White Pine Software Releases eXodus for Macintosh 6.0

 -- The First Complete X11R6 Server for MacOS
 -- The First Open Transport 1.1 Native X server

NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA (April 2, 1996) -- White Pine Software, Inc.,
today announced a major new release and immediate availability of eXodus
for Macintosh, its market leading X Window Server for Macintosh, Power
Macintosh, and other MacOS compatible computers. This new version
compliments White Pine's leadership role in X Server technology and
contains a broad range of software enhancements, many of which are focused
on delivering the most important benefits of emerging Macintosh and X
technology to the desktop user.

eXodus 6.0 is the first X server available that is Open Transport 1.1
"native" and fine tuned for Apple's MacOS System 7.5.3, both of which were
released in March. Open Transport is the new communication subsystem of
the MacOS, designed to take full advantage of the PowerPC and PCI bus
architectures predominant in current Macintosh models. "X on the Macintosh
is taking another big step forward thanks to the simultaneous availability
of Open Transport and the OT-native eXodus," states Killko Caballero,
White Pine's Chief Technology Officer.

eXodus 6.0 is also the first complete X11R6 server for MacOS. A product of
the non-profit X Consortium Inc., X11R6 is the current release of the X
protocol standard. Based on X11R6, eXodus fully implements the advances
made recently in X technology, including new font types and features, new
X extensions such as XSYNC, XTEST, and BIG-REQUESTS, and a handful of new
window management features. eXodus includes many new font sets, including
the 100dpi, Speedo, Type1, Asian, and CDE groups.

An essential element of the 6.0 release is plug-and-play seamlessness with
the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). CDE is a standard established by a
group of professionals representing most of the major Unix workstation
vendors. Its essential goal is to offer a unified desktop interface for
all Unix workstations, and potentially other computers. eXodus has been
enhanced, tested, and certified to be compliant with a variety of CDE
products including Solaris CDE, TriTeal TED, and Digital Unix CDE. "Unix
users have been waiting for good CDE-based products for a long time," says
Steve Roche, Director of Product Marketing at White Pine. "They can rest
assured that CDE compatibility will remain absolutely essential in current
and future releases of eXodus."

Another highly notable emerging technology that has been addressed in
eXodus 6.0 is Windows-vi -X. A number of products, including NTrigue from
Insignia Solutions, Inc., provide access to MS Windows applications from X
servers. eXodus has been designed to overcome certain compatibility
limitations inherent with running Windows applications on a Macintosh. The
result is that eXodus can be easily set up to connect to Windows NT hosts
that have NTrigue or similar software installed, and run sessions with one
or more Windows applications appearing seamlessly on the Mac desktop.

Further broadening its support for popular remote connectivity options,
eXodus 6.0 introduces White Pine PPP, a PPP and SLIP driver for the MacOS.
White Pine PPP has many key features and is compatible with a wide variety
of other connectivity products in addition to eXodus. With support for
SLIP, PPP, Tek Xpress and Apple Remote Access included in every package,
eXodus now offers the most comprehensive remote connectivity support of
any X server available today.

This release introduces our customers to the eXodus CD-ROM, which is
included in every package, in addition to standard diskette media. The
CD-ROM includes the basic installation package, as well as information and
tools which previously had not been feasible. In addition to extra eXodus
for Macintosh components like new font sets, the CD-ROM includes on-line
manuals, demo software including eXodus for Windows, and Adobe Acrobat
readers in English, French and German languages. The CD-ROM is built in a
"hybrid" format, and is thus usable on both Macintosh and MS Windows
systems.

For over a decade, White Pine Software has pioneered desktop connectivity
solutions for major corporations, government agencies and educational
institutions worldwide. White Pine offers a "one stop" connectivity source
- with X server and network file services, host connectivity, and Internet
applications - for distributed, multi-platform environments. White Pine is
the leader desktop and host connectivity solutions for Microsoft Windows,
Macintosh and UNIX-based platforms, and continues to provide the most
comprehensive technology for both the Internet and the Intranet. For more
information visit http://www.wpine.com or call 603-886-9050.
 
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