For further information contact:

Karen Thibodeau or
Brad Playford
714-545-6442

FOR RELEASE THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY 1, 1990


    SANTA ANA, CA -- V-Systems, Inc. announces the introduction
of INTERFAX (tm), a hardware and software system that allows
UNIX computers to send to and receive facsimile transmissions
from virtually any fax machine in the world.

    INTERFAX comes with an SX-200 external fax modem and system
software.  The SX-200 uses a standard RS-232 interface and
converts ASCII text to fax image in the modem instead of the
central processing unit.  This means less workload on the
processor and less traffic across the bus.  The SX-200 also
handles Epson-like printer control codes for bold, italic,
expanded, underline, and compressed printing.

    "Our design goal was to provide a full-featured, consistent
applications interface that would span multiple fax technologies
and hardware platforms," said Karen W. Thibodeau,  president of
V-Systems.  "INTERFAX was developed with an eye toward the needs
of today's systems integrators."

    The INTERFAX system software spools outgoing fax
transmissions so that requests are handled in an orderly manner.
INTERFAX accepts the requests, makes the connection with the
receiving fax machine and logs the transmission.  If the
receiving fax machine is busy, INTERFAX will automatically retry
at a later time.  If the connection can not be made, INTERFAX
will notify the user via Electronic Mail.  Requests can
also be scheduled to go out late at night when telephone rates
are lower.

    Another feature of INTERFAX is the improved quality of
outgoing transmissions.  Since the initial scanning process used
in conventional faxes is eliminated, faxes come out clear and
crisp.  INTERFAX can also send out image files that have been
previously faxed in.  Product brochures, technical diagrams,
graphs, etc., can be stored in your computer and faxed
out with a few keystrokes.

    "As soon as I saw what INTERFAX could do, a dozen
applications came to mind," said Jerry Reiff, director of
information systems for The Rutter Group, a large legal
publishing firm.  "We will use INTERFAX to provide immediate
fulfillments from our telemarketing system,  for order
confirmations from our accounting system, and potentially with a
voice response system so our customers can phone in requests and
have literature faxed back automatically."

    INTERFAX comes with INTERFAX MEMO, a fax submission form for
creating quick faxes with pre-formatted cover sheets.  With
INTERFAX MEMO, users maintain a database of fax numbers that can
be accessed easily through aliases.  INTERFAX PREVIEW, an
optional module for viewing fax images on a VGA/EGA monitor will
be available mid-March.

   "There's no question that communications have changed
dramatically in recent years," said Thibodeau.  "Think about how
many offices in the world have at least one fax machine.  Now
imagine all of those faxes acting as printers connected to your
computer -- that's the real power of INTERFAX."

   INTERFAX is initially available on the AT&T 6386 Work Group
Systems and 3B2 Mini-Computers running UNIX System V Release 3.
Support for other UNIX platforms is anticipated in the first
half of 1990.  Price varies with machine class starting at $1,595
for the AT&T 6386/16 WGS machines.

INTERFAX, INTERFAX MEMO and INTERFAX Preview are trademarks of V-
Systems, Inc.

UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.