POWER PEN PAL ENABLES QUICK VERTICAL APPLICATION DESIGN FOR NEC VERSAPAD

LOS ALTOS, CALIF., JULY 19 -- PEN PAL Associates today announced that
applications designed with the Power PEN PAL application development tools
will run immediately on the new NEC VersaPad family of pen tablet
computers without modification. Power PEN PAL is designed to be the
fastest, easiest way to create new pen computer applications for vertical
market use.

"The introduction of the NEC VersaPad family provides users with
high-quality, state of the art pen computing platforms," said Samuel J.
Wiegand, president, PEN PAL Associates. "And Power PEN PAL will enable
those users to design and test their applications in a matter of days. The
applications can be performing critical roles for the enterprise within a
week."

Power PEN PAL is designed for creating vertical applications such as data
collection, route accounting, medical reporting, survey taking, field
engineering, field sales and claims adjusting, by organizations in such
industries as food and beverage, medical, automotive, transportation,
mining, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, distribution, government and
education. Power PEN PAL applications are also optimized for
communications to other applications and databases, including via wireless
carriers, such as infra-red, cellular or spread spectrum channels.

There currently are scores of applications that already have been created
by value-added-resellers (VARs) and independent software vendors (ISVs)
using Power PEN PAL. These applications will run on the NEC VersaPad
computers with no modification required.

PEN PAL Associates applauded the introduction of the VersaPad line of pen
tablet computers as an important advance in the field of pen computing.
"The availability of the VersaPad family will encourage the design and
implementation of more pen computing applications, and stimulate the
roll-out larger of implementations of pen systems in a greater profusion
of organizations," said Samuel J. Wiegand.

The newest version of Power PEN PAL is Release 4.0, which began shipping in
April 1993. Release 4.0 includes many new features that enhance its power
and ease of use.

Applications designed in Power Pen Pal Release 4.0 offer broad platform
independence, since Release 4.0 supports all of the major pen computer
hardware platforms running the DOS operating system, including both the
PenDOS pen operating environment from Communication Intelligence
Corporation (CIC), Redwood Shores, Calif., and the PenRight! pen operating
environment from the PenRight! unit of GRiD Systems, Fremont, Calif.

"Release 4.0 of Power PEN PAL is designed to be the most powerful and
flexible application development environment for creating pen-based
applications independent of both platforms and operating environments,"
said Samuel J. Wiegand. "Applications developed using Power Pen Pal
Release 4.0 will run on any PenRight! or PenDOS based system, which
includes the NEC VersaPad family of pen tablet computers."

Release 4.0's support of the CIC PenDOS environment brings key advantages,
including broader handwritten character recognition, with fuller character
sets and extensive localized international character sets; compatibility
with standard off-the shelf DOS programs; and the ability to incorporate
CIC's Dynamic Signature Verification system into applications.

Users of Power Pen Pal Release 4.0 have been enthusiastic about the new
features. Pete McCoy, technical specialist for the Alabama State Auditor's
office said, "I love Release 4.0. It has more features, particularly the
ability to import existing DBF files. Power PEN PAL is a very good
product, and ease of use is its best characteristic."

Debra Ann Champ, engineer, distribution, at Monongahela Power, said, "The
Power PEN PAL 4.0 development environment with its command templates and
menus is easy to use by those without programming experience, but also
allows advanced programmers to use their programming knowledge to produce
sophisticated applications in a short period of time."

Power PEN PAL is available for $695. PEN PAL offers a special upgrade price
of $95 to users of other versions of Power PEN PAL. The PEN PAL runtime
control program has a suggested list price of $65. Quantity discount
schedules for Power PEN PAL and for the PEN PAL runtime control program
are available to both resellers and end-users directly from PEN PAL
Associates, by calling (415) 903-3850.

Power PEN PAL Release 4.0 is targeted at vertical application developers,
and is marketed through OEM, ISV and VAR channels. Based in Los Altos,
California, PEN PAL Associates, Inc. is focused on making pen computers an
important and easy-to-use tool for business productivity. PEN PAL has
developed two products for pen-based application development: Personal PEN
PAL and Power PEN PAL. The suggested list price for Personal PEN PAL is
$395.

Pen Pal Associates Inc
4970 El Camino Real, Suite 200, Los Altos, CA 94022
415-903-3850,  fax 415-961-0995

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