FRAME NEWS RELEASE....For Immediate Release Frame Technology Ships FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP Multiarchitecture binary now available for Intel and HP PA-RISC environments Kate Lynch, Director, Communications Frame Technology (klynch@frame.com) 408.975.6292 (direct) 408.975.6600 (FAX) Sandra L. Knox, Product Manager Frame Technology (slk@frame.com) 408.975.6183 (direct) 408.975.6600 (FAX) SAN JOSE, CA -- September 7, 1994 -- Frame Technology today announced the availability of FrameMaker for NEXTSTEPTM. Now NEXTSTEP users can run the award-winning desktop authoring and publishing software on HP PA-RISC Series 700 workstations and 486 and Pentium PCs with Intel processors, as well as NeXT computers. All three platforms are included on one disk set in this newest version of FrameMaker, based on FrameMaker 3 for NeXT. "FrameMaker is an award-winning software package that will further contribute to the success of NEXTSTEP in the marketplace and attract more users," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "With Frame's experience in multiplatform environments, FrameMaker will integrate seamlessly into the NEXTSTEP environment." For customers like McCaw Cellular, FrameMaker's compatibility across a wide variety of environments is a strong point. "FrameMaker is a company standard and the primary tool we use for technical documentation and operational user guides," said Jonathan Weeks, technical architect at McCaw Cellular. "One of the best aspects of the program is that FrameMaker is available on so many platforms, so we can easily share documents between multiple authors and increase our overall efficiency." Advanced Product Features FrameMaker software combines word processing, page layout, graphics, equations, conditional text, tables and book-building tools for creating a wide range of publications, from lengthy technical manuals, to reports, newsletters and presentations. Advanced features in FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP include integration with NEXTSTEP's Digital Librarian, and Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus. With FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP, customers also receive -- as a bonus -- international-language dictionaries providing spelling and hyphenation support for French, German, Italian, Spanish, U.K. and U.S. English, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish (hyphenation only), Norwegian and Swedish languages. "Our decision to support the NEXTSTEP marketplace was based on a growing demand from customers, and on our commitment to support the industry's leading computing environments," said William R. Pieser, Frame's vice president of marketing. "By building this version using our successful FrameMaker for NeXT product as a base, we were able to make it available to NEXTSTEP users much sooner than if we had waited for future FrameMaker architecture." Special Offer Through October 31, 1994, Frame will be offering an introductory price for new and upgraded single-user licenses. A new FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP single-user license is priced at US$995 (MSRP). Also through October 31, 1994, single-user upgrades are priced at US$495 (MSRP) for those customers who wish to switch from FrameMaker 3 running on NeXT computers to HP PA-RISC or Intel-based 486 and Pentium computers. After October 31, 1994, regular pricing for single-user FrameMaker licenses for NEXTSTEP will be US$1,495 (MSRP), with single-user upgrades priced at US$795 (MSRP). System Requirements The minimum system requirements for FrameMaker on standard NEXTSTEP configurations include: NEXTSTEP Release 3.2 software, 25 MB of free disk space, and 16 MB of RAM (24 MB recommended). Customers in the U.S. and Canada who wish to extend beyond their 30 days of free technical support can purchase a one-year Technical Support Subscription for US$300, directly from Frame. FrameMaker for NEXTSTEP is available directly from Frame as well as through Frame Registered Resellers. Frame Technology publishes award-winning document publishing software for individual or workgroup creation and distribution of critical documents. Frame's products are widely recognized for their PC, Macintosh and UNIX cross-platform compatibility, enabling companies, government agencies and academic institutions to increase productivity by leveraging valuable business and research data. The publicly held company (NASDAQ:FRAM) is newly located at 333 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, California 95110 USA. # # # Frame and FrameMaker are registered trademarks of Frame Technology Corporation. NeXT is a registered trademark, and NEXTSTEP is a trademark, of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other product and company names are the trademarks of their respective holders.