Attachmate's EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 Ships

Certified as Best User Interface, Administration and File Transfer
Performance

BELLEVUE, Wash. February 15, 1994 -- Attachmate Corporation, a leading
provider of enterprise connectivity software, today announced the shipment
of EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 and the future shipment of EXTRA! for Windows
Enterprise Administrator 4.0. Attachmate is unveiling EXTRA! for Windows
4.0 at Networks EXPO in Boston and the IT Forum in Paris. New ways of
creating 'application-centric personalities,' while providing powerful
management capabilities will be demonstrated.

Attachmate also announced the results of a report published by InterLAB, an
independent testing and certification company that benchmarked usability
features and file transfer performance of EXTRA! for Windows 4.0. EXTRA!
for Windows 4.0 was 'Certified' to have the best administration,
installation and workspace when tested against the industry's leading
products including; Wall Data's Rumba 3270 for Windows, DCA's IRMA
Workstation for Windows, NSA's DynaComm/Elite and IBM's Personal
Communications/3270.

"We tested Attachmate's EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 for ease of use and
file-transfer speed. EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 was found to be the easiest to
use enterprise connectivity software when compared to leading competitive
products. Additionally, file-transfer speeds were certified to be
consistently faster than all other products tested in some cases, up to
50% faster than the closest competitor," said Kevin Tolly, president of
InterLAB.

Application-Centric Personalities

EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 provides a new way of opening and working with host
applications as if they were local Windows applications with their own
unique interface. The company believes this product marks a significant
move away from standard 'terminal emulation' where users have the same
menus and functionality regardless of the host applications being used.
EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 allows users and administrators to create unique
application personalities -- transforming itself on demand with its own
customized menus, toolbars, Hotspots, screen colors and fonts, SmartPads,
macros, 3270 functions and file transfer options.

The new product comes with its own pre-defined 'schemes' for many commonly
used host applications such as Office Vision (PROFS), CICS, MEMO, QMF, and
EMC2. It also provides numerous ease-of-use capabilities including a new
toolbar, drag-and-drop file transfers, true context-sensitive help, a
floating toolbar known as a SmartPad, 'most-recently-used' menus to help
users quickly launch prior applications or file transfers, and other
advanced Windows functions.

"Organizations are under pressure to improve user productivity," said Joyce
Jones, executive vice president, worldwide products for Attachmate.
"EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 focuses on the users interaction with their host
applications - the end result is a software system designed to adapt to
the individual rather than the individual adapting to the software."

EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 also incorporates powerful intelligence capabilities
with its new EXTRA! BASIC scripting language, which will provide users and
programmers a drag-and-drop development environment for automating tasks
and building graphical applications. Since it closely follows Microsoft's
VBA specification, users who have learned Windows BASIC will not need to
learn new procedures. EXTRA! BASIC macros can be securely distributed
throughout the enterprise -- and can be assigned to the EXTRA! menu,
toolbar, keyboard, SmartPad, or Hotspot. With this intelligent
functionality, Hotspots can now be set up to watch for error conditions on
the screen, for example, and automatically diagnose and solve the problem
without user interaction. This type of capability is designed to reduce
training and support costs associated with desktop-to-host connectivity.

"I like EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 because of the programmable Hotspots and the
simplicity in writing macros," said Scott Glenn, Electronic Data Systems
at the General Motors Research Division. "Normally we would have to go
through multiple terminal emulation screen layers to get to one of our
front-end menu choices. Now with the programmable Hotspots, we just point
and click like any other Windows application and that invokes the macro.
It's very easy to use."

Management Capabilities

EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 allows the network administrator to secure and
customize user configurations for the enterprise. Attachmate also
announced EXTRA! for Windows Enterprise Administrator 4.0 which will ship
at a later date as an add-on to EXTRA! for Windows 4.0. This product
installs on the network administrator's PC, allowing the administrator to
distribute EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 throughout the enterprise. By combining
the power of both products, built in sophisticated security capabilities
are available to lock toolbars, Hotspots, menus, macros, etc. EXTRA! for
Windows 4.0 can be customized by the network administrator for each user
or work group - then distributed from a central location.

Other Enhancements

EXTRA! for Windows 4.0 also added the WinHLLAPI function set for developing
re-engineered client/host applications - in addition to its already
available WHLLAPI, HLLAPI and DOS HLLAPI capabilities. In addition to its
connectivity support for LAN, WAN, direct or remote SNA environments -
EXTRA! for Windows now supports Microsoft's SNA Server, Banyan IP and
TCP/IP to the Attachmate Gateway. The product now supports NetView RTM
(Response Time Monitor) as well, providing users and administrators with
valuable performance information.

About Attachmate

Attachmate Corporation is a leading provider of desktop-to-host enterprise
connectivity products. Its host-aware client software product families
include the EXTRA! family for IBM mainframe and AS/400 hosts, LAN
Workstation for Novell's NetWare, and KEAterm for Digital VAX and UNIX
host systems. The company is continuing to expand its line of connectivity
solutions, bringing information to the desktop in an easy and intuitive
manner, regardless of where it resides. Attachmate provides extensive
value-added customer support services including training, consulting and
development. Headquartered in Bellevue, WA, Attachmate maintains direct
sales offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America
and the Pacific Rim.

Attachmate Corporation
3617-131st Avenue SE
Bellevue, WA 98006
(206) 644-4010 or (800) 426-6283.

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