APPLE COMPUTER LICENSES FORE SYSTEMS' FORETHOUGHT CODE

Pittsburgh, PA- January 8, 1996 - FORE Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:FORE), a
worldwide leader in networking products based on asynchronous transfer
mode (ATM) technology, today announced that Apple Computer has become a
licensee of ForeThought code under the ForeThought Partners University and
Research program.

"Apple recognizes that a key segment of our customers use Macintosh
computers in multimedia environments, requiring effective transmission of
voice, video and data. The development of technology such as the Power Mac
and Open Transport now gives our customers the opportunity to take full
advantage of the performance available only with ATM," said David Singer,
ATM development manager, Apple Computer, Inc. "We have been working with
FORE Systems for the past several years and have now licensed the
ForeThought code to enable the best possible implementation of ATM
solutions for our customers."

"We are extremely pleased to add a leading computer vendor such as Apple to
the ForeThought Partner family," said George Prodan, director of
marketing, adapters, of FORE Systems. "The combination of Apple's leading
technology with advanced ForeThought ATM Internetworking Software will
result in the best possible ATM solution for Macintosh users."

FORETHOUGHT PARTNERS PROGRAM

Announced in September 1994, the ForeThought Partners program now includes
over 35 leading networking and software vendors, as well as nearly 100
university and research partners. The program was developed to accelerate
the deployment of ATM technology and ensure maximum interoperability for
end-users. A number of ForeThought Partners have developed and released
products containing FORE-based ATM technology as a direct result of the
program.

FORETHOUGHT INTERNETWORKING SOFTWARE

ForeThought Internetworking Software is an integrated suite of intelligent
software components delivering high performance, transparent ATM
internetworking. ForeThought includes both standards-based and value-added
features. Standards compliant features include UNI 3.0 signaling and ILMI,
Classical IP-over-ATM (RFCs 1483 & 1577), SVCs, and LAN Emulation 1.0.
Enhanced capabilities offered by ForeThought software include ForeThought
Private Network to Network Interface (for scalable networks) and Smart
Permanent Virtual Circuits (for easy configuration of permanent virtual
circuits).
 
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