U.S. ROBOTICS SLASHES SPORTSTER PRICING UP TO 52 PERCENT;
INCREASES PRODUCT PERFORMANCE WITH CCITT V.17 FAX 

New Pricing, Packaging, Architecture and Features Herald New Sportster
Line

SKOKIE, Ill.--March 15,1993--U.S. Robotics, Inc. today announced
dramatically reduced pricing on its Sportster fax and data modems. The
company reduced list prices on the entire product line; prices on
high-speed Sportster models were lowered 42 to 52 percent. The new pricing
is effective immediately.

"U.S. Robotics is the only company that has lowered pricing to this
extent--in some cases, we've cut prices in half," said Marshall Toplansky,
U.S. Robotics vice president of marketing. "Continuing in our history of
strong price leadership, we're boosting the overall market and stimulating
growth by making high speed modem technology accessible to a greater
number of users."

"This price reduction enables our home office, small business and
entry-level customers to move up to high speed fax and data
communications, at prices comparable to what 2400 bps modems sold for just
last year," added Toplansky. "The new prices put us in position to expand
our already solid share of this growing market, and also give our channel
partners a prime opportunity to increase their sales into this market."

New Architecture: More Efficient Design 

U.S. Robotics has redesigned the Sportster architecture to make it more
efficient, compact and cost effective. The resulting products have a
brand-new look, with a lower profile, a smaller, more streamlined case,
and the same high-caliber performance and compatibility incorporated in
all U.S. Robotics products. The modems are based on U.S.Robotics'
proprietary DSP-based data pump technology, which is also used in Courier,
Total Control and Shared Access products. Like all U.S. Robotics products,
the new Sportster modems are compliant with CCITT standards for fax and
data transmission, providing complete compatibility.

New Fax Features: V.17 and WinFax 

In addition to lowering prices, U.S. Robotics has increased fax
performance, each Sportster 14,400 fax product now incorporates CCITT
V.17/14,400 bps fax capabilities. Also, all new Sportster fax modems now
include Award-Winning WinFax LITE, a special OEM Windows fax software
package with the capabilities of WinFax Pro 2.0. Award-Winning WinFax LITE
will be bundled with all U.S. Robotics Sportster, Courier and WorldPort
fax modems.

New Pricing Effective Immediately: 

                            New         Previous        Price
Product Name             List Price    List Price     Reduction
...............................................................
Sportster 14,400 Fax      $ 299         $ 549            46 %
Sportster 14,400 Fax/PC     259           499            48
Sportster 14,400 Mac&Fax    329           599            45
Sportster 14,400            259           519            50
Sportster 14,400/PC         229           475            52
Sportster 9600 Fax          249           439            43
Sportster 9600 Fax/PC       239           409            42
Sportster 9600              229           399            43
Sportster 9600/PC           219           379            42
Sportster 2400 Fax          169           249            32
Sportster 2400 Fax/PC       159           229            31
Sportster 2400 Mac&Fax      199           329            40
Sportster 2400 V.42 bis     149           229            35
Sportster 2400 V.42 bis/PC  139           199            30
Sportster 2400              129           199            35
Sportster 2400/PC           119           179            34

The new products, in external format, are available immediately. Internal
models will ship in April.

U.S. Robotics, Inc., (NASDAQ:USRX), is a leading designer, manufacturer and
marketer of data communications systems and products. Both corporate
headquarters and manufacturing operations are based in Skokie, Illinois.
U.S. Robotics owns and operates U.S. Robotics Ltd., in Slough, England and
U.S. Robotics, s.a., in Lille, France. The company markets its products to
business, industry, government agencies and original equipment
manufacturers.

U.S. Robotics, 8100 North McCormick Blvd, Skokie, IL 60076
800-DIAL-USR;  708-982-5010

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