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(NEWS)(IBM)(TYO)(00001)

Japan - Fujitsu To Enter Low-Cost PC Market 05/12/93
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Fujitsu is preparing to
release its first IBM-compatible personal computer in Japan.
The new PC is expected to be a low-cost model and is likely
to add fuel to the PC war.

Fujitsu is reported to be negotiating with Acer in Taiwan,
although no concrete agreement has been signed. Acer may
supply a low-cost DOS/V-compatible PC to Fujitsu on an OEM
(original equipment manufacturer) basis, according to the
Nikkei newspaper. However, a Fujitsu spokesman denied
that any agreement has been signed.

A Fujitsu spokesman has told Newsbytes that the firm has been
thinking of manufacturing a DOS/V-compatible PC, getting the
parts from either Taiwanese makers or its British subsidiary -
ICL. There is also a possibility that it will get the PC from ICL
on an OEM basis. The decision is expected within a couple of
months.

With Fujitsu's entry into the DOS/V-compatible PC market
almost all major Japanese PC vendors, excluding NEC, will be
selling DOS/V hardware in Japan. The price of Fujitsu's
DOS/V-compatible PC is expected to be under 200,000 yen
($1,820), which is about the same price range as those from
Compaq and IBM Japan. These low-cost DOS/V PCs are gradually
gaining popularity in Japan.

Fujitsu is currently selling the FM-R series PCs. The firm will
continue to sell these PCs along with the DOS/V-compatible PCs.

(Masayuki "Massey" Miyazawa/19930512/Press Contact: Fujitsu,
[phone], Fax, [phone])


(NEWS)(APPLE)(TYO)(00002)

Apple Japan Targets Public Schools 05/12/93
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Apple Computer Japan has
signed a dealership agreement with a major sales firm,
specialized in the school market. In the agreement, Apple
Computer Japan wants to push the sale of the Macintosh in
public schools, including elementary and junior high schools.

Apple Computer Japan's latest sales dealer is Yoko Uchida, which
is a major school material and office equipment supplier in Japan.
Yoko Uchida will create a Macintosh sales force within the firm.
An estimated 40 people will be included in the new sales force,
including system engineers. Yoko Uchida hopes to sell about
3,000 Macintoshes in the first year.

Yoko Uchida is currently dealing with Fujitsu's multimedia
personal computer, the FM-Towns, which is popular in schools.
It is reported that Yoko Uchida will re-write the FM-Towns'
multimedia programs to run on the Macintosh in the near
future.

Apple Computer has been eyeing the school market in Japan,
and recently, the firm  created a special task force to push
sales into this market.

Currently, Apple Computer Japan has over 55 sales dealers,
including Canon and Sony. It is expected that the number will
further increase due to the popularity of the Macintosh in
Japan.

(Masayuki "Massey" Miyazawa/19930512/Press Contact: Apple
Computer, Tokyo, [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(TYO)(00003)

Japan - Cash For Any Error Found In Encryption Method 05/12/93
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- A professor of the Tokyo
Institute of Technology is prepared to give $3,000 to anyone
who can find errors in his encryption method. The professor has
developed his own unique method of encrypting numbers, which
will be used in telecommunications.

Professor Shigeo Tsujii of the Tokyo Institute of Technology
(Data Communication Technology) has developed a numerical
data encryption method called "NIKS-TA." The method is
claimed to be very powerful.

The prize money will be granted to any person who finds
an error in his method. The error must be proved
mathematically. The professor's encryption method is
described in a 15-page thesis.

Professor Tsujii's method includes both the encryption and
decryption of numerical data. The major advantage of this
method is that the users do not have to have the keys to the
decryption. The receiver will have to have their own password
and the sender's identification (ID) number. Based on the ID
number and the receiver's password, the key will automatically
be calculated.

This is the second instance of a prize being given for the
breaking of a data encryption method - NTT offered a one
million-yen ($9,100) prize for anyone finding fault with its
own data encryption method in 1989. It was not decoded by
the end of the prize-giving term in August 1991.

(Masayuki "Massey" Miyazawa/19930511/Press Contact:
Tokyo Institute of Technology, tel [phone], fax
[phone])


(NEWS)(BUSINESS)(TYO)(00004)

Japan - Sega To Improve Game Machine Software Support 05/12/93
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Sega Enterprises plans to
put more effort into the development of quality software for
its game machines - the Mega Drive, and the Game Gear. The
machines are gaining in popularity following the success of
Nintendo's Super Famicom.

Sega Enterprises has just set up a role-playing game development
division. Role-playing games are also gaining in popularity in the
Japanese market. In this new division, the firm wants to develop
more unique and interesting animation game software for the
game machines.

Also, through this division, Sega will link more closely with
major game software makers. Sega is preparing to supply
development tools and the latest software information
concerning the development and the marketing of new game
software. Currently, Sega has about 58 third-party software
developers.

Another Sega plan calls for the rewriting of its arcade game
software for its game machines. The firm has been supplying
arcade game machines to about 1,200 arcade game centers in
Japan.

Through these strategies, Sega Enterprises wants to raise its
domestic share of the game machine market from the current
10 percent to 20 percent by the end of 1993. Sega's game
machines, especially the color-version of the pocket game
machine, called the Game Gear, have been selling well.

(Masayuki "Massey" Miyazawa/19930511/Press Contact: Sega
Enterprise, [phone], Fax, [phone])


(NEWS)(TRENDS)(WAS)(00005)

Over 5,000 Foreigners Earn US Science PhD's 05/12/93
WASHINGTON DC, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- A recently published
National Science Foundation study shows that 32 percent of
the 18,500 doctoral science degrees awarded in 1991 went to
non-US citizens. That is up from 17 percent just 10 years
earlier. Many of these students are working in computer-related
fields.

Fewer than five percent of the foreign-born graduate students
were permanent residents. The remainder took their newly
acquired skills abroad.

The overall study of foreign student participation in US
university doctoral programs - described as being either
science- or engineering-oriented - shows that foreign students
are concentrating on practical technological-oriented studies
rather than on "soft" sciences such as psychology, which only
attracted six percent of the non-US citizen students.

Fifty-five percent of the doctorates awarded in mathematics
in 1991 went to foreign students, of whom only about five
percent were permanent residents. This number is up from 32
percent in 1981, when a larger percentage were permanent
residents.

Mathematics is basic to all computer sciences as well as to
other sciences, so this large number of non-resident graduates
indicates a potential increase in competitiveness for the
countries to which these students return.

Computer science and information sciences degrees make up the
second largest category, with more than 50 percent of the US
university slots going to foreign students. More than half of
the new computer-related doctorates granted in this country are
now awarded to foreigners, most of whom will be returning to
their home countries.

Where do these students come from? Despite the many complaints
about human rights violations in China and noises made by the
past three administrations about the need for The People's
Republic of China, Taiwan, and South Korea to open up their
markets to US high-tech products, Korea and the two Chinas
together count for 72 percent, or 4,100, of the 5,650 non-US
science and engineering doctoral candidates.

India, with nearly 800 students studying at the highest levels in
the US, is the only other country with a significant percentage
of the graduate school slots. Of the 20 countries listed in
the report, only Brazil and Israel have a lower percentage of
students in the top science and engineering slots in 1991 than
ten years earlier.

In total, the Pacific Rim countries (including Indonesia,
Australia, and New Zealand) account for students taking 51
percent of US-granted doctoral degrees in technical subjects.

Some analysts argue that the ever-increasing number of foreign
students taking the very limited number of available technical
training positions, and then returning home with their knowledge
and skills, raises some serious questions about just how long
the US can remain competitive in world markets.

Other argue that the students and their governments are only
taking advantage of freely-available opportunities. There is no
information in the recent National Science Foundation study as
to whether US students are being turned away because of lack
of space. The question as to the quality of domestic applications
as opposed to non-US applications is also left unresolved.

For further information and detailed statistical data, see the
130-page report, "Foreign Participation in U.S. Academic
Science and Engineering: 1991," NSF 93-302, Washington, D.C.,
1993 (National Science Foundation Special Report).

(John McCormick/19930511/Press Contact: free copy, NSF,
Internet [e-mail] or fax [phone])


(NEWS)(IBM)(LON)(00006)

Aashima Offers "Lowest Cost" Multimedia PCs In UK 05/12/93
WITHAM, ESSEX, ENGLAND, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Aashima has
announced a marketing deal with Creative Labs in the US to
distribute the company's complete range of Soundblaster
multimedia products. The company plans to incorporate the
products with its own PCs to bring, what it claims, are the
lowest-cost multimedia systems to the British marketplace.

The complete system will be sold via Aashima's network of
1,500 dealers. It includes the Soundblaster Prodeluxe card and
Sony U13A CD-ROM drive, monitor, keyboard, DOS, Windows 3.1,
four megabytes (MB) of RAM and a hard disk drive. Based on an
80386SX-based PC, this system will sell for UKP999, while an
80486SX-based version sells for UKP1,200. Both systems are
sold via Aashima's resellers only.

Announcing the deals and new systems, Stuart Greenfield,
Aashima's managing director, said that demand for multimedia
is rapidly increasing, as the line between the games and
business markets becomes even more blurred.

"We have sold a successful range of CD products over the last
year. We now feel the time is right to offer a fully professional,
competitively priced multimedia solution for the business and
education marketplace," he said.

Based in Essex, Aashima claims to be a trade-only PC and
peripherals distributor. The company, which has more than
1,500 resellers on its books, markets its own range of Trust
PCs, as well as acting as a distributor for PCs and peripherals.

(Steve Gold/19930511/Press & Public Contact; Aashima
Distribution - Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(BOS)(00007)

ODBC-Compliant Integra Tool For Visual C++ 05/12/93
FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Coromandel
has released the Integra Visual Database Builder (VDB) for
Microsoft Visual C++, a product claimed to be the first
commercially-available application development tool to comply
with ODBC (Open Database Connectivity).

In an interview with Newsbytes, Param Parameswaran, company
president, explained that the new add-on tool is meant to extend
upon Visual C++ with quick connectivity to range of databases,
along with new visual programming features that enhance ease of
use.

One of the new visual programming features, Visual Query Builder,
lets the developer define database queries without knowledge of
SQL (standard query language). Another, Visual Data Manager,
permits point-and-click creation of such items as tables,
indexes, passwords, and other program components. A third
feature, Data Source Control, builds upon the App Studio in Visual
C++ by permitting the developer to connect an application to a
database by "dragging and dropping."

Conformance to ODBC means that the Integra VDB will work with
any of the growing numbers of databases that support the new
industry standard, Parameswaran told Newsbytes.

So far, Coromandel has successfully tested VDB with at least
seven ODBC-compliant databases, including the upcoming Oracle
7 and latest commercially-available versions of dBASE, Btrieve,
Paradox, SQL Server, DEC RDB, and the company's own Integra
SQL Engine.

Testing will begin soon on the beta versions of MicroDecisionware,
a package that allows access to DB2, and on a database from IBM
that sits on top of AS/400. All together, about 40 different
vendors have adopted ODBC, according to Parameswaran.

The developer selects an ODBC-compliant database through Data
Source Control, one of a series of controls in VDB. The developer
can assign properties to each of the controls.

To set the Data Source Control, the user first drags and drops the
control on to the form, and then chooses properties for the data
source.  One property, for example, "driver connect," lets the user
connect the program to the driver.

"Another property is called `connection name.'  Here, you simply
specify the name of the database. Then, when you execute the
program, it will automatically go out and seek that database,"
said Parameswaran.

In addition to letting the developer define queries without
knowledge of SQL, the Visual Query Builder in Integra lets the
developer build automatic "Query By Forms" into an application.
The developer can browse through query results with the help
of a table object.

"Our product has virtually eliminated the need to write code,"
claimed Parameswaran. Yet, he added, an ODBC-compliant SQL
engine is also included as an extra convenience to developers.

The Integra VDB for Microsoft Visual C++ is available now for
$495. No run-time fees are attached.  Parameswaran told
Newsbytes that Coromandel is now at work on an edition of
the same product for Microsoft Visual Basic.

(Jacqueline Emigh/19930512/Reader contact:  Coromandel,
tel [phone], fax [phone]; Press contact:
Param Parameswaran, Coromandel, tel [phone],
fax [phone])


(NEWS)(GOVT)(DEL)(00008)

Indian Space Research Organ Subsidiary Wins Exports 05/12/93
BANGALORE, INDIA, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- The Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) is netting rich dividends through its
recently-formed corporate front, Antrix Corporation Ltd. Within
six months of beginning operations, Antrix has won export orders
worth $10 million.

Antrix has supplied $30,000 worth of satellite sensor components
to Brazil. This is besides a $5 million-order for providing gyro
devices, telemetry and antenna, and propellant filling equipment.

Other assignments include a $80,000 contract from Saudi Arabia
to train personnel in manning satellite ground control stations
and another $50,000 deal with the International maritime satellite
organization, Immarsat, for the study of low earth orbit satellites.

The company also sold solid fuel compounds to the Space Agency
of Indonesia. Others deals being worked on include data from the
Indian remote sensing satellites - the IRS-IA and IB - being made
available to Asian, European, and South American countries falling
in the path of the satellites' linear imaging cameras.

In a bid to enter the European and Far Eastern space markets,
Antrix is popularizing Indian prowess in fabricating satellite
sub-systems and components such as solar panels, batteries,
specific payloads, and propellants. It has offered to draw on
ISRO's expertise in building satellites to make telecommunication
satellites for the International Telecommunication Satellite
Organization (Intelsat).

(C.T. Mahabharat/19930512)


(NEWS)(IBM)(DEL)(00009)

India - Hallmark's Program Editor Finds Market In Europe 05/12/93
BANGALORE, INDIA, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Delta, a program editor
offered by Hallmark software Pvt. Ltd. of Bangalore, has found a
niche market in Europe. The company has won an order for
multiple copies from Germany.

Available presently for DOS and local area networks, Delta comes
in three different versions. The Xbase language version covers
Dbase III plus, Dbase IV, Foxbase and Clipper. Special features
include the automatic set up of program DBF structures in a
vertical window, and generation of replace statements for
complete or part DBF. A Cobol version and a separate version
covering C and C++ are also available.

The company plans to develop a German language version of the
software, says Ananthanarayanan, managing director of Hallmark.
A Windows version and a Unix version are also being developed.

The software house has tied up with Delhi-based Pertech
Computers Ltd. (PCL) to market the software in Europe. The
installed base of Delta is about 100, out of which fifty copies
were sold in Germany and 35 in Middle East.

"We have not actively marketed Delta in India as yet," said
Ananthanarayanan, but "We are looking for alliances to market
it locally."

(C.T. Mahabharat/19930512)


(NEWS)(BUSINESS)(DEL)(00010)

Sonata To Sell Caere Products In India 05/12/93
BANGALORE, INDIA, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Bangalore-based Sonata
recently finalized a distribution agreement with Caere of the
United States for the marketing Caere's optical character
recognition (OCR) products in India.

The range includes Omnipage Direct, a text recognition software
that can be used with a word processor, a spreadsheet, desk
top publishing and communications software. Other features
include the ability to recognize all non-stylized fonts from six
to 72 points, automatic separation of graphics from text and
numbers and the ability to read 11 European languages.

Omnipage Professional, is intended for text handling professionals
requiring advanced document processing capabilities. It
incorporates specialized OCR features for quicker editing, special
characters and a variety of document types. File formats supported
for scanned text are ASCII, Excel, Macwrite, RTF, MS Word and
Wordperfect.

It is claimed that Omnipage Professional is the only OCR software
to have an interactive spell-checker specially designed for text
recognition.

Other Caere products include: Pagekeeper, an intelligent document
storage and retrieval software; Image Assistant, a color image
processing software for power users; and Faxmaster, for sending,
receiving and compressing faxes.

The products are available for both the IBM PC and Macintosh
platforms. Omnipage direct is priced at Rs 65,000 and Omnipage
Professional at Rs 85,000. According to a spokesperson, the
company is evaluating the market for a color separator, also
from Caere.

(C.T. Mahabharat/19930512)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00011)

 ****Airwave Auctions Part Of Clinton Budget Plan 05/12/93
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- A scheme to
auction two large bands of spectrum between 1.8-2.2 gigahertz
(GHz) will be part of the budget-cutting plan to be approved by
the US Congress.

The auctions, which are estimated by lawmakers to bring in $7
billion, were approved by the House Energy and Commerce
Committee, and a companion measure is moving through the US
Senate. President Clinton's approval of auctions practically
guaranteed their passage, since Democrats had been the main
opponents of such auctions in the past.

The House bill includes a number of provisions which, while
aimed at protecting consumers and smaller companies, could
cut the value of the auctions to the government.

Firms which won development licenses under the Federal
Communications Commission "pioneer's preference" rules get
credit for their investments, and small businesses don't have
to pay up-front for their licenses, which could let them compete.

Rural licensees must also submit construction timetables to
assure they will build what they propose, and states can
regulate rates for the new services if no competition exists.

At issue are so-called "personal communications networks,"
wireless phone services operating on microwave frequencies.
Because the frequencies are so high, PCN systems can have a lot
more capacity than regular cellular services, which operate at
frequencies around 900 megahertz (MHz). Less power is also
required to generate a signal. However, the signals do not travel
as far, and base stations must be closer together.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19930512)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00012)

More On US West/Oracle Multimedia Alliance 05/12/93
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- US West,
the regional Bell company for 14 western states, has announced a
strategic relationship with Oracle of Redwood City, California,
the database software company, aimed at bringing multimedia
services to the marketplace. Under the agreement, Oracle will
develop a software "engine" for new interactive services while
U S West will find the information providers and fund the
network.

US West and the other regional Bell companies have had a poor
record in creating such services in the past. For instance, US
West is going to first upgrade its network to offer such services
in Omaha. That is where its first Community Link on-line services
trial was held in the 1980s. The "churn" rate at which customers
dropped the service after getting the bill was so high as to make
Community Link uneconomic, and very few information providers
made money.

Whether faster data and a database style of organization will
improve the economics remains to be seen. Some analysts say
the faster-bandwidth services could be best put to use by
increasing the number of people connected to Internet-linked
networks in homes and offices.

Still, a press statement from US West offered some hopeful
scenarios. People could retrieve the same message through a
variety of devices, complete financial transactions or select
interactive video services like high-quality video games.

US West is anxious to find new markets because it's spending
$10 billion on a total network upgrade combining fiber and
copper cable. The new network will be able to deliver data to
homes at speeds capable of handling TV signals.

Oracle also has a relationship with McCaw to develop a fast, one-
way, wireless data service. It may be that both that program and
the US West program could use the same technology. The two
programs also have the potential of making Oracle's system a
more-entrenched database standard.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19930512/Press Contact: U.S. West, Lois
Leach, 303-793-6355)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00013)

AT&T Picasso Telephone System Seeks Market 05/12/93
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) --  AT&T has
introduced Picasso, a business telephone system that can
transmit voice and still pictures over the same line.

The system is aimed at the business market partly because of its
cost, which is $3,295. You also need Picasso phones at both
locations to send a picture. AT&T group executive Robert Kavner,
also said it is because the company sees real applications in
businesses. Such things as architectural drawings and medical
images can be sent, or retailers can offer customers a look at
merchandise in other stores. A call with Picasso costs no more
than a regular phone call, claims the company.

AT&T also announced a number of alliances aimed at bringing the
technology to market quickly. Microsoft will offer a Windows-
based software package linking Picasso images to PCs. Kodak is
negotiating to link Picasso images to its Photo-CD technology,
and make other Picasso hardware. Marriott will put Picasso
equipment in its convention hotels for use in meetings.

The Picasso system demonstrated by AT&T can store up to 32
images. The Picasso Still-Image Phone is being made in
Shreveport, Louisiana, and will be available starting in June.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19930512/Press Contact: AT&T, Dave
Johnson, 908-658-2185; Customer Contact:1-800-225-3000)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00014)

IBM & Blockbuster Announce Audio Server 05/12/93
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- IBM and
Blockbuster Entertainment have followed-up on their January
announcement of a technology partnership with a server that
can print out individual CDs for sale to consumers.

The two companies' new Fairway Technology Associates, based
in Deerfield Beach, Florida, will also work on a system that can
deliver video-on-demand at the stores. IBM's Fireworks Partners
will invest in Blockbuster's NewLeaf Entertainment to create
the new venture.

The idea is that music or videos can be digitized and loaded onto
mainframe-type servers, linked to Blockbuster stores by high-
speed phone lines. When a customer wants a CD, it will simply be
ordered and pressed on the spot. IBM said that the system could
let every Blockbuster store "stock" up to 100,000 titles, against
12,000 in current stores, and eliminate the "out-of-stock"
problem which it says costs music companies $1 billion per year.

Still to be negotiated are royalty arrangements with music
companies. Music would also represent a new area of business for
Blockbuster, which mainly is in the business of renting and
selling videotaped movies.

However, the company recently bought the Music Plus and Sound
Warehouse music-store chains and plans to open
superstores in conjunction with the United Kingdom's Virgin
Group which will also sell computer software and video games.

Blockbuster also owns 35 percent of Republic Pictures, and a
majority stake in Spelling Entertainment Group. It is working on
creating a cable station on the order of Turner Broadcasting
System's TNT channel. Chairman Wayne Huizenga also owns the
Florida Marlins baseball team and an expansion hockey franchise
for south Florida.

For IBM, the deal gives it another entry into the multimedia and
entertainment delivery businesses.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19930512/Press Contact: IBM, Steve
Malcowitz, 914-642-5449)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(ATL)(00015)

Cirrus Logic Adds Phone To Fax-Modem Chip 05/12/93
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- In the
continuing race to add new features to modem chip sets,
Cirrus Logic says it has added full telephone emulation to
its CL-data/fax modem chip set.

The new chip set adds a microphone input, audio drivers, and
voice compression. It is aimed at makers of notebook
computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) which want
to add telephone functions, and at cellular phone companies
which might want to add data functions.

The modem chip-set market is dominated by Rockwell International,
but it is ferociously competitive. It is becoming increasingly
related to digital signal processing (DSP) techniques and one
vendor, Analog Devices, actually sells a modem chip-set which
is basically a DSP with software. In order to differentiate
themselves, however, other chip-makers like Cirrus are working
to add new functions to their offerings. The new Cirrus chip-set
is based on DSP technology.

Cirrus says that, with its chip-set, modem makers can offer a
complete data-fax-voice solution in an area less than one-half
the size of a standard credit card, then provide interfaces like
a handset or headset to permit phone dialing from the computer
keyboard. The chip set supports most popular data, fax, and voice
standards, the company said. Samples will be available starting
in June at $30 each in quantities of 1,000.

(Dana Blankenhorn/19930512/Press Contact: Cirrus Logic,
Joe Fowler, 510/226-2239)


(NEWS)(IBM)(DEN)(00016)

Airline Crews Use PCs To Schedule Flights 05/12/93
AUSTIN, TEXAS, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- American Airlines
flight crews will be able to schedule the flights they work using
Dell Computer PCs in a deal between Dell and American's parent
company, AMR.

The 115,000 American employees worldwide, including 33,000
pilots and flight attendants, can purchase Dell PCs that will
ship with the necessary software and peripherals needed to
access American's automated reservation and flight operations
system, SABRE.

Until now flight crews have scheduled their flights by phoning in
on American's reservation lines or going to the airport in person.
The new program will reduce some of the workload on reservation
agents, according to Ira Gershkoff, managing director of
operations analysis at American. "As a result (of using PCs)
customers are not competing with our employees for access to
our reservation agents." American employees are able to fly at
significant discounts on their own time and use the regular
reservation lines to make those arrangements. They will also be
able to schedule those flights using their PCs.

Employees purchasing Dell PCs through the program can choose
from several Dell desktop and portable PCs. In addition to the
SABRE software, Dell is also offering pre-installation of various
software packages like Quicken, a personal financial management
program, and spreadsheet Microsoft Excel.

Gershkoff says the offer not only benefits the employee and frees
up reservation phones, but benefits the company in other ways.
"We hope to help our people become more computer literate,
which can only make them more productive, as well."

Dell said response to the program has been good, with the
company receiving more than 1,200 inquiries after the deal
was announced at American's Tulsa, Oklahoma base. A Dell
spokesperson told Newsbytes that American employees who buy
under the plan will also have access to a special technical
support line from 7am to 7pm.

(Jim Mallory/19930512/Press contact: Roger Rydell, Dell
Computer Corporation, 512-794-4100; Reader contact: Dell,
800-289-3355)


(NEWS)(BUSINESS)(DEN)(00017)

Iomega, Memorex In Marketing Agreement 05/12/93
ROY, UTAH, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) --  Iomega and Memorex
Computer Supplies have announced a marketing agreement to
sell Iomega Tape250 minicartridge drives under the Memorex
brand name through Memorex retail channels as a value-added
tape backup system.

The Memorex Tape Drive Backup System stores up to 250
megabytes (MB) of compressed computer data on a quarter-inch
minidata cartridge that uses the QIC-80 standard. The drives can
accept any extended-length minicartridge tape that meets that
standard. Iomega Tape250 drives can also read Irwin-formatted
tapes. Conforming to the QIC-80 standard means users can
exchange tapes among Memorex and other QIC-80 drives. Data
could be backed up on one machine and restored on another.

Memorex says it will package the tape drive with over $200
worth of associated products including a pre-formatted MRX2120
minicartridge tape, Norton Backup software that can be used on
DOS or Windows-based systems, and a special screwdriver to
facilitate installation. The package has a suggested retail price
of $319.

Memorex Computer Supplies, headquartered in Santa Clara,
California, markets magnetic media, PC and data processing
accessories and supplies, paper, printer ribbons, and toners.

Iomega manufactures and sells removable mass storage products
for desktop and portable computers, including its Bernoulli drives,
and has recently introduced a line of Floptical drives.

(Jim Mallory/19930512/Press contact: Linda O'Neil, Iomega
Corporation, 801-778-1000, Patti Norris, Memorex Computer
Supplies, 408-957-1454)


(NEWS)(TRENDS)(DEN)(00018)

Software Aids Epilepsy Patients 05/12/93
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- A computer
software program developed by University of Florida researchers
may soon be helping surgeons perform delicate operations on the
brains of epileptic patients with greater speed and accuracy.

According to Steven Reid, a University of Florida clinical assistant-
professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience, of the approximately
one percent of the US population that has epilepsy, as many as
360,000 suffer from frequent seizures that cannot be controlled by
medication. Some of those are candidates for surgery to remove the
area of the brain called the epileptic focus, and that's where the
software comes in.

The program, developed by Reid, electrical engineering professor
Jose Principe, and doctoral student Arando Barreto, uses a
computer in the operating room to pinpoint the epileptic focus.

According to Principe, "The electrical activity is normally
monitored with EEG (electroencephalograph), but this program
reconstructs the brain's electrical activity and presents the data
in one image."

Reid says the difference in EEG and computer monitoring is the
ease of image interpretation. "EEG readings require the neurologist
to analyze many pages of squiggly lines," he says. "There's a
tremendous simplification factor, to go from hundreds of pages
of squiggly lines to one image. It's fairly obvious where the
epileptic focus is located, whereas looking at traditional paper
readings, it's difficult to pinpoint."

Reid and Principe say they have used the software program in eight
operations on epileptics, and in each case the computer-based
system and EEG readings have agreed. However, according to Reid,
the computer analysis was more precise.

The computer data can even be sent electronically to a surgeon in
another city from where the operation is taking place, in order to
get another opinion.

Susan Thawley, prevention and education coordinator for the
University of Florida's Epilepsy Services Program, says use of
the software could also shorten pre-surgery tests, which are
exhausting for the patient and can require hospitalization for up
to two weeks in relative isolation.

The two scientists say the epileptic focus software is one element
of a larger system they are developing, called "the physician's work
station," which will use a computer in the operating room to provide
immediate access to all the patient information a surgeon might
need, from x-ray images to doctor's notes made during office visits.
Reid says computers will be commonplace in operating rooms in the
near future.

(Jim Mallory/19930512/Press contact: University of Florida,
904-392-2621)


(NEWS)(IBM)(TOR)(00019)

Delrina, Contact Software Offer Bundle 05/12/93
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Delrina and
Dallas-based Contact Software International will offer a
software bundle combining contact management and facsimile
functions.

The bundle of Delrina's WinFax Pro 3.0 and Contact Management's
Act! for Windows will be available from June 1 until July 31 at a
suggested retail price of US$623. The companies said that is
about $300 less than the cost of buying the two products
separately.

The bundle also includes a copy of Hewlett-Packard's Dashboard, a
user-interface enhancement for Microsoft Windows. WinFax Pro
comes with Cover Your Fax, a collection of 101 pre-designed fax
cover sheets that can be used from the software.

The deal only lasts until the end of July, but integration
between the two packages will remain permanently, said
Shelly Sofer, a spokesman for Delrina.

The contact database in Act! for Windows works as a standard
WinFax Pro phone book, so a user can send a letter or other
document to any contact listed in Act!, using the WinFax package,
automatically, and have the transmission logged in Act! for
Windows' contact history file.

(Grant Buckler/19930512/Press Contact: Shelly Sofer or Tim
Callan, Delrina, 416-441-3676, fax [phone]; Heidi Munin
or Greg Head, Contact Software, 214-919-9581; Public Contact:
Delrina, 800-268-6082; Contact Software, 214-919-9500)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(TOR)(00020)

US Trade Show Firms Collaborate On Mexican Expo 05/12/93
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Comdex, one of the
best-known names in computer industry trade shows worldwide,
will go to Mexico next March as Interface Group, producer of the
large American Comdex shows, teams up with another US firm,
Reed Exhibition Companies, to launch Comdex/Comexpo Mexico.

Jointly produced by Reed, of Newton, Massachusetts, and a Las
Vegas-based arm of Interface called Interface Group-Nevada,
the new show will combine Mexico's nine-year-old Comexpo and
Comexpo Telecom shows with the recognized Comdex name.

Stephen Sind, senior vice-president of Reed, said the organizers
expect "well over 400 exhibitors" to take up the approximately
14,000 square meters reserved for the event.

The show will be divided into: Comexpo, for computer users and
distributors; Comexpo Telecom, for the telecommunications
industry; and Comexpo OEM/Maquiladoras, for those interested in
sourcing, manufacturing, or distribution. Maquiladoras is a term
widely used to refer to factories in Mexico that take advantage
of low Mexican wages by doing partial manufacturing or assembly,
using raw material or components brought in from the United
States and shipping their output back to the US.

The deal shows Interface Group has been watching the progress of
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations.
This year the company is holding the first Comdex/Canada, in
Toronto July 13-15.

The only other Comdex outside the United States today is the
Comdex/Sucesu-SP event in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At various times in
the past, Interface Group has run Comdex shows in Europe and
Japan, but with limited success.

The organizers of Comdex/Comexpo cited figures from the United
States Department of Commerce saying the Mexican market for
computer products currently exceeds US$2 billion annually, with
some sectors growing at better than 20 percent per year.

(Grant Buckler/19930512/Press Contact: Stephen A. Sind, Reed
Exhibition, 617-630-2200; Robert Lively, The Interface Group,
617-449-6600; Public Contact: The Interface Group,
617-449-6600, fax [phone]; Reed Exhibition,
203-964-0000, fax [phone], or in Mexico 5-639-1750,
fax [phone])


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(TOR)(00021)

Telesat Mobile Files Bankruptcy Proposal 05/12/93
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Telesat Mobile
has filed a proposal under Canada's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
The troubled mobile-communications firm had announced its
intention to file in early April.

Company officials said then that Telesat Mobile company, which is
80-percent owned by domestic satellite carrier Telesat Canada,
needs more money to meet increased costs and has not been able to
find the financing it requires.

The proposal Telesat Mobile has filed depends on equity funding
from BCE, the holding company for Bell Canada and Northern
Telecom and Canada's largest company by revenue. It also depends
on a commitment by the federal government's Department of
Communications to help Telesat Mobile by prepaying for future
services and through other commitments.

Telesat Mobile's creditors are to vote on its proposal May 25.
The proposal also needs court approval. If it gets the go-ahead,
Telesat Mobile officials said, existing creditors can hope to
recover "substantial portions of their outstanding indebtedness."

Telesat Mobile provides mobile satellite (MSAT) technology, used
largely for communication among trucks and other moving vehicles.
The company currently uses rented satellite capacity, but has
admitted there have been transmission quality problems and it
needs the new technology to be used in its own satellite, which
is due for launch this summer.

Robert Ferchat, chairman and chief executive of Telesat Mobile,
told Newsbytes in April he hopes the problems can be resolved
quickly so the company can move ahead with launch plans.

Ferchat could not be reached for further comment by
Newsbytes' deadline.

(Grant Buckler/19930512/Press Contact: Robert Ferchat,
Telesat Mobile, 613-736-6728, ext. 2105, fax [phone])


(NEWS)(APPLE)(LON)(00022)

Apple UK Intros Applescript Developers Kit 05/12/93
UXBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Apple
Computer UK has announced the availability of the Applescript
Developer's Toolkit for the Macintosh range of computers. The
company claims that the package allows commercial software
developers to build scripting capabilities into their applications.

The idea is that program developers can "design" scripting
facilities into their packages so that third parties - other
developers, resellers, serious users and even Apple itself -
can create customized versions of the software.

According to Apple, the addition of scripting is made possible by the
"extensible foundation" of System 7, the latest incarnation of the
Mac's operating system. Apple claims that it wants to make scripting
a basic feature of the Mac and its software.

"We believe that Applescript will pave the way for the Mac to become
the platform of choice for flexible, custom solutions that meet the
needs of our customers," explained Kirk Loevner, vice president of
Apple's developer group. "Using this technology, consultants, systems
integrators and in-house developers will be able to create an
automated and customized solution using off-the-shelf applications,"
he said.

Apple claims that the introduction of scripting is nowhere near as
revolutionary as some quarters of the Mac press have been saying in
the last few months. It says that it is merely part of a multiphase
effort to integrate scripting into the Mac environment as a means
of allowing applications to interact.

The first stage in this masterplan, Apple claims, was in 1989, when
the company began working with developers to define a standard
scripting architecture. The first step was the definition of "Apple
Events," the messaging language seen in the System 7 operating
system.

Jane Burley, group product marketing head with Apple Computer UK,
said that the company has been working closely with its developers
since the release of System 7 to incorporate Applescript into their
applications.

"With the developer's toolkit, we hope to reach even more developers
with this technology. We believe developers will find that scriptable
products not only reach new users and increase a product's value, but
also position developers to take advantage of new Apple
technologies, such as voice recognition that will rely on
Applescript," she said.

The Applescript developer's Toolkit is available in the UK and
worldwide through APDA, Apple's source for development tools.
Pricing has been set at $199, or the equivalent in local currently.
A runtime kit for the Developer's Kit is also available at $30. Both
kits are available immediately.

(Steve Gold/19930512/Press & Public Contact: Apple Computer
UK - Tel: [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(LON)(00023)

Canon UK Unveils Advanced Bubblejet Printer 05/12/93
WALLINGTON, SURREY, ENGLAND, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Canon (UK) has
launched the BJ-230, which it claims is the industry's first desktop
bubblejet printer costing under UKP400, yet featuring A3 paper
handling and near laser quality at 360 dots-per-inch (DPI).

The BJ-230 has a wide paper feed to accept Z3-sized paper in portrait
format, as well as A4-sized paper in both landscape and portrait
modes. Users of Microsoft Windows and a selection of other graphical
user interfaces (GUIs) can use supplied software drivers that allow
printouts on A3 paper in a landscape format.

One interesting feature of the new printer is a reduction facility
that automatically compresses data in a wide carriage format to fit
on to A4 landscape paper. This allows 136 column spreadsheets,
drawings and plots to be squeezed onto an A4 paper printer with no
loss of quality or clarity, Canon claims.

The printer's paper feed system can accept up to 50 sheets of A3
paper or up to 100 sheets of A4 paper. Eight resident typefaces and
two printer emulations are supplied as a standard features.

As with other bubblejet printers in the Canon range, the BJ-230
comes in a vertical case, which has a small footprint. The printer,
which sells for UKP399, is available immediately.

(Steve Gold/19930512/Press & Public Contact: 071-354-4444;
Fax [phone])


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(LON)(00024)

Microsoft UK Delivers "Easy To Use" EIS System 05/12/93
WOKINGHAM, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Microsoft
UK has started shipping its EIS Pak, an add-in for Microsoft Excel
for Windows. The idea of the add-in is to provide corporate
management information services (MIS) managers and developers
with the Excel EIS Builder, a software development tool that
allows developers to rapidly create their own Windows executive
information system (EIS) applications without writing any macro
code.

The EIS Pak consists of the Excel EIS Builder, full supporting
documentation, and introduction to the EIS concept, a sample
application and a developer's guide -  for UKP79. MIcrosoft says
it has kept the price low to attract developers into buying the
kit, which is available for both PC Windows and Apple Mac
computers.

"This is a cost-effective addition to Microsoft Excel, which
revolutionizes the way individuals can access and view critical
data on the desktop," explained Oliver Roll, Microsoft's product
manager, announcing the packages.

"OT means that EIS systems, previously the province of only a
select few, can now be economically and easily created to server
individuals at every level in an organization. The product's
flexibility also means that, unlike many closed, expensive
systems, EIS systems developed using the Open EIS Pak can
easily be updated and changed as your company does," he added.

Newsbytes notes that, although the EIS applications operates in
parallel with Excel, its open architecture design means that data
in a variety of formats can easily be imported.

(Steve Gold/19930512/Press & Public Contact: Microsoft UK -
0734-270001)


(NEWS)(GENERAL)(LON)(00025)

European Airways Too Crowded, Say Airlines 05/12/93
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Several of Europe's
airlines have openly criticized the governments of Europe for
allegedly failing to deal with the ongoing problem of a lack of
airspace over the continent.

Otto Loepfe, the chairman of the Association of European Airlines
and head of Swissair, said that, although the association
acknowledges that matters are complex in Europe, and that
international cooperation, not to mention decision-making
processes are lengthy, "We must insist that what was promised
will be delivered - that the European airspace is big enough to
allow a coexistence of increased civil aviation and military
requirements," he said.

Speaking after a meeting of the AEA's 23 members in Switzerland,
Loepfe said that the transport ministers of 29 European countries
met around three years ago to discuss the problem, before deciding
on enhancing their respective country navigation systems. These
enhancements, he said, had never taken place.

As a result of what it claims is the lethargy among European
governments to do anything about the problem of airlane congestion,
the AEA is now pressuring the European Commission (EC) directly
to see whether extra competition cannot be added to the mix.

"It's obvious that competition between airports is limited and it's
also obvious that competition for various services at airports is
limited - airports are a kind of natural monopoly," Loepfe said.
"In a liberal aviation environment these monopolies deserve special
attention - competition to the extent feasible, namely in the field
of handling, and safeguards for the users if dominant positions are
unavoidable."

Even if the governments will not knuckle down on the subject of
increasing efficiency in the skies over Europe, so allowing more
flights, the AEA may still get its wishes, but not from an expected
source, Newsbytes notes. The AEA has concluded that, unless the
computer systems of Gallileo and Amadeus, the two airline and
travel computer networks are uprated to cope with the changes
in the market, the Sabre airline system, which is run by
American Airlines will take over.

This is because, Loepfe said, while Gallileo and Amadeus offer only
ticketing and flight information from members, Sabre offers
information on all world flights on an open-competition basis. This
feature, the AEA claims, is a major advantage that Sabre has over
the competition.

(Steve Gold/19930512)


(NEWS)(TELECOM)(TOR)(00026)

More On Telesat Mobile's Bankruptcy Proposal 05/12/93
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Telesat Mobile
has filed a proposal under Canada's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
The troubled mobile-communications firm had announced its
intention to file in early April.

Telesat Mobile, which is 80-percent owned by domestic satellite
carrier Telesat Canada, needs more money to meet increased costs
and has not been able to find the financing it requires.

Telesat Mobile's proposal depends on equity funding from BCE,
the holding company for Bell Canada and Northern Telecom
and Canada's largest company by revenue. It also depends on a
commitment by the federal government's Department of
Communications to help Telesat Mobile by prepaying for future
services and through other commitments.

BCE is to put C$120 million into Telesat Mobile and gain 100-
percent control. Telesat Canada would receive preferred shares in
exchange for its holdings in the company, said Robert Ferchat,
chairman and chief executive.

The Department of Communications had already agreed to put C$120
million into Telesat Mobile, Ferchat said, and C$22 million of
that has been received. Telesat Mobile is now asking the
department to spread its remaining contribution over two years
and turn over the money before the company's satellite is
launched, rather than spreading the contributions over three
years.

The proposal also depends on some creditors accepting deferred
payments or cancellation of contracts, Ferchat added.

Telesat Mobile's creditors are to vote on its proposal May 25.
The proposal also needs court approval. If it gets the go-ahead,
Telesat Mobile officials said, existing creditors can hope to
recover "substantial portions of their outstanding indebtedness."

Telesat Mobile provides mobile satellite (MSAT) technology, used
largely for communication among trucks and other moving vehicles.
The company currently uses rented satellite capacity, but has
admitted there have been transmission quality problems and it
needs the new technology to be used in its own satellite, which
is now due for launch in the fall of 1994.

(Grant Buckler/19930512/Press Contact: Robert Ferchat, Telesat
Mobile, 613-736-6728, ext. 2105, fax [phone])


(NEWS)(BUSINESS)(LAX)(00027)

 ****Cypress Exits SPARC, Sells Ross To Fujitsu 05/12/93
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Toyko, Japan-
based Fujitsu has signed a letter of intent to purchase the Ross
Technology SPARC microprocessor subsidiary from Cypress
Semiconductor for about $23 million. While Cypress says it will
help during the transition, the company has blamed losses on the
Ross Technology end and says it will not develop any more SPARC
products.

Cypress blamed in part its Ross Technology end for millions in
losses reported in 1992. T.J. Rogers, Cypress president, said
the company's second quarter in 1992 was especially difficult
and pointed to a slowdown in Ross Technology SPARC shipments
as one of the reasons for the company's declining revenues.

Fujitsu and Cypress have said they will work together on the
transition and in supporting current SPARC customers, but has
made it clear it has no further plans to develop future SPARC
products. Cypress says it plans to focus where its revenues are
increasing - in the areas of static random access memory (SRAM)
memories, programmable logic devices (PLDs), and niche product
lines.

No layoffs are planned in the transition as all 75 employees of
the San Jose, California-based Ross SPARC manufacturing arm
will become Fujitsu employees, Cypress maintains.

Fujitsu has been an on-going original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) for Sun and its SPARC-based workstations. Company
officials said Fujitsu hopes to add to its product line with
the acquisition, and specifically mentioned that it is looking
forward to adding the Ross HyperSPARC, microprocessor
product to its own offerings.

The agreement, subject to government approval, is expected to
be finalized in June of this year, the companies said.

(Linda Rohrbough/19930511/Press Contact: John Hamburger,
Cypress, tel [phone], fax [phone]; Fujitsu,
[phone])


(NEWS)(APPLE)(LAX)(00028)

 ****Stac For Mac, OS/2 To Be Intro'd Next Week 05/12/93
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Stac
Electronics, known for its data compression software on the IBM
and compatible personal computer platform has announced a
Macintosh version of its data compression software. Stacker for
Macintosh will be available beginning next week at the Spring
Comdex show in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stac claims Stacker for Macintosh offers Apple Computer users
"transparent" disk compression in the Macintosh environment, with
as much as double the disk space capacity. The company says the
product will work with Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)
drives as well as removable disk media such as Syquest drives
and magneto-optical drives.

For Macintosh users, Stac says it has made the Macintosh
product fit into the Macintosh platform, with the look and feel
of the Macintosh environment. The company claims installation
is automated and the product can be uninstalled, assuming the
user has enough disk space for the files once they are
uncompressed.

Also, Stac has added its Stacker Anywhere feature so removable
or SCSI devices with Stacker installed can be read and used by
Macintoshes without Stacker.

Stacker for Macintosh offers an autoprotect feature to check
disk integrity and repair problems; works with partitioning; will
support up to a one gigabyte (GB) uncompressed drive offering
2GB of compressed file space; provides an estimate of free space
left; and offers on-line help as well as Balloon Help for System 7.

Company officials told Newsbytes the underlying compression
technology in the Macintosh version is the same LSZ technology
the company has used on the PC platform. Stac has also licensed
the technology to Macintosh software compression maker Golden
Triangle for use in its compression product Times Two, but says
Golden Triangle had no input on Stac's Macintosh product.

Retail price of Stacker for Macintosh is $149, although Stac
says it will offer the product for an introductory price of
$74.95. A competitive upgrade for $49.95 is also being offered
to Macintosh users who are using any other data compression
product such as Times Two, Autodoubler, Disk Doubler, or
Stuffit Deluxe.

Stac is also gearing up to announce a version of its Stacker
compression product for OS/2 next week as well. However,
company officials were reluctant to comment on details
concerning the OS/2 product.

Stac is currently embroiled in a flurry of legal battling with
Microsoft, claiming Microsoft's DOS 6.0 compression feature for
the IBM PC platform, Doublespace, violates patents it holds on its
LZS technology. Microsoft has countersued Stac claiming its
product violates an earlier Microsoft patent among other charges.
What makes the battle especially interesting is both companies
admit Microsoft negotiated with Stac concerning adding the LZS
compression technology to DOS 6.0.

(Linda Rohrbough/19930512/Press Contact: Joanne Rush, Stac
Electronics, tel [phone], fax [phone])


(NEWS)(APPLE)(LAX)(00029)

Apple Newton Developer Toolkit Announced 05/12/93
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Apple
Computer's Personal Interactive Electronics (PIE) division
announced the Newton Toolkit, a suite of tools for the
development of software applications for the Newton. Apple's
first of its planned personal digital assistants (PDAs), the
Newton is a pen-based, hand-held computing device that
first announced a year ago.

The Newton Toolkit was announced at the company's Worldwide
Developer's Conference in San Jose, California. Apple describes
the Newton Toolkit as having its own programming language,
Newtonscript, as well as offering graphical layout capabilities
and built-in Newton components.

Apple says it is trying to make work on software applications
for the Newton attractive to developers by licensing its Newton
technology to a number of major corporations in an attempt to
establish Newton technology as a worldwide standard. If Apple
can make the Newton technology wide-spread enough to become
a standard, then software developers can multiply the same
effort by having their applications run on a number of PDA
devices from various sources.

Like the Newton, the Newton Toolkit is not yet available, and
no information as to when it will be available or pricing was
forthcoming from Apple. However, the company did say it would
announce pricing and availability information at a later date.

(Linda Rohrbough/19930512/Press Contact: Tricia Chan, Apple
Computer, tel [phone], fax [phone])


(NEWS)(APPLE)(LAX)(00030)

Apple/Symantec PowerPC, Bedrock Dev't Tools  05/12/93
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 MAY 12 (NB) -- Apple and
Symantec have announced the two companies will extend their
working relationship first started last year and focus on
development tools for Apple's newly announced PowerPC-based
Macintosh systems. In addition, Symantec announced Bedrock, its
cross-platform Macintosh and Microsoft Windows development kit.

The PowerPC is a reduced instruction-set computing (RISC)
architecture-based microprocessor capable of running Macintosh
applications. Computers with the new chip are expected to ship
in the first half of next year.

In order to encourage application development for the first
PowerPCs, Symantec announced programming language C++ 6.0 for
the Macintosh. Apple says Symantec's C++ will also build upon
its Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) developer's tools.
Both companies say their development tools will offer a new
environment where developers can integrate technology from a
number of sources, including third-party vendors.

Symantec also announced Bedrock, a project that it began with
Apple in June of last year. Bedrock is a compact disc-based
development kit that offers programmers the ability to
design applications for both the Macintosh and the Microsoft
Windows platforms at the same time. Symantec said Bedrock
won't be available to developers until the fourth quarter of this
year, but a limited number of Bedrock Architecture CDs are
being offered at no charge to developers who join the company's
Bedrock Partners Program.

(Linda Rohrbough/19930512/Press Contact: Cindy McCaffrey,
Apple Computer, tel [phone], fax [phone]; Jackie
Brinker, Symantec, 408-446-7490; Public Contact, Symantec,
800-441-7234; Bedrock Information Hotline, 408-446-8931)