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

         Terri Slater
         PC Integration Business
         (603) 884-0753
         
         
         
                ... {Extending Digital's PATHWORKS offerings ...}
         
                            PATHWORKS X.25 Software
         
                    Connects Single, Remote PCs to Servers
         
                      Over Packet Switched Data Networks
         
         
         CANNES, France -- September 8, 1992 -- Digital Equipment 
         Corporation today announced and demonstrated PATHWORKS X.25 
         (DOS) software at the European Digital Equipment Computer 
         Users Society (DECUS) symposium here.   A cost-effective 
         software option for Digital's family of PATHWORKS networking 
         products, the software utilizes an AT-bus X.25 network 
         interface card from Eicon Technology Corporation (Montreal), 
         available from Digital.  Together, the hardware and software 
         turn a single, remote DOS based PC into a client on any open, 
         standard X.25 packet switched data network (PSDN). 
         
         "Companies are constantly seeking faster and more reliable 
         ways to give their remote offices access to the strategic 
         data they need," said Vijay Thakur, group manager of 
         Digital's PC Integration Business.  "This latest PATHWORKS 
         networking option -- for X.25 PSDN -- provides a simple, 
         economical solution for bringing distributed network services 
         and client-server computing to remote PC users." 
         
         Added Connectivity for Banking, Retail, Insurance, Services 
         and More 
         
         The PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) option is intended for users who 
         need to tie individual remote PCs into corporate wide-area 
         networks (WANs).  Primary industries that will use the 
         software's capabilities include banking, retail, insurance, 
         and service industries, typically deploying 100 or more PCs 
         in remote offices over a large geographic area.  The key 
         benefit lies in the fast, reliable and cost-effective 
         transfer of data on X.25 equipment, enabling the remote 
         offices to share all corporate network services.  The highly 
         reliable X.25 protocol has been widely adopted around the 
         world. 
         
         Network Services for Isolated PC Users
         
         The PATHWORKS X.25 product, as an add-on component of 
         Digital's PATHWORKS for DOS versions 4.1 and 4.1A client 
         software, allows the DOS client to connect to any PATHWORKS 
         server (VMS, ULTRIX, or OS/2) that runs the DECnet network 
         transport.  


         PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) runs on DOS 3.3 or higher and Microsoft 
         Windows 3.0 and 3.1, on 286, 386 and 486 PCs with a minimum 
         of 640KB of memory. 
         
         Running the PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) option, the PC client can 
         take full advantage of network file and print services, 
         terminal emulation and file transfers across a wide area 
         network.  The PC client can also use client-server 
         applications and other Windows and DECnet based applications, 
         such as electronic mail (PATHWORKS Mail and DEC MAILworks for 
         Windows software), X Window servers (PC DECwindows Motif and 
         eXcursion software), database access (SQL Services and 
         DECquery software), distributed transaction processing (DECtp 
         Desktop for ACMS software), PATHWORKS Conferencing software 
         and third-party applications. 
         
         The Digital-developed PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) software provides 
         full user-configurable communications options as well as 
         Eicon Technology-developed X.25 driver software for the 
         EiconCard/PC and DPNA/PC cards.  More than 50 PSDN 
         configuration profiles are built in to the menu-driven 
         network installation module.  The X.25 driver runs on the 
         Eicon Technology card's CPU without impacting the PC's 
         computing power. 
         
         Network Interface Card Features On-board CPU for High 
         Performance
         
         The onboard CPU helps ensure maximum throughput even during 
         data-intensive sessions by freeing the PC to concentrate on 
         running PC applications.  These AT-bus X.25 network interface 
         cards from Eicon Technology are available from Digital in two 
         models:  the EiconCard/PC, a single-port, 8-bit card with 
         onboard 68008 10MHz CPU and 1 Megabyte of on-board memory; 
         and the DPNA/PC, a two-port, 16-bit HSI card with 16MHz 68000 
         CPU with 2 Megabytes of memory.  The single-port card is 
         capable of 64 Kbps line speed for 80 packets per second (pps) 
         throughput, with V.24 support; the dual-port card features 
         128 Kbps and 230 pps, with V.24, V.35, and X.21 configurable 
         ports. 
         
         PATHWORKS License Opens the Way
         
         PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) software and the Eicon Technology cards 
         are available immediately worldwide. 
         
         Digital PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) software requires a PATHWORKS 
         for DOS license, available for US$205, which gives the PC the 
         right to access an unlimited number of PATHWORKS for VMS and 
         ULTRIX servers.  The option's software media and 
         documentation pricing is US$249.  The EiconCard/PC X.25 
         network interface card is priced at US$1,139; the DPNA/PC 
         X.25 network interface card is priced at US$1,659.  Digital 
         sells PATHWORKS software direct, as well as via OEMs and 
         VARs. 
         
         Growing PATHWORKS Family
         
         PATHWORKS X.25 (DOS) is part of Digital's growing family of 
         PATHWORKS products designed for organizations that depend on 
         networks of personal computers.  


         
         PATHWORKS creates an environment in which multivendor PCs, 
         different communications protocols and networks, and 
         different applications are integrated. 
         
         Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
         Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
         computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered 
         and leads the industry in interactive, distributed and 
         multivendor computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the 
         power to use the best integrated solutions - from the desktop 
         to the data center - in open information environments.
         
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         Note to Editors:   PATHWORKS, VAX, VMS, DECnet, DECquery, 
         eXcursion, DEC MAILworks, ULTRIX, Digital and the DIGITAL 
         logo are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.   OS/2 
         is a registered trademark of International Business Machines 
         Corporation.   Windows is a trademark of Microsoft 
         Corporation.   EiconCard/PC and DPNA/PC are trademarks of 
         Eicon Technology Corporation.
         
         CORP/93/773

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