UniComp Announces Microsoft Windows NT Version Of UNIBOL400.

MARIETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1998--UNICOMP, INC. (NASDAQ: UCMP) today announced a new addition to its UNIBOL400 product line, Unibol400 for NT.

This new product enables IBM AS/400 applications to be easily deployed on Microsoft's Windows NT Server. Billed as the fastest growing server operating system in the world, Windows NT is expected to account for over 35% of the server market by the year 2000.

Targeted initially at IBM AS/400 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), UNIBOL400 for NT is a complete application development and execution environment mirroring the features and functionality of the AS/400. This high level of compatibility provides a very cost-effective solution by allowing the deployment of applications on both the AS/400 and NT from a single set of source code. UNIBOL400 for NT offers AS/400 ISVs a fast track approach to selling their existing AS/400 software applications to a much wider audience. UNIBOL400's state of the art architecture also allows developers the option of integrating their applications with Oracle, the leading database for Windows NT.

Commenting on the NT release program, Stephen A. Hafer, President and CEO of UniComp, said, "AS/400 ISVs will benefit from Unibol's 18 years experience in providing re-engineering solutions for Open Systems for the IBM midrange market. Even though UNIBOL400 for NT provides AS/400 applications unchanged on Windows NT, it is not simply an AS/400 clone on NT. The product offers AS/400 ISVs all the latest Microsoft technologies and is fully compatible with Microsoft's COM infrastructure. Our development team is presently working on the integration of the Java programming language, as well as full integration with the server. We are totally confident that we offer a unique solution to get AS/400 ISVs to Windows NT- quickly and cost-effectively."

UNIBOL400 for NT Controlled Release Program is scheduled to begin in December of this year, with general availability planned for Spring 1999.

One UNIBOL400 Business Partner joining the Controlled Release Program is German ISV, PK Software GmbH, who develop AS/400 software for the public sector. Having already supplied its existing software on Unix with UNIBOL400, PK Software is looking forward to being able to offer their AS/400 applications on Windows NT. Otto-Ernst Pfeiffer, Managing Director, explains the reasons for this: "In our market, as in many others, Windows NT has become the dominant force and this trend is set to continue. It is a market we no longer can afford to ignore. If we do not provide an NT solution, our customers and prospects will turn to those companies who can. Re-engineering our AS/400 applications to NT with UNIBOL400 offers us a much more viable alternative to the costly and time-consuming process of application rewriting. With UNIBOL400 on NT, we know our future is secure."

UniComp, Inc. develops, markets and supports platform-migration, vertical market applications and payment processing systems for Windows NT and UNIX-based computer systems and point of transaction processors worldwide. The Company licenses its technology to a cross section of industries including manufacturing, distribution, transportation, public-sector, point of sale and transaction processors. Additionally, the Company provides installation, training, systems integration, support and Year 2000 services, serving a worldwide network of end user customers, dealers and distributors. UniComp employs over 500 staff worldwide and has over 50 distributors internationally, with over 30,000 installations in more than 55 countries. Please visit our World Wide Web site at http://www.unicomp.com for further information.

This announcement contains forward looking statements and remarks relative to future events and financial performance which are subject to the risks and uncertainties described in reports filed from time to time with the SEC. These filings contain and identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in our forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, timely development and market acceptance of its products (and upgrades to those products), completion of UNIBOL400 for Windows NT development and its subsequent market acceptance the ability to develop new products to penetrate the POS marketplace, market pressures on its services businesses, and the impact of competitive products, pricing, and the fact that the company's software product license revenue can fluctuate from quarter to quarter as a result of various factors and conditions.