Item 7180707 93/03/19 13:06 From: CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET# Internet Gateway Subject: Hot Technologies Introduces Distributed Serial Port Kit News: For further information, contact: Robert La Ferla Hot Technologies 75 Cambridge Parkway, Suite E-504 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1238 USA Phone: (617) 252 0088 or + 1 617 252 0088 Email: info@hot.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOT TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCES DISTRIBUTED SERIAL PORT KIT An Innovative Client- Server Paradigm for Serial Communications March 22, 1993 BOSTON - Hot Technologies today introduced a comprehensive object library and palette for client - server control of serial peripherals in custom NeXTSTEP(R) applications. The SerialPortKit(TM) is designed to help organizations and developers control a variety of serial devices such as modems, printers, terminals, audio/video equipment, bar code readers, magnetic stripe card readers, controllers and data acquisition devices. The advanced distributed architecture of the SerialPortKit allows a client application to remotely access serial devices anywhere on a network. An organization can use the SerialPortKit to share dial-out modems in dems in dems in dems in dems in re (R), Dow Jones International Forex Wire (SM), European Corporate Report (ECR), World Equities Report (SM), and the Dow Jones International Petroleum Report (SM). Dow Jones News Service, Dow Jones Professional Investor Report, Capital Markets Report, Dow Jones International Forex Wire, World Equities Report, and Dow Jones International Petroleum Report are service marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The Wall Street Journal (R), Dow Jones International Newswire (R), Dow Jones International Banking Wire (R), are registered trade marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. NeXTSTEP (TM) is a trademark of NeXT, Inc.