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            {Contact
            {Joe Waldygo, Director of Marketing and PR
            {Voice: 602/690-3215
            {FAX: 602/293-8065
            {or
            {Bob Fitzpatrick, Investor Relations
            {Voice: 602/690-3558
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            ARTISOFT INC. ANNOUNCES LETTER OF INTENT
            WITH PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. FOR
            ACQUISITION AND MERGER

            (TUCSON, AZ  --  April  20, 1992)  --  Artisoft,  Inc.,  the
            Tucson-based developer and manufacturer of the award-winning
            LANtastic Local Area  Network, today announced  that it  has
            signed a letter of intent with Performance Technology,  Inc.
            to acquire  Performance Technology  in a  statutory  merger.
            Performance Technology will be maintained as a wholly  owned
            subsidiary of Artisoft.  Under the  terms of  the letter  of
            intent,  the  shareholders  and  stock  option  holders   of
            Performance  Technology  will  receive  300,000  shares   of
            Artisoft common stock in exchange for their interest in
            Performance Technology.

            Performance Technology, a San Antonio, Texas, privately held
            company, is the  developer and manufacturer  of such  award-
            winning networking products as  POWERfusion, linking PCs  to
            UNIX processors, POWERsave, an archival system for networks,
            and POWERLan(R), which provides PC networking compliant with
            IBM(R) and  Microsoft(R)  networking products,  as  well  as
            X/Open  and   OSF/DCE   SMB   recommendations.   Performance
            Technology's POWERbridge is used  worldwide to provide  wide
            area networking for NetBIOS LANs  such as the Microsoft  LAN
            Manager  and  IBM  LAN  Server  as  well  as  POWERLan   and
            LANtastic(R) networks.

            Artisoft develops and manufactures  a full line of  hardware
            and software for local area networks including the LANtastic
            Local Area Network. The  LANtastic network is recognized  as
            the leading DOS-based peer-to-peer network and has won  over
            20 major industry awards for its cost-effective features,
            performance, and ease of use. It  allows up to 300 users  of
            IBM-compatible computers  to connect  and share  information
            and peripheral devices such as printers, hard drives and CD-
            ROMs.

            Performance   Technology's   POWERfusion    DOS   to    UNIX
            connectivity received PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award in
            1991 and  the Best  of LAN  Times 1992  award. POWERLan  and
            LANtastic are co-winners of the PC Magazine Editors'  Choice
            award for both  1991 and  1992. POWERLan  also received  the
            BYTE Magazine  Award  of  Distinction  for  1991.  POWERsave
            received LAN  Times'  Recommended for  Networking  Award  in
            1991.

            The consummation of the  transaction is subject to  approval
            by the Board of Directors of  Artisoft as well as the  Board
            of Directors and shareholders of Performance Technology, and
            other conditions.

            For more  information about  Artisoft or  its product  line,
            contact Artisoft,  Inc. at  691 E.  River Road,  Tucson,  AZ
            85704. Sales 800/TINY RAM. Fax 602/293-8065.
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