BOCA RESEARCH ANNOUNCES NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE STAND ALONE AND MANAGED RACK
MODEMS WITH OPTIMUM BUSINESS FEATURES FOR CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTS

Boca Raton, FL April 22, 1996 - Boca Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOCI)
announced today during its Global MegaMedia Technology Conference the Boca
Pro16 Corporate Modem and the Boca Pro16 Rack System, two new high-end
modems designed specifically for large corporate environments needing
optimum business and network managed communication features. The Boca
Pro16 family offers flexibility for meeting growing configuration
requirements. Shipment of both products are anticipated to begin in June
with international versions to follow.

"These new high-end offerings round out our modem product line by providing
quality, feature-rich products for large organizations demanding optimum
flexibility in the day-to-day management of their communications
activities," said Jerry Lumpkin, vice president of product management and
marketing at Boca Research.

Boca Pro16 High-Performance Features

The Boca Pro16 Corporate Modem is a full-featured external 28.8 Kbps
data/14.4 Kbps fax modem. Ideal for demanding business applications, the
Boca Pro16 is both standard dial-up and leased-line capable, supports
synchronous and asynchronous communications, is flash ROM upgradable,
provides remote access, selectable flow control and full security features
to protect sensitive data.

The Boca Pro16 Rack System provides network management features for large
organizations requiring centralized communications. Its SNMP (Simple
Network Management Protocol) controller card has a standard serial
interface over which it runs SLIP (Serial Line Interface Protocol)
allowing network management tools to query other Boca Pro16 Rack Modems.
The rack chassis supports up to 17 V.34 modem cards, a controller card and
two power supplies. The redundancy feature ensures data is kept safe;
should a power failure occur with one of the power supplies, the other one
automatically takes over. It also features synchronous and asynchronous
data communications for dial-up or leased-line rack-mounted applications,
is flash ROM upgradable and comes with complete security features.

Corporate Information

Founded in 1985, Boca Research (NASDAQ: BOCI) is a U.S. corporation
headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with international operations and
ventures worldwide. The company designs, manufactures, markets and
supports quality, cost-effective data communications, multimedia and
networking products to facilitate the transmission and presentation of
information on personal computers and computer networks. The company
provides hardware products augmented with software for use in the
corporate, consumer and small office/home office marketplaces. Boca's
current product groups include data communications (fax/data/voice
modems); multimedia (video, telephony, sound, voice and data); networking;
video graphics; and input/output (I/O), IDE and multiport products. The
company sells its products worldwide to wholesale distributors, original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and retailers.
 
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