NetSoft Creates Industry Buzz:

Priced at only $39, easy-to-use BEEHIVE revolutionizes Windows-to-AS/400
communications market.

IRVINE, CA, May 29, 1996 -- NetSoft, the worldwide leader in
Windows-to-AS/400 client/server communications software, today announced
BEEHIVE, a multi-function, easy-to-use software package that redefines
industry price/performance expectations and establishes an entirely new
product category. Priced at $39, the ground-breaking software provides
seven highly-productive desktop services never before available for IBM
AS/400 computing environments.

BEEHIVE works with the industry-standard NetSoft/Router (NS/Router), making
its productivity-enhancing services available across all WAN, LAN and
twinax PC-to-AS/400 links. BEEHIVE runs on any PC equipped with NS/Router,
including those running communications software from NetSoft, IBM,
Attachmate, Andrew, WRQ, NetManage, Micro Integration, Farabi and many
others. NS/Router is bundled as part of most communications software
available for the AS/400 market, and has the largest installed base of any
AS/400-related software product.

BEEHIVE has been designed for non-technical business users, providing
features that are easy to understand and simple to use. Unlike
communications software geared for power users, BEEHIVE lets the casual
user concentrate on his business task, not on complex communications
procedures.

BEEHIVE incorporates a number of technological advancements created by
NetSoft, as well as two highly useful facilities developed by NetSoft
business partners RJS Software Systems and LinkPro. BEEHIVE services
include:

 TRANSFER BEE, a powerful service that downloads AS/400 database
 information to the PC, making it accessible through any Internet
 browser. With this service, AS/400 data is as easy to access as
 information on the Internet.

 MESSAGE BEE, a highly-intelligent service that lets the user post
 virtual notes and messages to other team members. Messages are
 discreetly posted on each team member's "cork board", which can
 be organized by each user as desired.

 CHAT BEE, an interactive service that provides for real-time
 discussions among PC users who are working on the same team or
 project.

 BANNER BEE, which lets the department head or team leader broadcast
 background messages to all team members. These "banner" messages
 scroll across the bottom of the PC screens, much like stock
 quotations on a news telecast.

 SCHEDULER BEE, which makes it easy to schedule Transfer Bee for
 unattended data transfer any time, night or day. For example,
 auser can set up his PC to automatically download the latest
 sales data from an AS/400 server every day at 12:30 while he
 is at lunch, allowing him to go right to work and be productive
 immediately upon his return.

 WINSPOOL BEE, which transfers spooled print jobs from the AS/400
 to the PC for review or incorporation into desktop applications.
 This gives the user immediate access to corporate reports, rather
 than having to wait hours or days for central reports to be printed
 and distributed. WinSpool Bee was developed by RJS Software Systems.

 POWERSYNC BEE, which synchronizes PC and LAN directories and files,
 including AS/400 Shared Folders, assuring the user that he is
 always working with the most current corporate data. This service
 was developed by LinkPro, Inc.

"BEEHIVE tools and services are extremely powerful, yet very easy to use,"
said Martin Smith, NetSoft's Midrange Product Manager. "Using advanced
AS/400 technologies, the powerful services are intuitive and fun to use.
Priced at only $39, BEEHIVE establishes a whole new product classification
of Windows-to-AS/400 software. Other communications software on the market
are priced from $200 to $400."

BEEHIVE runs under Microsoft Windows 3.1 and will be available for delivery
by July 15, 1996. To order, call toll-free 1-888-2-BEEHIVE.

NetSoft is a global leader in connectivity solutions, offering a broad
range of PC-to-AS/400 and PC-to-mainframe software products for Windows
3.X, Windows NT, Windows 95, OS/2 and DOS. The company is headquartered at
31 Technology Drive, Irvine, California 92718 USA.
 
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