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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Richard Lee Goldberg
Video, Image, & Print Systems
(508) 635-8739






... for PCs, Workstations, Terminals ...


                 DIGITAL ANNOUNCES THINWIRE ETHERNET
                       INTERFACE FOR PRINTERS


MAYNARD, Mass. -- August 25, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation 
today announced a cost-effective network interface to enable desktop 
printers with serial ports to be shared by any desktop device in a 
ThinWire Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN).  The new LATprint 
ThinWire Ethernet interface can be directly mounted to a printer or 
snapped into the DEChub 90 multi-function Ethernet backplane.  
Included with the LATprint interface are its own power supply, 
connecting cables, fastener kit, owner's manual, and a utility 
diskette containing a VMS set-up program and on-line documentation . 
     Printers connected by the two-port LATprint interface can be 
shared by users of PCs and Macintosh computers (via PATHWORKS), 
UNIX, ULTRIX and VMS workstations, and VT and VXT terminals, 
regardless of application or system type.  UNIX users can access 
printers connected by the LATprint interface through Digital's 
LAT/Telnet Gateway or BSD Remote Print.  A Telnet print driver is 
distributed with Digital's Telnet-capable terminal servers.  BSD 
Remote Print enables UNIX and ULTRIX systems to share printers 
connected by the LATprint interface with UNIX systems.		    
     "The LATprint network interface enables printers with serial 
ports to be shared in open system environments," said Larry 
Cabrinety, vice president of Digital's Video, Image, and Print 
Systems Group.  "This low cost interface extends the access of these 
serial printers to every user on the network.  It is another example 
of Digital's network printing leadership in open computing."
     The easy to install LATprint network interface is a hardware 
device designed to be mounted on the side of a desktop printer or 
snapped into the DEChub 90 Ethernet backplane.  It operates at up to 
38.4K baud and can handle up to two directly-connected printers or 
act as a terminal server.  The LATprint interface is priced at $449 
and is available now.
     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of network computer 
systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and leads in the 
industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor computing.  
Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the best 
integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - in open 
information environments.
                                ####

Note to Editors:   LATprint, PATHWORKS, ULTRIX, VMS, VT and VXT 
                   are trademarks of Digital Equipment 
                   Corporation.

		   Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple 
                   Computer, Inc.

		   UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System 
                   Laboratories, Inc.

		   BSD is a trademark of Uunet Technologies.

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