EO SELECTS SITKA'S MOBILE NETWORKING SOLUTION FOR NEW LINE OF PERSONAL
COMMUNICATORS 

Built-in Local Area Networking from Sitka Will Connect EO Personal
Communicators to Enterprise and Desktop Computer Resources

ALAMEDA, Calif., November 4, 1992 -- Sitka Corporation and EO, Inc.
announced today a licensing agreement that will enable the world's first
"personal communicators" to transparently share resources and information
on local area networks. Sitka's mobile networking products, PenTOPS and
PenCentral, will be bundled with EO's Personal Communicator 440 and 880,
devices that combine phone, computer, fax and electronic mail capabilities
in one mobile platform.

With Sitka's PenTOPS and PenCentral, users will extend the EO Personal
Communicator's communication and computing capabilities by having access
to all network resources, including shared files, network printers,
CD-ROM, and network applications, such as corporate databases and
groupware.

"EO has combined leading-edge technologies in microelectronics and wireless
communications to provide a revolutionary way to communicate anyplace,
anytime," said Alain Rossmann, CEO of EO, Inc. "With Sitka's mobile
networking solution, EO's personal communicators can also easily make
connections 'on the go' to local area networks and desktop computers."

Based on Sitka's cross-platform, peer-to-peer networking architecture,
PenTOPS client software was developed specifically for mobile computing
environments and is tightly integrated with easy-to-use, gesture-based
commands. PenTOPS has been ported to the EO platform and is built into the
ROM of every EO personal communicator so that users easily exploit its
network and desktop connectivity capabilities.

PenTOPS is used in conjunction with Sitka's PenCentral server software,
which allows PenTOPS clients to connect to DOS-based personal computers
via serial port or modem. With PenCentral, multiple PenTOPS clients can
make transparent connections to all drives and printers on the PenCentral
server as well as gateway connections to network resources, including
those on NetWare and LAN Manager networks. Sitka's PenTOPS and PenCentral
connectivity solutions have been adopted by leaders in the mobile
computing industry, including IBM and GO Corporation.

"There is an unfulfilled demand from travelling professionals, field
representatives and other mobile workers to better integrate their
communications and computing needs into the existing business
environment," said Deborah Triant, president and CEO of Sitka. "With
PenTOPS and PenCentral, EO's personal communicators will help mobile
professionals improve productivity while providing access to the network
resources which are crucial to today's businesses."

Sitka Corporation, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Owned Business, was founded
in 1984 and pioneered the market for cross-platform, peer-to-peer
networking products. The company markets 10NET, MacTOPS, DosTOPS, SunTOPS,
PenCentral and PenTOPS software which lets users easily share resources
among different hardware platforms and operating systems. Headquartered in
Alameda, California, Sitka's products are available in 7 languages and 42
countries worldwide.

EO, Inc., founded in 1991, designs, builds and markets personal
communicators: a new class of products which are revolutionizing
person-to-person communications. An integral part of EO's strategy is its
partnerships with AT&T, Matsushita, and Marubeni. EO's partners contribute
technical know-how and funding that is key to realizing a shared vision
that personal communicators will have as much impact on person-to-person
communications as the telephone had in the early 1900's. In addition to
EO's industrial partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufleld and Byers, a Palo Alto,
California-based venture capital firm, is an investor in the
privately-held corporation. EO employs approximately ninety people in
Mountain View and European Office in Cambridge, England.

Sitka, 950 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, CA 94501
510-769-9669;  fax: 510-769-8771

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