original design work as putting a cowboy
in a moonscape or a desert animal in a submarine. Some of the clip
art is accompanied by sound clips.

To run Art Explorer you need a color capable Mac IIs, SE/30, Performa,
Centris, Quadra, or Power Mac running the System 7.0 or higher
operating system. You also need a hard disk, a high density floppy
drive and at least four megabytes (MB) of system memory and a 13-inch
or larger color monitor.

According to the Software Industry Fact Book published by the Digital
Information Group the home educational software market is expected to
grow at the rate of 30 percent annually.

Aldus does not release suggested retail pricing, but the company says
it expects Explorer will have a street price of about $49.95 when it
ships mid-July. It will be sold through retail channels and direct to
schools.

(Jim Mallory/19940613/Press Contact: Teri Bruno, Aldus Corporation,
714-454-8056; Reader Contact: Aldus Corporation, 206-622-5500)


(NEWS)(GOVT)(SYD)(00013)

Australian Air Force Buys Into Routers Big Time 06/13/94
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- The Royal Australian Air Force
(RAAF) has revamped its personnel system by installing PC-based
network routers and remote access cards around the country.

Sluggish dumb terminals and multiplexers were replaced with PCs, LANS
and routers and new application software was developed. The new system
has to provide for increased numbers of remote users, but the existing
9.6 kilobits/sec interconnecting lines had to stay put until the new
system could be implemented.

"It was a Catch 22 situation -- we had to provide a fast service to
the users without increasing the speed of the data pipe connecting
them," explained squadron leader Paul Pappas, leader for the
project. "We looked at a number of products to make best use of the
bandwidth available."

The products used are the LAN2LAN full-blown data compression router
and the LAN2PC LAN node access card which allow full LAN access over
virtually any communication line speed or type, according to supplier
Lan Systems. Eight sites from Townsville to Adelaide are now connected
on X.25 connections over the RAAF's wide area network (WAN) running to
a central outer connected to an IBM RS6000 system in Canberra.
Protocols used are TCP/IP and IPX.

"Remote users log on to the RISC host via the SBSNET X.25 `cloud' from
their standalone PCs. They can print Unix reports to their `local'
printer using the same data line. The router lets us centrally manage
all our remote users," Pappas explained to Newsbytes.

Data compression increases the 9.6 kilobit/sec lines to 48K throughput,
giving users a comfortable keyboard response time, said Pappas. "We're
getting around 0.31 second character return echo times between
Canberra and Sydney. That's as fast as a non-networked PC with
Microsoft Word 6.0 will display to its screen direct from the
keyboard."

(Paul Zucker/19940613)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(TOR)(00014)

Canadian Product Launch Update 06/13/94
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- This regular feature,
appearing every Monday or Tuesday, provides further details for the
Canadian market on announcements by international companies that
Newsbytes has already covered. This week: Compaq price cuts and MS-DOS
6.22.

Compaq Canada, of Markham, Ontario, cut prices on several notebook and
desktop personal computers as well as servers (Newsbytes, June 1).
Highlights include: a 10-percent reduction in the base price of the
Contura Aero subnotebook PC to C$1,899; a 10-percent cut in selected
Contura notebook prices to start at C$3,279; reductions in Presario
CDS prices, now starting at C$2,199; and cuts of as much as 23 percent
in the prices of all ProSignia and ProLiant 1000 network servers.

The ProSignia network server line is priced from C$4,400 to C$11,600
after the price cuts, and the Proliant network server line ranges from
C$8,300 to C$14,300. Compaq Canada also cut prices on hard drives and
memory modules for the servers.

Microsoft Canada of Mississauga, Ontario, announced Version 6.22 of
the MS-DOS operating system (Newsbytes, June 6). This release replaces
DoubleSpace, the file-compression technology that got Microsoft into
copyright trouble with Stac Electronics, with a new file-compression
feature called DriveSpace.

Now shipping to computer makers and expected to be available from
resellers by late June, the new release costs C$93.95 for a full
upgrade from MS-DOS 2.11 or higher, or C$12.95 for the Step-Up from
Version 6.0 or 6.2, which doesn't include documentation.

(Grant Buckler/19940613/Press Contact: Julie Rusciolelli, Cohn & Wolfe
for Compaq Canada 416-924-5700; John Boyle, Compaq Canada 416-733-
7876; Eliot Katz, Microsoft Canada 905-568-0434 ext. 4080; Andrew
Berthoff, Hill & Knowlton for Microsoft Canada 416-480-7325; Public
Contact: Compaq Canada 416-733-7876, fax [phone]; Microsoft
Canada 905-568-0434; fax [phone])


(NEWS)(TRENDS)(DEN)(00015)

Magic School Bus Books Go High-Tech 06/13/94
REDMOND, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Microsoft Corporation
says it has teamed up with Scholastic to develop children's multimedia
products.

The companies say that the first joint project, marketed as part of
the Microsoft Home software line, will be a series of science
adventures "that transport young children on the most magical `rides'
of their lives," as a means of introducing them to science and
technology.

The software was inspired by Scholastic's Magic School Bus line, which
includes a book series and an animated television series to debut on
the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) this fall that will show children
using technology to explore science.

Scholastic, based in New York City, publishes children's books,
magazines, and educational materials and family-oriented video and
television programming.

The Microsoft software will feature the fictional science teacher Ms.
Frizzle and her students who explore the world in their magical school
bus. The company says the bus may cruise the solar system, travel to
the center of the earth or the ocean floor, or even explore inside the
human body.

To promote the relationship, Microsoft will participate in a three-year
Magic School Bus museum collaborative funded by the National Science
Foundation. It will provide computer hardware and software for a
traveling exhibit of "activity trunks" that will visit more than 100
museums across the country.

Microsoft says it expects to publish about 100 products as part of the
Home line by mid-1995. Specific features, pricing, and shipping dates
for the Magic School Bus software will be announced later this year.

(Jim Mallory/19940613/Press contact: Microsoft Press Relations,
206-882-8080 or Mary Sadeghy, Scholastic 212-529-6300)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(DEN)(00016)

Microsoft Chairman's Mother Passes On 06/13/94
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Mary Gates, the
mother of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, passed away on Friday after a
long battle with cancer.

Mrs. Gates, 64, was active in numerous civic and community
organizations for 20 years and was named the 1994 recipient of the
Municipal League of King County"s Citizen of the Year award for her
efforts. League spokesperson Eileen Quigley described her as "one of
the strongest people in this community for getting things done."

Mrs. Gates served on the board of directors of several companies,
including US West and Seattle TV station KIRO-TV. She was the first
female director of First Interstate Bank and the first woman to serve
as president of King County's United Way. She was later named to the
national United Way committee and in 1983 became the first woman to
chair that group. She has been a regent at the University of
Washington since 1975.

Mrs. Gates was also the founder of Leadership Tomorrow, an
organization that trains young people for future service in the
Seattle area. Additionally she led Washington Gives, a program that
asks people to contribute five percent of their income or five hours
of volunteer time each week for community improvement.

She is survived by son Bill; husband William H. Gates Jr., an
attorney; and daughters Kristianne Blake and Elizabeth Armintrout.
Private funeral services are scheduled for Thursday.

(Jim Mallory/19940613)


(NEWS)(GOVT)(WAS)(00017)

NY Times Slams Clipper, FBI Telephone Plan 06/13/94
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- In a Sunday editorial,
the influential New York Times has criticized both the Clinton
administration's Clipper encryption scheme and the digital telephony
legislation backed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Facing new encryption systems and telephone technology that makes
wiretaps difficult, the "Clinton administration is running scared,"
the newspaper said. "But before tampering with existing arrangements,
the administration must show that its proposals are workable and will
not trample on existing rights to conduct private phone conversations.
So far it has cleared neither hurdle."

Clipper, the Times said, probably won't work "because Clipper phones
are unlikely to dominate the market - leaving Washington the choice of
admitting defeat or turning Big Brotherish and outlawing non-Clipper
encryption systems....There are easy-to-use encryption systems that
require no special phones, no shared secret passwords," says the
editorial.

"And, unlike Clipper, they cannot be intercepted by the government.
Because un-tappable systems will prove attractive, the private market
is likely to make them as readily available as Clipper."

The newspaper was also critical of the key escrow feature of the
Clipper technology, with two pieces of the key held by two federal
agencies, and releasable to the FBI with a court order.

"A better way to protect against government abuse," said the
newspaper, "would be to entrust passwords to the courts or designated
non-government organizations."

The FBI's approach to technological barriers -- requiring phone
companies to offer it ways to tap phones -- is also a bad idea, said
the paper, because "its sweeping prohibitions threaten to stop
telecommunication innovations before anyone calculates the
consequences."

This approach "raises the unsettling image of forcing a phone company
to design its 'home' so that the police can easily enter."

"The administration is right to worry about its ability to tap phones
for legitimate law enforcement," the editorial concludes. "So far, its
suggestions for safeguarding that ability seem unworkable and
potentially intrusive."

(Kennedy Maize/19940613)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(WAS)(00018)

Court Hands Bells Victory On Competition 06/13/94
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- A federal appeals court
has handed the regional Bell telephone companies a victory,
overturning a Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rule designed to
foster competition with the Bells.

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit ordered the FCC to re-examine its rules that make it
easier for competitors to connect into Bell company networks in order
to compete effectively.

The court said that the FCC's 1992 regulation requiring the Bell's to
allow competitors to install equipment in the Bell companies central
switching offices exceeded the agency's authority. This practice is
called "physical co-location."

"The commission's power to order `physical connections,' undoubtedly
broad in scope, does not supply a clear warrant to grant third parties
a license to exclusive occupation of a section of the (local
carrier's) central offices," said the opinion written by Judge David
Sentelle.

"It's truly a setback to efforts to get competition in the local
telephone markets," said Kathleen Levitz, deputy chief of the FCC's
common carrier bureau.

MCI Communications, which is investing $2 billion in its own local
telephone networks, said the decision was a setback. "We consider it
an unfortunate decision," MCI spokesman Dave Thompson told Newsbytes.
He said the Bells "are using a technicality in the law to deny
consumers the benefits of competition."

But the Baby Bell's were jubilant. "We're delighted with this court
ruling," said James Young, general counsel of Bell Atlantic. "Instead
of a flash cut to a completely competitive environment, there is now
the opportunity to take a more deliberate approach. Friday's decision
prevents our competitors from setting up shop in our central offices."

Most analysts said that the chief effect of the court's decision is to
give the Bell operating companies more time before they face head-to-
head competition, chiefly by sowing uncertainties for federal and
state regulators. Congress could also step in, but currently the
Communications Act rewrite is stalled, in part because of opposition
from the Bells.

One immediate effect of the decision was a sharp drop in the stock of
MFS Communications, which is competing to serve corporate customers in
a score of cities. The Omaha-based company's stock dropped $3.75 a
share to $24.875 on the news of the court's ruling.

Royce Holland, president of MFS, downplayed the damage, noting that
his company has voluntary, contractual agreements for physical co-
location with several local phone companies, including Nynex and
Ameritech.

"It does not impact us on the bottom line," Holland said. "It does not
prevent us from continuing to aggressively expand our networks, and it
does not impact our ability to interconnect" with local exchange
carriers.

(Kennedy Maize/19940613/Contact: Audrey Spivak, FCC 202-418-0500; Dave
Thompson, MCI, tel [phone])


(NEWS)(UNIX)(TOR)(00019)

Interleaf Updates WorldView Document Distribution 06/13/94
WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Interleaf has
begun shipping WorldView 2, an update of its document distribution and
retrieval software for a variety of computer hardware platforms.

Interleaf said that the new release includes number of changes,
including more complete support for the Standard Generalized Markup
Language (SGML), a sizeable boost in performance, and a command
language interpreter and application program interface (API) to let
users extend the software and build their own interfaces.

WorldView could read SGML documents before, company spokeswoman Anna
Morbelli told Newsbytes, but did not take full advantage of the way
SGML structures documents and could not output documents as SGML
files. Now, WorldView users can take advantage of SGML's structure to
see the overall structure of a document and navigate through it. The
software can also print to an SGML file.

According to Interleaf, the new release processes multiple document
collections as much as 50 percent faster than the previous version. It
also adds the ability to update existing document collections
incrementally, doing away with the need to rebuild a collection from
scratch when a document is replaced.

A new feature called meta-collections lets users create several
smaller collections of documents that appear to the user as one big
collection. The smaller collections are easier to manage and avoid
problems with disk size and system memory, the vendor said.

Interleaf said it has also redesigned the full-text interface to
WorldView, improved the display quality, and added a graphical browser
to help users navigate through the outline structure of any document.

WorldView has two parts. WorldView Press takes documents from word
processors, desktop publishing packages, computer-aided design
programs, and other document-creation software, as well as scanned-in
documents, and prepares them for online viewing. WorldView Press 2 is
now available for Sun SPARC and Digital Equipment OSF/1 AXP systems.
Versions for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and NT, Hewlett-Packard 700, IBM
RISC System/6000, and Digital NT AXP and OpenVMS AXP systems are
planned during the summer and fall. Unix versions of WorldView Press 2
cost $9,995, and Windows versions cost $4,995.

WorldViewer is the software that resides on users' computers, letting
them view and search through documents and print copies. WorldViewer 2
is now available for Windows 3.1 and NT, Sun SPARC, and DEC OSF/1 AXP,
OpenVMS AXP, OpenVMS VAX, and Ultrix systems. Versions for the Apple
Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard 700, IBM RISC/System 6000, DEC NT AXP,
OS/2, Data General Aviion, Silicon Graphics, and IBM MVS and VM
mainframes, are planned for the summer and fall. WorldViewer 2 costs
$195 per user, with quantity pricing deals available.

To ensure document integrity, WorldViewer will not let users modify
documents. WorldPress, however, includes a word processing facility
for updating documents, Morbelli said. Users can attach electronic
notes to documents, and can copy text from WorldView documents into
other files such as word processing documents.

(Grant Buckler/19940613/Press Contact: Anna Morbelli, Interleaf 617-
290-0710 ext. 6392; fax [phone], Internet [e-mail];
Public Contact: Interleaf, 617-290-0710/WRLDVIEW940613/PHOTO)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(ATL)(00020)

AT&T Donates Multimedia Labs To Colleges 06/13/94
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- AT&T has donated labs
filled with networked multimedia computers, worth $100,000 each, to 35
colleges and universities in the US, Brazil, Nicaragua, Russia and
Taiwan. The awards were made through a 10-year program which has
contributed over $290 million in gear over the years. All the
equipment was made by AT&T's Global Information Solutions unit,
formerly known as NCR.

Andrew Meyers of AT&T told Newsbytes that applications for donations
were solicited from 100 campuses, and decisions were based on need
and the colleges' descriptions of what the equipment would be used for.
"Collaborations between colleges and K-12 were among the projects
selected," he added. In addition to its equipment awards, AT&T
annually provides $14 million in cash grants for higher education.

AT&T gave some examples of how the new units will be used.
Students at the University of California at Davis will gather and
analyze environmental data from around the world. South Carolina State
University will create an interactive voice-video network linked to
nearby Claflin College and local public schools.

For the first time, all the new workstations will be multimedia-ready,
with CD-ROM drives and capabilities in music, sound, image and motion.
All the systems will also be able to access the Internet, and they
meet the Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Energy Star
guidelines for energy conservation.

The winners and their applications cover a broad spectrum. Lima
Technical College in Ohio will start a distance learning project with
a nearby automotive training center. Arizona State University will
offer interactive training for both education and nursing students.
Mesa State College in Colorado will try to enhance the basic writing
skills of freshmen, especially Hispanic and Native-American students.
Paul Quinn College, a historically black college in Dallas, will
integrate the computers throughout its program.

In other countries, the Aeronautical Institute of Technology of San
Jose Dos Campos in Brazil will develop a computer-aided instruction
system; the National University of Engineering in Managua, Nicaragua,
will teach faculty members to use computers as classroom tools; the
Bonch-Breuvich State University of Telecommunications in St.
Petersburg, Russia will update its equipment for teaching
telecommunications technology; and the National Chiao Tung University
in Taiwan will establish an Advanced Digital Logic Laboratory.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940613/Press Contact: Andrew Myers, AT&T,
908-221-2737)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00021)

Fore ATM Video Adapter 06/13/94
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUNE 13 (NB) -- Fore has
announced new video products for its switches based on the emerging
asynchronous transfer mode, or ATM standard. ATM is a system for
running data at speeds from 1.5 million to 655 million bits per
second and faster.

The AVA-200 ATM Video Adapter comes with AVA Real-Time Display
Software and is designed for point-to-multipoint video broadcasting
applications, like sending CNN to corporate desktops. In conjunction
with FORE Systems ForeRunner ATM switches' Intelligent Multicast
capability, video can now be multicast to a virtually unlimited number
of ATM-connected desktops.

The unit is a foot high, eight inches wide and 3 inches deep, capable
of handling three real-time inputs and sending them as ATM data
streams on a single 100 megabits-per-second fiber. Users receive AVA
video on their ATM-equipped workstations without any specialized
hardware. The AVA Real-Time Display Software sells for only $99 per
user and is all that's required to display AVA video on most desktop
systems.

The AVA-200 lists for $12,995. The Real-Time Display Software license
is $495 plus $99 per user. NASA was one of the first customers to test
the AVA-200 in a wide area configuration, the company said.

The company's director of marketing for vertical markets, David
Nelson, discussed the new product with Newsbytes. "They'd sit where
the video sources are located," he said. "You might have a laser disk
player, a camcorder, or VCR. The AVA is physically co-located with
it."

While not designed for the information highway, "It would be
potentially applicable for cable head-ends," he said. "You might have
video material, laserdisks, and you could put them at the head-end."

Nelson also discussed his target markets. "We're looking for companies
that are already implementing ATM, or those who might because of this
product. In the financial market, CNN to the desktop is a perfect
application. There are many medical applications -- anything with NTSC
output. We're also looking at corporate communications -- the ability
to do corporate training remotely."

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940613/Press Contact: Fore, Don Reckles, 412-772-
8681)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(TOR)(00022)

Xerox Offers Low-Cost Color Laser, Changes Channels 06/13/94
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Xerox Corporation has
announced a color laser printer that the company said will sell for
less than $8,000. Xerox also said it will begin selling the new model
and other printers through dealers and value-added resellers (VARs),
breaking with its long-standing practice of selling direct to users.

The Xerox 4900 can print full color at up to three pages per minute
and black and white pages at up to 12 pages per minute, Xerox
officials said. It can deliver print resolution of as much as 1,200 by
300 dots per inch (dpi).

This resolution is obtained by speeding up the laser on a 300-by-300-
dpi print engine to print four times as many dots across the page,
company spokeswoman Phyllis Rinaldis told Newsbytes. Squeezing greater
resolution out of this engine, rather than using a higher-resolution
engine, is one way Xerox keeps the cost of the printer down, she said.

The 4900 also uses a technique called quad-dot technology to enhance
image quality. This works by varying the patterns of color dots in
adjacent color cells to produce smoother tone reproduction, Xerox
said.

The suggested list price of the basic 4900 will be $8,495. Company
officials said they expect the machine will actually sell for less
than $8,000, with resellers setting their own prices. Worldwide
shipments are to being in early July.

Xerox said it is shifting to selling through distributors, dealers,
and VARs because of research indicating customers prefer to buy
through these channels. To ensure quality, Rinaldis said, the company
will continue providing support to users itself, and will offer
resellers the same training and support available to its own direct
sales force.

Xerox printers also come with a three-year Total Satisfaction
Guarantee, promising that if a customer is not satisfied with the
equipment Xerox will replace it at no charge with an identical model
or a machine with comparable features and capabilities.

(Grant Buckler/19940613/Press Contact: Edward Gala, Xerox, tel
716-264-5715; Phyllis Rinaldis, Hutchins Y&R for Xerox, tel
716-325-0288; Public Contact: Xerox, tel [phone] ext.
WT4900)


(NEWS)(TRENDS)(DAL)(00023)

World's Largest Monitor, New Graphics Projector 06/13/94
CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Mitsubishi
Electronics says it is offering the world's largest mass produced
presentation monitor, the 42-inch AM4201R, as well as a new high-
resolution graphics projector, the VS-1280.

The AM4201R offers 40 inches of viewing and is the largest mass-
produced cathode ray tube (CRT), Mitsubishi said. Craig Sloss, product
marketing manager for the company's Display Products group, asserts
that the image quality is as impressive as the screen size.

"This is because we incorporated our proprietary Dynamic Beam Forming
feature, which provides... center-to-corner focus and edge-to-edge
pixel delineation, into this new high-contrast, wide-aperture tube,"
he said.

The monitor has a microprocessor controlling the image scanning and
supports US and European video formats such as S-VHS, 16:9 Aspect
HDTV, NTSC, M-NTSC, PAL and SECAM. It will also connect to a variety
of computers including the Apple Macintosh II, LC, Centris and Quadra
at a maximum of 832 by 624 picture elements (pixels) and the IBM-
compatible personal computer (PC) Video Local Bus Extended Standard
Architecture Video Graphics Array (VESA VGA), Super Video Graphics
Array (SVGA) and Extended Graphics Array-2 (XGA-2) as well as many
Unix graphics standards.

The display offers a maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels non-
interlaced with a 60 hertz (Hz) refresh rate or the lower 1024 by 768
pixel resolution at the higher 76 Hz rate.

For operation anywhere in the world, the company has equipped the
monitor with an all-world power supply. Additional features include:
multiple inputs for analog red green and blue (RGB), S- HS, composite
video, and stereo audio sources; removable front-facing stereo
speakers; and external speaker outputs; a wireless, multifunction
remote control; and on-screen displays of all set-up functions.

A 90-day parts and labor warranty includes on-site service and an
additional one-year warranty is available. However, Newsbytes notes
that this monitor isn't for everyone as the suggested retail price is
$13,000.

Announced for October availability, the VS-1280 high-resolution
graphics projector offers new features such as Digital Convergence and
Flexible Optical Coupling in a new modular chassis design, Mitsubishi
maintains.

Digital Convergence permits quicker and more accurate set-up while the
Flexible Optical Coupling allows for precise switching between
screen sizes while maintaining the benefits of an optically coupled
and liquid-cooled CRT and lens system. The VS-1280 supports the same
video formats and computers as the AM4201R monitor.

The projector also offers modularity of design, with all major
components being either located in "pull-out" sub-structures or
accessible through hinged panels. This unit also offers a multi-
function remote control and two RGB inputs as well as S-VHS, and
composite video source inputs. Pricing and warranty details for the
new monitor have not been announced.

(Linda Rohrbough/19940613/Press Contact: Alejandro Hernandez,
Mitsubishi 800-828-6372, fax [phone]; Public Contact: Mitsubishi,
Consumer Information, 800-843- 2515/MITSUBISHI940613/PHOTO)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(DEN)(00024)

Cyrix Shipping "Green" 486DX2 Chips 06/13/94
RICHARDSON, TEXAS, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Cyrix Corporation has
announced two 3-volt 486DX2 microprocessors for desktop and portable
personal computers that include power management features. Steve
Domenik, Cyrix marketing VP, says the chips are the first under the
company's new relationship with IBM.

Cyrix claims that its new 3-volt 486DX2-V66 outperforms and has
lower voltage requirements than the earlier DX4-75. The company claims
a performance increase of up to 10 percent over the older chip.

The second new chip is the 486DX2-V80, which reportedly improves
performance by 10 to 20 percent over 486DX2-66 CPUs (central
processing units) by using an integrated write-back cache.
"Because cache miss penalties increase considerably at high clock
speeds, write-back cache technology becomes essential in systems at
66 megahertz (MHz) or above," said Cyrix VP of Engineering Kevin
McDonough.

Cyrix says that increased performance and reduced power requirements
are available through the use of 8-kilobyte write-back cache, an
enhanced floating point unit, and its system Management Mode (SMM), a
power management technology. SMM wakes up the system when there is any
input/output (I/O) activity including voice commands and incoming
faxes. The cache performs memory writes within the cache, without
accessing main memory. According to Cyrix that cuts unnecessary
external memory writes by as much as 98 percent.

Cyrix has also integrated its FastMath coprocessor into the 486DX2
family, which includes power-down capability.

The 486DX2-V66 is currently shipping to original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) in quantities of 1,000 for $249 each. The 486DX2-
V80 is scheduled to ship in the third quarter with a 1,000 quantity
unit price of $294. Cyrix first introduced its 486 chips in September
of last year.

(Jim Mallory/19940613/Press contact: Katherin Dockerill, Cyrix
Corporation, 214-994-8302; Reader contact: Cyrix Corporation,
214-234-8387, fax [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(DEN)(00025)

Motorola's PowerPC-based Single Slot VMEbus Boards 06/13/94
TEMPE, ARIZONA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Motorola's Computer Group
has announced what it claims are the first single-slot VMEbus computer
boards based on PowerPC microprocessors.

The company has introduced its MVME1603 and MVME1604 products. The
1603 is based on the PowerPC 603 chip and operates at 66 megahertz
(MHz). The 1604 is based on the PowerPC 604 and runs at 100MHz.

Motorola says that the market for the 160x family is primarily high-
end embedded monitoring and control applications but can be used in
just about any industrial requirement that requires the modularity and
durability of the VMEbus.

Jerry Gipper, director of VME components for the group, says that the
boards are the first of its PowerPC-based boards to be offered. They
are modular in design and allow customers to select a module with
either a 603 or 604 processor and from eight to 128 megabytes (MB) of
Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM). The module can be added to a base
board with peripheral controllers. The memory is modular and allows
for user expansion and upgrades of memory capacity.

The base boards can include peripherals such as Ethernet, Wide SCSI-2
(small computer system interface), Super VGA (SVGA) graphics, a mouse
port, keyboard, IEEE 1284 parallel port, four serial ports and VME64.

Motorola says that the boards use the Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) bus as a local bus between the processor/memory
array and the system peripheral controllers. That's designed to
minimize system level bottlenecks in moving data between memory and
the peripheral controllers.

Additional functions such as graphics, FDDI, ATM, SCSI, Ethernet and
other high-performance input/output can be added via PMC modules. Peak
bandwidth of up to 132 MB per second is possible on the 33MHz PCI
local bus.

The MVME1603 is scheduled to ship in September. Pricing starts at
$3,575 with an 8MB DRAM configuration. A similarly configured
1604 starts at $4,575. The 1604 is scheduled to ship in November.
Both boards come with a five-year parts and labor warranty when
returned to the factory.

(Jim Mallory/19940613/Press contact: Bill Wittman, Motorola Computer
Group 602-438-3481; Reader contact: Motorola Computer
Group 800-759-1107)


(NEWS)(IBM)(SFO)(00026)

 ****AST Ascentia 900N Notebook 06/13/94
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- AST has unveiled the
Ascentia 900N, a new notebook that it is targeting at high-end
notebook users as a successor to its existing PowerExec series.

According to the company, the new machines come pre-loaded with
business software, and feature communications capabilities, a 500
gigabyte (GB) removable hard drive, Intel's DX4 75 megahertz (MHz) or
DX2 50MHz processor, new energy-saving technology, a choice of screen
size and color technology, Personal Computing Memory Card International
Association (PCMCIA) capability, a SmartPoint track stick pointing
device and advanced multiple-level security.

The Ascentia 900N is priced at an estimated entry-level price of
$3,399. While many notebook manufacturers are convinced that the
public is willing to accept less performance and power for the sake of
lighter weight found in subnotebooks, AST claims to deliver Ascentia
900N at 6.4 to 6.9 pounds with all of the high-end features required
by a mobile computer-using executive.

AST says it is taking the position that, as technology becomes
increasingly more sophisticated, users are both expecting more
performance and power and beginning to use notebooks as a primary
desktop computer as well as a mobile computer. The 900N allows a user
to run a presentation on its notebook display and a monitor
simultaneously and it may be customized to adapt to a PowerStation
docking station.

Bret Berg, brand manager for the Ascentia family of notebook
computers, told Newsbytes: "We have been planning this generation of
the Ascentia line for some time and we are really trying to meet the
needs of mobile computing users by offering as much of a desktop
environment as we possibly can.

"This will allow them to have on the road what they have on the
desktop. What users have been asking for is a mobile equivalent to
their desktop. With the Ascentia 900N, it is no longer a compromise to
be in the field with a notebook."

Attempting to meet the needs of mobile business notebook users, the
900N is packaged with Lotus Organizer, ConnectSoft's E-mail
Connection, Delrina WinFax lite and COMit LITE, Traveling Software's
Laplink Remote Access software, Star Software B-tools and online
software from CompuServe, America Online and Prodigy, as well as DOS
and Windows.

Placed between the G H and B keys on the 900N is AST's SmartPoint
track stick, which allows users to open and close applications, move
objects and keep their hands on the keyboard. AST claims that this
technology allows users more economical use of hand movements and
reduces the problems of hooking up clip-on pointing devices.

This new implementation to its notebook line is similar to the stick
control of IBM's ThinkPad. Users have an option of choosing a 10.4 or
9.5-inch active color matrix display or a 10.3-inch Dual Scan STN
color display with 640 x 480 resolution and 256 colors. Sixteen
million WinMarks may be achieved through its 32-bit local bus graphics
and video hardware.

AST is highlighting its new power management technology, which the
company claims will offer users enough power for a coast-to-coast
flight without a second battery or recharge while delivering four
to eight hours of computing time, based on the user's need for sound,
communications, memory use, and number of applications.

Battery configuration by users is unnecessary and a warning icon and
bell inform one of low charge conditions. Early volume shipments of
Ascentia 900N have begun to major distributors and AST expects full
retail superstore availability by late summer.

(Patrick McKenna/19940613/Press Contact: Donna Kathler, 714-727-
7943; Public Information, 800-876-4278)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(SFO)(00027)

StrataCom Gets 2 Networking Patents 06/13/94
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Connecting up
multiple computers is only the first stage in the implementation of a
corporate network. The generally more difficult phase is optimizing
the network for maximum performance and avoiding congestion that can
slow data transmission. Now StrataCom says that the US Patent Office
has issued the company two new patents covering network congestion
and optimizing network performance.

The company says that the new patents -- 5,317,562 and 5,313,454 --
are incorporated in StrataCom's cell switch networking systems.

Randy Feigin, spokesperson for StrataCom, told Newsbytes that patents
are important ones for the company as "it differentiates us. Now we
have the patent on Foresight, and we've got the patent to optimize
route selection."

Patent 5,313,454 involves ForeSight, a bandwidth optimization and
congestion avoidance algorithm that the company says it has been
marketing since 1992.

ForeSight is a rate-based, closed loop traffic control mechanism that
manages bandwidth and improves the quality and efficiency of ATM
(asynchronous transfer mode) wide area networks (WANs).

The technology continuously monitors ATM trunk utilization and
"adjusts the rate of each ATM connection to avoid trunk congestion and
make maximum use of network resources." ForeSight is also meant to
enhance the performance of frame relay and all other variable bit rate
(VBR) services on StrataCom ATM networks.

Said Charles Corbalis, StrataCom's vice president of engineering: "As
a pioneer in the commercialization of cell switching, StrataCom has
had to find solutions to make ATM technology more efficient and cost-
effective for end-users."

Patent 5,317,562 reportedly covers the optimization of internode route
selection in networks, which it does by "searching network connections
for candidate routes and then validating the selected route delays
against maximum allowable delays."

The company maintains that this capability is a "key technology" for
deploying ATM networks supporting a "wide range of traffic classes and
service qualities."

StrataCom also says that it has 15 patents that cover aspects of cell
switching, including voice packetization, voice compression, queuing,
buffering congestion management and avoidance, and cell delineation.

(Ian Stokell/19940613/Press Contact: Randy Feigin 408-294-7600,
StrataCom)


(NEWS)(BUSINESS)(SFO)(00028)

LANNET, Olivetti In Network Marketing Deal 06/13/94
MILAN, ITALY, 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Networked computer environments are
a huge market around the globe, and will only increase as more and
more businesses recognize the enormous benefits of shared corporate
resources and interconnectivity between users. Now European computer
giant Olivetti and LANNET Data Communications Ltd., a supplier of
intelligent, fault-tolerant switching hubs, have announced a worldwide
marketing, distribution, and service deal.

The companies maintain that the agreement is aimed at enterprise
network planners, and provides "complete networking design and
technical support services." Under the terms of the distribution
agreement, LANNET will serve as a worldwide supplier of LAN equipment
to Olivetti.

Announcing the deal, Benny Hanigal, president and chief executive
officer (CEO) of LANNET, said: "With this move, LANNET and Olivetti
are setting up a relationship as providers of complete networking
solutions to customers around the world. For the end-user, this
agreement provides turn-key solutions for virtually any enterprise
networking challenge."

Speaking about the benefits for his company, he added: "For LANNET,
this means greater exposure for our products in markets where Olivetti
has an established presence, and the ability to market our leading-
edge technology to an expanded set of potential users."

Olivetti's Oliservice unit will be responsible for the implementation
of the agreement, and claims "over 250,000 clients served by over 400
service centers across the globe."

Said Claudio Montagner, Olivetti senior VP, Oliservice department:
"Olivetti is continuing its tradition of providing the best equipment
and the best service to our clients throughout the world. We've built
our reputation on the quality of our service: with LANNET, we are
adding a new dimension to our comprehensive offering of networking
solutions to the enterprise."

Olivetti said it is providing support for virtually all corporate
information needs, including maintenance and support; professional
services; and systems operations. In 1993 those activities generated
over 2,416 billion Italian lire (approximately $1.5 billion) in
revenues. LANNET Data Communications makes and markets fault-tolerant
intelligent hubs and platform-based graphical network management
software.

Earlier this year Newsbytes reported that LANNET had introduced the
LANstack hubs, designed for departmental Ethernet and Token Ring
networks. At the time, the company said that the new 8- and 16-port
LANstack hubs delivered a list price of $86 per managed Ethernet port,
plug-and-play design, and graphical management running on HP OpenView
for Windows open-systems platform.

LANstack reportedly gives departmental LAN managers port redundancy to
set up fault-tolerant server and backbone links for mission-critical
data. A LANstack can be segmented into up to five LANs, and offers a
plug-in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) management modules.
Fiber backbone upgrades are possible with a slide-in card.

As previously reported, LANNET is a member of the Fast Ethernet
Alliance, formed in August 1993, and designed to implement networking
technologies that will transmit data over Ethernet at speeds of up 100
megabits-per-second.

(Ian Stokell/19940613/Press Contact: Aryeh Green, LANNET,
tel [phone], fax [phone]; Laura Sipala,
Olivetti, tel [phone], fax [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(ATL)(00029)

Cliffs Expands Software Line 06/13/94
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Cliffs Notes, best-
known for its "condensations" of required reading for high school
students, has expanded its software line. The company has been working
to get more heavily into software since buying a software company a
few years ago, a company spokesman told Newsbytes.

The line, called Cliffs StudyWare, runs on virtually any PC -- even a
PC with just 256,000 of memory, or an early Apple Mac with 1 megabyte
of RAM. All the software is disk-based, and while there is some
graphics on it, it's mostly text.

The new announcements complete the company's line of math review
software. To its Cliffs StudyWare for Calculus and Cliffs StudyWare
for Statistics, the company has introduced Cliffs StudyWare software
for Algebra I, Geometry, and Trigonometry. The company now has software
and study guides on more than 20 topics. Both network and site license
versions are available.

The software includes a module that can diagnose a student's
performance and suggest a plan of further study. The diagnostic
reports can be printed. Most of the programs consist of practice
drills and full-length practice tests, which are scored.

In addition to the course review products in mathematics, Cliffs
StudyWare also offers course review programs in biology, chemistry,
economics and physics, and test preparation software for the ACT,
CBEST, GMAT, GRE, SAT I and LSAT exams. The programs retail for just
$39.95 to $49.95.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19940613/Press Contact: Greg Smith, for
Cliff's Notes, 612/851-2555)


(NEWS)(APPLE)(DAL)(00030)

Stern Leaves Apple After Only Six Months 06/13/94
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- Newly appointed
director Paul G. Stern has joined the ranks of executives in Apple
Computer's seeming revolving door policy -- Stern announced his
resignation from Apple late on Friday (June 10) night.

Serving on the Apple board of directors for only six months, Michael
Spindler announced the appointment of the former chief executive
officer (CEO) of Northern Telecom at the company shareholder's meeting
in January of this year.

Stern was added as a Class 1 director and was eligible for re-election
in a year. The company said he would be involved with Apple's
development of the new reduced instruction set computing (RISC)-based
PowerPC into the small and medium business markets.

Stern's reason for resigning, according to Apple, is to avoid any
perception of conflict of interest arising from his other affiliations
in the computer, telecommunications, and cable industries.

Just last month, Northern Telecom announced a deal with GTE and
Pacific Bell for Meridian Homelink, a hardware and services package to
encourage telecommuters. The company said its first product in the
Meridian HomeLink portfolio is designed for "information workers" who
use multiple applications on IBM PC- compatible office computers and
allows these workers to access their own office computer from home.

Apple, which is currently trying to carve out a niche in the IBM-
compatible PC world, may not have taken kindly to the announcement.
However, Mike Markkula, chairman of the board at Apple, said in a
public statement: "We understand Paul's desire to avoid any perceived
conflict of interest. He has our best wishes."

(Linda Rohrbough/19940613/Press Contact: Betty Taylor, Apple
Computer, tel [phone], fax [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(LON)(00031)

Newsbytes Daily Summary 06/13/94
LONDON, ENGLAND,  1994 JUN 13 (NB) -- These are the capsules
of all today's news stories:

1 -> UK - EBG Unveils FaxServer Light Network Fax Technology 06/13/94
The European Business group (EBG) has announced FaxServer Light, a
"light" version of FaxServer 3.5, the company's network fax system.

2 -> UK Survey Finds Computers "Educational Tool Of Future" 06/13/94
Books could face competition from computers as the preferred method
teaching according to the results of a survey commissioned and just
released by WordPerfect UK's Main Street division.

3 -> All Change At Ungermann-Bass - New Name; New Technologies
06/13/94 Ungermann-Bass has changed its name to UB Networks, while at
the same time announcing details of its new Access/Workgroup Series.

4 -> Supermac Unveils Power Mac Video Card Technology 06/13/94
Supermac has unveiled a Power Mac version of its budget video editing
card, the Videospigot.

Press <RETURN> or <S>croll?s The existing (68xxx-based) Videospigot is
acclaimed as a useful device by the Mac user community, mainly owning
to power and price -- Supermac intends the Spigotpower card to achieve
similar success in the Power Mac user community.

5 -> Hut Down! Microsoft Intros Multimedia Baseball Guide 06/13/94 Not
so good at baseball, but what to teach your kids/wife/girlfriend/next
door neighbor about the game? Help is now at hand, as Microsoft has
just announced shipment of Microsoft Complete Baseball, a multimedia
CD-ROM program that includes facts and figures about the nation's
national pastime.

6 -> Rasterops Offers Free Upgrades For Power Mac 06/13/94 One of the
biggest hurdles facing users of existing 68xxx-based Macs wanting to
migrate to the Power Mac environment is the cost of replacing and/or
upgrading peripherals and add-ins to work with the Mac. Now Rasterops
is offering upgraders the chance to upgrade the company's Nubus
multimedia product free of charge.

7 -> Cheyenne Expands European Technical Support 06/13/94 Cheyenne
Software has announced it is expanding its European technical support
capacity with the opening of a dedicated multi-lingual facility in its
European headquarters in Paris.

8 -> Oracle Plans "World Support Super Center" For Australia 06/13/94
Information management software specialist Oracle Corporation has
announced plans to set up a major worldwide support center in Sydney
with staff levels eventually reaching more than 120. The company is
restructuring its support around the world.

9 -> NewsPix Images For Newsbytes Publishers 06/13/94 These are the
photos that have been digitized and correspond to stories Newsbytes
has reported recently.

10 -> Motorola Adds To "Diner's Delight" Paging Services 06/13/94
Motorola has rounded out its plate of "Diner's Delight" paging
services with two new applications -- CourtesyCall and ServerCall.

11 -> Software AG And SAP Team On Financial System For NT 06/13/94
Software AG and SAP AG, two German-based software vendors with over 20
years experience each in the mainframe world, are teaming up on a
financial system for Windows NT. The new client-server version of
SAP's R/3 system is also being offered for Unix.

12 -> Aldus Intros Mac Paint, Draw Program For Children 06/13/94 Aldus
Corporation has announced an Apple Mac painting and drawing program
designed for kids aged from nine to 14 years of age.

13 -> Australian Air Force Buys Into Routers Big Time 06/13/94 The
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has revamped its personnel system by
installing PC-based network routers and remote access cards around the
country.

14 -> Canadian Product Launch Update 06/13/94 This regular feature,
appearing every Monday or Tuesday, provides further details for the
Canadian market on announcements by international companies that
Newsbytes has already covered. This week: Compaq price cuts and MS-DOS
6.22.

15 -> Microsoft, Scholastic To Develop Children's Multimedia 06/13/94
Microsoft Corporation says it has teamed up with Scholastic to develop
children's multimedia products.

16 -> Microsoft Chairman's Mother Passes On 06/13/94 Mary Gates, the
mother of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, passed away on Friday after a
long battle with cancer.

17 -> NY Times Slams Clipper, FBI Telephone Plan 06/13/94 In a Sunday
editorial, the influential New York Times has criticized both the
Clinton administration's Clipper encryption scheme and the digital
telephony legislation backed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI).

18 -> Court Hands Bells Victory On Competition 06/13/94 A federal
appeals court has handed the regional Bell telephone companies a
victory, overturning a Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rule
designed to foster competition with the Bells.

19 -> Interleaf Updates WorldView Document Distribution 06/13/94
Interleaf has begun shipping WorldView 2, an update of its document
distribution and retrieval software for a variety of computer hardware
platforms.

20 -> AT&T Donates Multimedia Labs To Colleges 06/13/94 AT&T has
donated labs filled with networked multimedia computers, worth
$100,000 each, to 35 colleges and universities in the US, Brazil,
Nicaragua, Russia and Taiwan. The awards were made through a 10-year
program which has contributed over $290 million in gear over the
years. All the equipment was made by AT&T's Global Information
Solutions unit, formerly known as NCR.

21 -> Fore Announces ATM Video Adapter 06/13/94 Fore has announced new
video products for its switches based on the emerging Asynchronous
Transfer Mode, or ATM standard. ATM is a system for running data at
speeds from 1.5 million to 655 million bits per second and faster.

22 -> Xerox Offers Low-Cost Color Laser, Changes Channels 06/13/94
Xerox Corporation has announced a color laser printer that the company
said will sell for less than $8,000. Xerox also said it will begin
selling the new model and other printers through dealers and value-
added resellers (VARs), breaking with its long-standing practice of
selling direct to users.

23 -> World's Largest Monitor, New Graphics Projector, Debut 06/13/94
Mitsubishi Electronics says it is offering the world's largest mass
produced presentation monitor, the 42-inch AM4201R, as well as a new
high- resolution graphics projector, the VS-1280.

24 -> Cyrix Shipping "Green" 486DX2 Chips 06/13/94 Cyrix Coproration
has announced two 3-volt 486DX2 microprocessors for desktop and
portable personal computers that include power management features.
Steve Domenik, Cyrix marketing VP, says the chips are the first under
the company's new relationship with IBM.

25 -> Motorola Intros PowerPC-based Single Slot VMEbus Boards 06/13/94
Motorola's Computer Group has announced what it claims are the first
single-slot VMEbus computer boards based on PowerPC microprocessors.

26 -> AST Announces Ascentia 900N Notebook 06/13/94 AST has unveiled
the Ascentia 900N, a new notebook that it is targeting at high end
notebook users as a successor to its existing PowerExec series.

27 -> StrataCom Granted Two New Networking Patents 06/13/94 Connecting
up multiple computers is only the first stage in the implementation of
a corporate network. The generally more difficult phase is optimizing
the network for maximum performance and avoiding congestion that can
slow data transmission. Now StrataCom says that the US Patent Office
has issued the company two new patents covering network congestion and
optimizing network performance.

28 -> LANNET & Olivetti In Networking Marketing Deal 06/13/94
Networked computer environments are a huge market around the globe,
and will only increase as more and more businesses recognize the
enormous benefits of shared corporate resources and interconnectivity
between users. Now European computer giant Olivetti, and LANNET Data
Communications Ltd., a supplier of intelligent, fault-tolerant
switching hubs, have announced a worldwide marketing, distribution,
and service deal.

29 -> Cliffs Expands Software Line 06/13/94 Cliffs Notes, best-known
for its "condensations" of required reading for high school students,
has expanded its software line. The company has been working to get
more heavily into software since buying a software company a few years
ago, a company spokesman told Newsbytes.

30 -> Stern Leaves Apple After Only Six Months 06/13/94 Newly
appointed director Paul G. Stern has joined the ranks of executives in
Apple Computer's seeming revolving door policy -- Stern announced his
resignation from Apple late on Friday (June 10) night.

(Steve Gold/19940613)