More Than 550 Instrument Drivers Now Available on National Instruments
InstrumentationWeb

AUSTIN, TEXAS -- MAY 1, 1996 -- National Instruments announced today its
entire library of instrument drivers for use with LabVIEW and
LabWindows/CVI software is available on the InstrumentationWeb at
http://www.natinst.com/idnet. More than 550 instrument drivers are on the
Instrument Driver Network, any of which can be downloaded for free. Users
can search the network by keyword or phrase. They can also browse all
instrument drivers categorized by vendor, by LabVIEW instrument drivers,
and by LabWindows/CVI instrument drivers. By using the site, users can
download the latest instrument driver development tools and enter requests
for new instrument drivers.

Once a user selects a particular driver, extensive information is
displayed, including: the communication interface of the instrument; the
operating system with which the driver is compatible; the version of
LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI used to create the driver, availability and
origin of the driver, and whether the driver is VXIplug&play compliant.
Those who have developed instrument drivers can upload them to the
Instrument Driver Network for review and possible inclusion on the
Network. Instrument Driver Network is available now, free of charge.

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and hardware products for PCs and workstations that scientists and
engineers worldwide use to build virtual instrumentation systems. These
systems are used for research and industrial applications, such as
automated testing, laboratory automation, advanced research, industrial
control, factory automation, physiological monitoring, numerical analysis,
and data visualization.

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company's Investor Relations Department at (512) 349-5090.

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