Boca Research forges ahead with Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data Products.

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 1995--Boca Research Inc. (NASDAQ:BOCI) announced Tuesday two new products featuring digital simultaneous voice and data (DSVD) capabilities.

Based on Rockwell's chip set and the DigiTalk standard, the SoundExpression 28.8SVD (Product Code SE34SVD) and V.34 Boca Office Communicator (Product Code FDV34SVD) allow users to talk and share applications simultaneously over a single analog telephone line.

The SoundExpression 28.8SVD features a 14,400bps fax and 28,800bps data modem with a voicemail system, full duplex speakerphone with echo cancellation, caller ID support and 16-bit sound card with SRS Labs' 3-D Surround Sound-all on a single PC card. The V.34 Boca Office Communicator provides a 14,400bps fax and 28,800bps data modem, a voicemail system, full duplex speakerphone with echo cancellation, and caller ID support. Both products feature easy Plug and Play installation and Windows 95 compatibility.

Calls can be initiated as data or voice and then switched to DSVD mode. Once a call is initiated, switching between modes can be done as often as necessary. One user can call another using a normal telephone; when they decide to go to DSVD mode, they simply launch a data communications software application. In switching to DSVD mode from data mode, one user picks up the phone and calls a remote user; once the remote user picks up the phone, DSVD mode is entered. From DSVD mode, if the voice users hang up, the modems go back to data only mode. Alternatively, if the communications program is exited, the call goes back to voice only mode.

"Boca Research continues its industry leadership by adding the DSVD technology to its product platforms and making it available to the marketplace at an affordable price," said Larry Steffann, Boca's vice president of operations. "PC users have the ability to do collaborative computing over a single telephone line, simultaneously using desktop conferencing applications, performing data file transfers, and interactive gaming," he added.

These new DSVD products come with software that provides everything the user needs to communicate whether it's optimizing data transfers, document conferencing, or surfing the Internet. It includes Midisoft's MediaWorks, collaborative whiteboard software products, Radish Communications' VoiceView TalkShop, VocalTec's Internet Phone, Netcom's Netcruiser, Multimedia Labs' Internet Passport, America Online, CompuServe, and GEnie. Suggested retail pricing is $449 for the SoundExpression 28.8SVD and $369 for the V.34 Boca Office Communicator. Shipments are anticipated to begin in early October.

Corporate Information

Founded in 1985, Boca Research (NASDAQ:BOCI) is a Florida corporation headquartered in Boca Raton. The company designs, manufactures, markets and supports quality, cost-effective data communications, multimedia and networking products to facilitate the transmission and presentation of information on personal computers and computer networks. The company provides hardware products augmented with software for use in the corporate, consumer and small office/home office marketplaces.

Boca's current board-level enhancement and networking product categories include: data communications (fax/data/voice modems); multimedia (video, telephony, sound, voice and data); networking; video graphics; and input/output (I/O), integrated drive electronics (IDE) and multiport products. The company sells its products worldwide to wholesale distributors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and retailers. For additional information about the company or its products, contact Boca Research at 1377 Clint Moore Road, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2722, phone: [phone] or fax: [phone]. -0-

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