Computone and Capella Unveil Worldwide Distribution Agreement.

ROSWELL, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1996--

Remote Access Market Leaders Team to Offer Unsurpassed,

Robust and Economical ISP Communication Solutions

Computone Corporation (NASDAQ:CMPT), a full service provider of remote access networking solutions and Capella Worldwide, the world's independent supplier of remote access products and services to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) market, announced today that Capella has been selected as a key value added distributor of its high-performance remote access server -- the Computone IntelliServer PowerRack.

The two companies will market the PowerRack to the thousands of ISPs seeking a robust, cost-effective communications server solution.

Thomas J. Anderson, Computone's President and Chief Executive Officer, said "We're excited about our new partnership with Capella Worldwide. With Capella's outstanding position in the ISP marketplace, we can only look forward to a very productive future together. Computone's PowerRack continues to surpass competitive products by providing the lowest cost per port, greatest reliability, and the fastest speed. . .it's the world's fastest remote access server on the market today."

"Over the past 12 months, Computone has acquired a significant and growing share of the ISP remote access server market. With the new Computone/Capella business relationship, we feel the PowerRack will be ranked in the top three remote access servers sold in 1997. This performance would have been more difficult without our new partnership with Capella," Anderson said.

"As the population of Internet users has exploded and the number of ISPs has nearly quadrupled in the past two years, we've had a growing number of our more than 2,000 ISP customers ask us for a Computone solution as a replacement to their existing remote access server," said Michael Lee, President and CEO of Capella Worldwide.

Lee added, "With Computone's IntelliServer PowerRack as our flagship PPP terminal server solution, we'll offer an unbeatable price/performance solution that supports twice the number of ports, servicing twice the number of customers at the same prices they've been paying for their existing communications server. As the leading distributor to the ISP market, that's just the type of support our customers expect."

The PowerRack supplies unmatched performance with serial port bit rates up to 921.6 Kbps on all serial channels, which meets and actually exceeds the most demanding throughput requirements of analog modems and/or ISDN links. The PowerRack is expandable up to 64 serial ports and can support 64 simultaneous PPP sessions, which is optimum for Internet Service Providers and high-end corporate and Governmental Intranet applications.

IntelliServer PowerRack can be connected to a TCP/IP Ethernet LAN, or can be booted independently and operated as a standalone remote unit. The PowerRack is menu-driven and requires no special operating system device drivers. IntelliServer's standard feature list includes: ASIC circuitry, a high-performance RISC CPU, 4MB RAM, 512KB FLASH, BNC and AUI connectors, PPP, SLIP, CSLIP, RADIUS II, RIP II, SNMP MIB II, proxyarp, class string, and is Galacticom BBS compatible.

Computone Corporation designs and manufactures an extensive line of 200 - 921.6Kbps communications servers (modular and rack mount) for Ethernet TCP/IP LANs, remote access, and INTERNET connectivity; 512 - 921.6Kbps ISDN solutions, 200 - 921.6Kbps asynchronous multi-port solutions for PCI, ISA, EISA, and Micro Channel (modular and rack mount); and synchronous communications adapters for ISA and PS/2. Computone was awarded Arthur Andersen's prestigious "Fast Tech 50" award for the fourth consecutive year. Computone is located at 1100 Northmeadow Pkwy, Roswell, GA 30076. To reach Computone Sales: call 800/241-3946 or 770/475-2725, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], or visit our web site: www.computone.com .

Founded in 1992 and headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., Capella Worldwide is the world's leading distributor to the ISP market. With nearly 2,000 customers worldwide, Capella is a full service solutions provider specializing in remote access networking products and services. Capella supplies and supports cost-effective products for reliable remote network access, ISDN connectivity and secure Internet access. Additionally, Capella Technical Services, provides customized services in network design, installation and ongoing network support. Capella currently has more than 40 offices worldwide, including six service and support locations in Asia and Latin America. For more information, contact Capella headquarters at 270 14th Street, San Francisco, Calif. Phone: [phone] or 800-591-4264; Fax: [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail] or visit the Capella web site at www.capella.com .

CONTACT: Computone Corporation

Daphne Smith, 770/475-2725, Ext. 280

Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

or

Capella

Joanne Khoo, 415/276-0340

Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]