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{FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
{Contact
{Joe Waldygo, Director of Marketing and PR
{Voice: 602/690-3215
{FAX: 602/293-8065
{or
{Bob Fitzpatrick, Investor Relations
{Voice: 602/690-3558
{FAX: 602/293-8065
{MCI Mail: FITZP
ARTISOFT INC. ANNOUNCES LETTER OF INTENT
WITH PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. FOR
ACQUISITION AND MERGER
(TUCSON, AZ -- April 20, 1992) -- Artisoft, Inc., the
Tucson-based developer and manufacturer of the award-winning
LANtastic Local Area Network, today announced that it has
signed a letter of intent with Performance Technology, Inc.
to acquire Performance Technology in a statutory merger.
Performance Technology will be maintained as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Artisoft. Under the terms of the letter of
intent, the shareholders and stock option holders of
Performance Technology will receive 300,000 shares of
Artisoft common stock in exchange for their interest in
Performance Technology.
Performance Technology, a San Antonio, Texas, privately held
company, is the developer and manufacturer of such award-
winning networking products as POWERfusion, linking PCs to
UNIX processors, POWERsave, an archival system for networks,
and POWERLan(R), which provides PC networking compliant with
IBM(R) and Microsoft(R) networking products, as well as
X/Open and OSF/DCE SMB recommendations. Performance
Technology's POWERbridge is used worldwide to provide wide
area networking for NetBIOS LANs such as the Microsoft LAN
Manager and IBM LAN Server as well as POWERLan and
LANtastic(R) networks.
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 recognized as
the leading DOS-based peer-to-peer network and has won over
20 major 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.
Performance Technology's POWERfusion DOS to UNIX
connectivity received PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award in
1991 and the Best of LAN Times 1992 award. POWERLan and
LANtastic are co-winners of the PC Magazine Editors' Choice
award for both 1991 and 1992. POWERLan also received the
BYTE Magazine Award of Distinction for 1991. POWERsave
received LAN Times' Recommended for Networking Award in
1991.
The consummation of the transaction is subject to approval
by the Board of Directors of Artisoft as well as the Board
of Directors and shareholders of Performance Technology, and
other conditions.
For more information about Artisoft or its product line,
contact Artisoft, Inc. at 691 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ
85704. Sales 800/TINY RAM. Fax 602/293-8065.