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ARTISOFT'S PEER-HUB(TM) 10BASE-T HUB/CONCENTRATOR NOW
SHIPPING

Industry Standard 10BASE-T Hub Allows Bridging Between
Artisoft's 10BASE-T and Coax Ethernet Adapters


     (TUCSON, Ariz.--September 30, 1991)-- Artisoft announced

today that is has begun shipping its new Peer-Hub

concentrator which provides a complete 10BASE-T hub

connection within a PC, XT, AT or EISA computer(ISA mode

only).  Priced at $399, the Peer-Hub concentrator willwork

with any 10BASE-T network including Artisoft's LANtastic(R)

Local Area Network and Novell's NetWare(R).

     According to Jack Schoof, Artisoft President and CEO,

"With our Peer-Hub product, we've delivered the promise of

10BASE-T's ease-of-installation, management and flexiblity to

every network at a great price."

     The Peer-Hub concentrator is a complete 10BASE-T hub

residing in a host PC.  It has five external 10BASE-T ports

using modular RJ45 telephone-style jacks that can connect to

any standard 10BASE-T adapters.  Its network management

software allows the host PC to view the status of all ports,

as well as activate or disable each port individually.  Plus,

onboard EEPROM saves the complete network configuration to

memory, guarding against power outage.

     The Peer-Hub concentrator also has three special

internal connectors which have been designed to connect with

other Artisoft(TM) products.  One provides an internal

10BASE-T connection to Artisoft's AE-1/T, AE-2/T(TM) or AE-

3(TM) Ethernet adapters without using one of the five

external RJ45 ports.  Another internal connector is used to

link multiple Peer-Hub concentrators together; up to four per

PC.  The third option, with the separate purchase of an

Artisoft AUI Interface Kit, provides an internal coax

connection between the Peer-Hub concentrator and an Artisoft

AE-3 Ethernet adapter(which supports thin and thick coax in

addition to 10BASE-T connections).  Used in this manner, the

AUI Interface Kit creates a bridge between the 10BASE-T

network on the hub and a coax Ethernet segment attached to

the AE-3 Ethernet adapter.

     Artisoft develops and manufactures a full line of

hardware and software for local area network including the

LANtastic Local Area Network.  The LANtastic network is a

peer-to-peer network that allows users of IBM-compatible

computers to share programs, data and peripheral devices such

as printers, hard drives, tape backups and CD-ROMs.

     For more information about Artisoft or its product line,
contact Artisoft, Inc. at the Artisoft Campus, 691 E. River
Road, Tucson, AZ 85704. Telephone 602/293-6363. Fax 602/293-
8065.
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