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VANCOUVER, CANADA - KEA Systems Ltd. announces a new product in its KEAlink
series. The series includes KEAlink LAT, KEAlink TCP/IP and KEAlink IPX,
all of which run under MS-DOS or Windows. KEA's newest product, KEAlink
NFS, will commence shipping this April.

KEAlink NFS is KEA's implementation of the TCP/IP and Network File System
protocols allowing PCs on Ethernet or Token Ring networks seamless access
to DOS applications and files on NFS servers. KEAlink is NDIS compliant
which permits users to simultaneously link to NFS servers, NDIS compliant
networks such as Microsoft LAN Manager and, with KEAlink IPX, Novell
Netware. KEAlink NFS is compatible with MS-Windows thereby providing
network access under Windows.

KEAlink TCP, licensed separately but also included in KEAlink NFS, is a PC
implementation of the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP). Used in conjunction with KEA's emulation products, KEAlink TCP
provides a full multisession terminal emulation and TCP/IP networking
solution for the PC.

KEAlink IPX provides a Netware to NDIS protocol conversion. Without losing
any functionality provided by the Novell network, the user can use other
protocols such as LAT or TCP/IP to connect to VAX or UNIX hosts. KEAlink
IPX allows Novell's Netware to run concurrently with DEC's PATHWORKS
version 4.0.

KEAlink LAT is KEA's licensed implementation of DEC's Local Area Transport
protocol (LAT). It allows KEAterm or ZSTEM to connect to a VAX via
Ethernet using the DEC LAT protocol without DECnet-DOS, PCSA, PATHWORKS,
or a terminal server. When KEAlink LAT is used in conjunction with ZSTEM
or KEAterm, multiple simultaneous sessions can be maintained.

All KEAlink products fully support NDIS. Therefore, they can be loaded
together to provide concurrent access to their respective hosts or
servers. The KEAlink IPX package also includes NDIS drivers for the Novell
Ethernet cards. Most other manufacturers provide NDIS drivers with their
Ethernet cards.

KEAlink network products are supported by KEA's VT terminal emulation
software: ZSTEM 320 and ZSTEM 340 for DOS and KEAterm 420 for Windows.
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KEAterm 420, KEA's software emulation of DEC's VT 420 terminal, has all the
VT 420's characteristics including multiple sessions, multiple pages, true
double high/double wide characters and true 132 column support. Extensions
include ISO and attribute mapped colors, VT340 block mode and local edit
and user definable keyboard mapping. Like the VT420 terminal, KEAterm 420
is downwardly compatible, emulating the VT320, VT220, VT100, and VT52
terminals.

KEAterm 420 is a true, Windows-compatible product:

∙ KEAterm allows connection to multiple VAX or UNIX applications while
running multiple PC applications at the same time, with each application
being displayed in its own window.

∙ Data can be transfered between host and PC applications using copy and
paste.

∙ KEAterm can be used as a DDE server to supply or accept data from other
applications and accept script commands to execute from other
applications; or as a DDE client to start and control other applications.

∙ Users choose from pull-down menus in English, French or German--a feature
of particular benefit to multi-national companies.

Communication and integration features beyond VT emulation include:

∙ Multi-session NET/l(INT 6B) and INT14 interfaces; Telnet interfaces for
TCP/IP including Wollongong and KEAlink; and Pathworks/LAT interface.

∙ Super Kermit and ASCII file transfer protocols.

∙ User-definable on-screen buttons to which a string of characters, VT
function, or script can be attached.

∙ BASIC-like script language with debugger. The script language includes
logical operations, variables, control structures, DDE support and reading
and setting of configuration parameters. Users can automate login
procedures and file transfer, and PC to host integration.

Registered users of KEAterm Version 1, the first VT420 emulation package
for MS-Windows, are entitled to a free upgrade to Version 2 upon release.
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KEA Systems Ltd., a Canadian software development company founded in 1975,
has been developing superior VT emulation products for over a decade.
Today KEA markets a complete line of VT terminal emulation and network
products for the PC, including KEAterm for Windows, ZSTEM 340/320 for
MS-DOS and SCO UNIX, KEAlink network connection software, and the
PowerStation VT layout keyboard for the PC.

KEA Systems Ltd. 3738 North Fraser Way, Unit 101 Burnaby, B.C. Canada VSJ
SGl Telephone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Order Desk:
1-800-663-8702

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