Farallon First to Ship Fast Ethernet NuBus Cards for Power Macs, Quadras
and Macintosh IIs

ALAMEDA, Calif., August 14, 1995 -- Farallon Computing, Inc., today
announced the availability of the industry's first Fast Ethernet NuBus
card for Power Macintosh, Quadra and Macintosh II systems. The Fast
Ethernet NuBus card is a significant addition to Farallon's line of Fast
Ethernet solutions. Farallon's card will give LocalTalk and Ethernet
customers a cost-effective and easy way to significantly increase the
performance of their LANs by providing up to 10 times the bandwidth of 10
Mbps Ethernet to support the higher volumes of network traffic in a
business or an educational environment. This product brings traditional
Farallon qualities of innovation, economy and ease-of-use to high speed
networking. The card will allow the current installed base of Macintosh
users that have machines equipped with NuBus slots, which includes over
1.5 million PowerMacs and over five million Quadras and Mac IIs, to
migrate to Fast Ethernet.

"Our mission continues to be to offer our customers easy solutions for
their networking needs, as well as great performance values," said Alan
Lefkof, president and CEO. "With the Fast EtherTX-10/100 NuBus Card, we
are bringing plug-and-play installation and high performance to our large
installed base of Mac customers."

The NuBus card is designed for customers who require more bandwidth for
network-intensive applications such as those used by engineering, graphic
art and publication workgroups, as well as publishing and pre-press
graphics companies where users need to quickly share, transfer and print
multi-megabyte color graphics files. Customers with throughput as high as
30 Mbps can take advantage of higher performance networks without
requiring extensive system upgrades. Schools, which use multimedia
applications in labs, classrooms, and media centers, will also benefit
from Fast EtherTX-10/100 to avoid traffic bottlenecks. The capability and
features of this Fast Ethernet solution provides users with an affordable
and easy-to-use method to reach faster networking speeds.

RELATIONSHIP WITH 3COM

Like the Fast EtherTX-10/100 PCI Card, which shipped in June, the Fast
EtherTX-10/100 NuBus Card incorporates 3Com Corporations Fast Ethernet
Parallel Tasking chip set. Farallon developed its relationship with 3Com
Corporation to use the Parallel Tasking chip in its own award-winning
EtherWave products. The Fast EtherTX-10/100 NuBus and PCI cards are the
only Macintosh Fast Ethernet cards based on the high-performance Parallel
Tasking 10/100 Fast Ethernet technology from 3Com, the leader in Ethernet
networking.

"We're pleased to be extending our relationship with 3Com to offer their
leading Fast Ethernet Parallel Tasking technology in our NuBus and PCI
cards to offer our customers proven, highest-performance, networking
solutions," said Ken Haase, product manager at Farallon.

PROTECTS USER INVESTMENT AND PROVIDES EASY MIGRATION

The Farallon Fast EtherTX-10/100 Card provides a seamless, cost-effective
migration from 10Base-T and LocalTalk networks to protect user
investments. The product incorporates a single auto-sensing 10/100 RJ-45
port and can operate on either a 10Base-T or 100Base-TX network for
increased user flexibility. This allows users to purchase the card today
to support their existing 10Base-T networks and continue to use the same
cards when they decide to upgrade to 100Base-TX. Users can simply unplug
the connector from the 10Base-T hub and plug it into the 100Base-TX hub.
Further, Farallon has incorporated ROM-based drivers, eliminating the need
for driver installation, to expand the product's plug and play
functionality. The Fast Ethernet NuBus Card is compatible with popular
network software and protocols including MacOS, MacTCP, MacIPX, MacSNMP,
NetWare, AppleShare and Timbuktu. Farallon's Fast Ethernet product line
will be completed in the coming months with the introduction of the Fast
Starlet 100TX/8 workgroup hub, the Fast 10/100 Bridge, and the Fast
100/100 Bridge.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Farallon's Fast EtherTX-10/100 NuBus Cards are available now at a U.S.
estimated street price of $339 per card, and are covered by a lifetime
warranty. The products can be purchased today through Farallon resellers
worldwide. In North America, customers can contact their nearest Farallon
reseller or Farallon Customer Service at telephone (510) 814-5000, fax
(510) 814-5023 or Internet info@farallon.com. Farallon customers in
Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America should contact their local
distributors. A list of Farallon distributors worldwide, as well as
complete company and product information, is available on Farallons
Internet World Wide Web server at http://www.farallon.com.

Founded in 1986, Farallon Computing, Inc. is a leading supplier of a family
of innovative, plug-and-play networking products for personal computers.
Farallon's network connectivity products currently have an installed base
of more than five million users. Farallon products are available through
distributors and resellers worldwide, as well as through OEM (original
equipment manufacturer) and licensing relationships with other computer
vendors. Headquartered in Alameda, Calif., Farallon has offices located
throughout the world.
 
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