NCD FIRST TO OFFER ADOBE'S DISPLAY POSTSCRIPT LEVEL 2 SYSTEM ON X
TERMINALS

DPS Lets X Terminals Run Popular Workstation Applications

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 14, 1994 -- Adobe Systems Incorporated and
Network Computing Devices, Inc. (NCD), today announced an Adobe Display
PostScript extension for NCD X terminals, a software option that brings
Display PostScript (DPS) Level 2 software to X terminals for the first
time.

The extension allows NCD's X terminals to support a wide variety of
PostScript language-based software applications that were previously
accessible only on workstations. These include professional publishing,
graphic arts, commercial and financial applications. The $200 option is
expected to be available from NCD in April.

The Display PostScript Level 2 system is a systems software component with
direct benefit to end users and software developers. End users can use
graphically-oriented applications because the DPS system can display a
combination of text and sophisticated graphics. The DPS system also allows
application developers to save time since it uses the same imaging model
for both display and printer, and a device-independent graphics code for
portability.

Judy Estrin, NCD president and CEO, said, "Our users will now be able to
bring their Display PostScript-based applications unmodified to our X
displays, which cost about half as much as workstations and are much
easier to administer. Having the Display PostScript system running locally
on the X terminal instead of on a remote host will reduce network traffic
and provide a significant performance boost, especially if the user is
doing interactive editing or image manipulation rather than just viewing
documents. We expect our users to take advantage of the Display PostScript
system for virtually any application that combines text with graphics and
images, such as newspaper and book publishing and on-line catalog
shopping."

"We are pleased to work with NCD to extend the benefits of the Display
PostScript system to X terminal users," said David Harris, director of
Adobe's Display Products Group. "Like workstation users, they can now
access the thousands of Type 1 fonts, get high-quality resolution and
device-independent graphics, and have the ability to cut and paste
graphics images between Display PostScript-based applications."

With the DPS Level 2 extension, NCD X terminal users can run key PostScript
language-based applications including Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator and
Adobe Photoshop. The extension allows access to features that were
previously available only on workstations. For example, it enables
applications such as FrameMaker to display Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
illustrations instead of a gray box place holder. Additionally, PostScript
language preview applications such as Adobe ShowPS are available to
navigate and view PostScript language documents. Other standard PostScript
language-based host-bundled applications available include Sun's Solaris
2.3 AnswerBook and DECwindows Mail from Digital Equipment Corp.

NCD X terminal users can also access the numerous PostScript language-based
custom applications developed in-house for mission-critical programs and
commonly found in industries such as aerospace, automotive,
communications, computer, education, entertainment, financial, government,
healthcare, legal, medical, oil and publishing.

Included with the Display PostScript Level 2 extension are 35 of Adobe's
Type 1 fonts. The system also gives users access to the more than 1,700
high-quality, scalable fonts in the Adobe Type Library and 14,000 Type 1
fonts available from Adobe and other type vendors.

The DPS Level 2 extension is available for the following NCD X terminals:
MCX14 (14-inch) and MCX15 (15-inch), with screen resolution of 1024 x 768
pixels; MCX17 (17-inch) and MCX19 (19-inch), with resolution of 1152 x 900
pixels; NCD17cr (17-inch) and NCD19c (19-inch), with resolution of 1280 x
1024 pixels; and NCD19g gray-scale.

Network Computing Devices, Inc., formed in February 1988, supplies X Window
System products which provide simultaneous access to networked
multi-vendor computers via workstation-style graphical user interfaces.
NCD is the leading worldwide supplier of X terminals, with a broad family
of color and monochrome X terminals in various screen sizes and
performance levels. The company's PC-X Division makes X server software
products for DOS and Microsoft Windows-based PCs, which integrate PCs into
X Window System environments. NCD is publicly traded over the counter on
the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol NCDI.

Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain
View, California. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software
products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and
communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to
major computer and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of type and
application software products. Revenue for fiscal 1993 exceeded $313
million.

Network Computing Devices Inc
350 North Bernardo Ave
Mountain View, CA 94043-5207
415-694-0670,  fax 415-961-6958

Adobe Systems Inc
1585 Charleston Rd
Mountain View, CA 94039-7900
415-961-4400,  fax 415-961-3769

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