AIMTECH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES ICONAUTHOR 5.0 FOR WINDOWS

NASHUA, N.H., December 7, 1992 -- AimTech Corporation today announced
IconAuthor 5.0, a major upgrade to its interactive multimedia authoring
software for Windows. The new version features a new Smart Object Editor,
OLE support, enhanced DLL support, extensive digital video support, and a
new graphical debugger.

IconAuthor is a full-featured authoring tool that allows professional
multimedia developers to create advanced, interactive applications
combining text, graphics, animation, full-motion analog and digital video,
and audio. Its icon-based, visual programming environment allows the
non-programmer to create applications for computer-based training,
self-service terminals, performance support systems, simulations, and
interactive business presentations. IconAuthor is the only full-featured
multimedia authoring software available for Windows, Modular Windows, UNIX
platforms running OSF/Motif, and VMS environments.

"IconAuthor 5.0 is a leap forward in authoring technology," said Usman
Ismail, AimTech's president and CEO. "As computer-based training and
multimedia have moved into mainstream computing, our customers have begun
to develop a new generation of applications. We've worked closely with
them to provide the most advanced, complete tool to meet their authoring
needs."

IconAuthor 5.0 includes a new Smart Object Editor which replaces the
current IconAuthor Smart Text editor. With the Smart Object Editor, users
can easily create objects such as Windows buttons, list boxes, radio
buttons, and check boxes that can be combined to create applications with
a Windows user interface, in addition to text and graphic objects. Objects
created in the Smart Object Editor remain "live" in IconAuthor 5.0,
enabling users to create active areas in their application that can be
manipulated simultaneously at run-time.

IconAuthor 5.0 supports ASCII and RTF (rich text format) files, allowing
users to import text from popular word processors directly into the Smart
Object Editor. In addition, IconAuthor text objects support PenWindows for
user input.

IconAuthor 5.0 is an OLE (object linking and embedding) client which allows
users to link and embed objects into any graphic display. OLE extends
IconAuthor's interprocess communications and provides support for OLE
sound and video implementations, such as Compaq's multimedia PC and
Microsoft's Video for Windows.

Support for Intel's DVI and Indeo, Microsoft's Video for Windows, and
Fluent's Fluency product family will provide IconAuthor 5.0 users with the
most advanced support for all available digital video, locally or over a
network. Expanded DLL (dynamic link library) capabilities which provide
easy support for Windows-compliant DLLs; a new graphic debugger, IAScope,
which allows users to visually walk through their application and trace
problems.

IconAuthor 5.0 includes editors for creating graphics, text/objects, video,
and animation; attendance at a four-day training course; and one year of
technical support. Priced at $4,995, IconAuthor is available immediately
direct from AimTech Corporation. Discounts are available for educators,
course developers and resellers. Existing customers can receive an upgrade
to IconAuthor 5.0 for $350 when purchased before March 1, or $500 when
purchased after March 1.

IconAuthor 5.0 requires a 386 processor, 1 Mbyte of RAM for 16 color
graphics or 2 Mbytes of RAM for 256 color graphics, a hard disk, a CGA,
EGA, VGA or Super VGA graphics board, a mouse, MS-DOS 3.1 or higher, and
Microsoft Windows 3.0 or higher.

AimTech Corporation, a privately held company with offices in Nashua, N.H.,
Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London, England, develops and markets
multi-platform software products for creating interactive multimedia
applications.

AimTech Corp, 20 Trafalgar Square, Nashua, MA 03063-1973
603-883-0220;  800-289-2884;  fax: 603-883-5582

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