About Software Corporation Announces Price Incentives for 5PM Product Line;
Competitive Upgrade to 5PM Term-Office, New Educational Discounts Now
Available

CUPERTINO, CA, October 31, 1994-About Software Corporation, a leading
provider of terminal emulation and client/server development tools, today
announced a competitive upgrade program for the Macintosh version of 5PM
Term-Office, as well as a new pricing schedule for educational
institutions. The competitive upgrade program and educational pricing will
also apply to the Microsoft Windows version of 5PM Term-Office, which will
ship in November.

The competitive upgrade program allows customers to upgrade to 5PM
Term-Office from any other terminal emulation product for $89. Standard
single copy retail pricing for 5PM Term-Office is $375. The program will
be in effect through January 31, 1995. 5PM Term-Office provides enhanced
emulation for 3270, tn3270, 5250, tn5250, VT420 and PC-ANSI terminals for
connectivity to IBM mainframe, AS/400, UNIX and VAX machines.

"The competitive upgrade program offers an easy way for customers to try
5PM Term, which is the connectivity engine of the 5PM product line," said
Alistair Woodman, vice president of marketing, About Software Corporation.
"Once customers discover 5PM Term, we believe they will also want to use
5PM Pro, a software development environment that combines the
functionality of 5PM Term with GUI (graphical user interface) building
capabilities. The 5PM product line enhances host-based applications
quickly and inexpensively. It provides customers with an integrated set of
solutions for terminal emulation and GUI front-ending that will grow with
their evolving business needs."

The new educational pricing schedule, listed below, includes 5PM
Term-Office, 5PM Pro and tools for file transfer and TCP/IP connectivity:

     Up to 100 users: $15,000
     Up to 200 users: $20,000
     Up to 500 users: $30,000
     Unlimited:       $40,000

Mr. Woodman added, "Our new educational pricing schedule is particularly
relevant as institutions look for affordable ways to connect
administrators, students and faculty to campus-wide networks and to an
increasingly diverse array of information sources around the world."

5PM Term-Office provides enhanced emulation for 3270, tn3270, 5250, tn5250,
VT420 and PC-ANSI terminals for connectivity to IBM mainframe, AS/400,
UNIX and VAX machines. In addition to terminal types supported by 5PM
Term-Office, 5PM Term versions are also available for UTS 60, T27 and
VIP7800 to connect to Unisys and Honeywell/Bull. Multiple sessions with
several different hosts can be active at the same time. The open, modular
5PM architecture allows 5PM Term to be a runtime for graphical user
interfaces created with About Software's 5PM Pro development environment.
The different 'flavors' of 5PM Term come with terminal emulation, file
transfer and various connectivity methods to allow users to connect to
their systems of choice.

About Software Corporation, headquartered in Cupertino, California,
develops and markets connectivity and client/server development software
for Apple Macintosh, Power Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. The 5PM
product family (5PM Term, 5PM Pro and 5PM Pro CS) offers solutions ranging
from full-featured terminal emulation for legacy systems to graphical user
interface front-ending and client/server database access in heterogeneous
computing environments. This wide range of seamlessly integrated tools
provides companies with maximum flexibility and power. 5PM products are
available directly from About Software Corporation and through the 5PM
Partners Program's distributors, VARS and system integrators. The company
can be reached at 10601 South De Anza Boulevard, Suite 105, Cupertino,
Calif. 95014. Tel: 408-725-4242; Fax: 408-725-4243. AppleLink: ASCUS; AOL:
ASCUS; Compuserve: 73243,36; E-mail: sales@ascus.com.

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