Press Release

POWERLAN USA ANNOUNCES NEW VERSIONS OF WEBTERM WEB-TO-HOST AND 5PM TERM TERMINAL EMULATION CLIENT SOFTWARE FOR MICROSOFT’S WINDOWS AND APPLE’S MAC OS.

WebTerm 1.5.1 and 5PM Term 3.5.1 brings powerful and easy to use and deploy terminal emulators into the Powerlan family of products and services.

NASHUA, New Hampshire, October 17, 2000, -- Powerlan USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Powerlan Ltd. (ASX: PWR), announced today that its Connectivity Products Division has released two new updates to its suite of powerful and easy to deploy terminal emulation software for both Microsoft Windows^® and Apple Mac^®OS “This brings two great products into the family of Powerlan’s suite of services, products, and technologies, giving our customers the best choices for their technology needs.” States Steve Roche, Chief Technology Officer of Powerlan USA.

“WebTerm is the pioneer of Web to Host emulation beginning back in 1996. Because it is 100% ‘native’ software for both Windows and Macintosh, WebTerm is more stable and responsive than other ‘thin’ products. It is versatile and customizable with JavaScript, ActiveX, and built-in macro capabilities, and a faster performing Web-to-host solution than Java based solutions. WebTerm is the only 'thin' client to support all popular web browsers, terminal emulation families, and desktop operating systems – including all Windows and Mac OS releases, giving unparalleled cross platform capabilities. 

“5PM Term™ is a very solid, feature rich, and reliable terminal emulator for Mac OS. 5PM Term provides leading edge terminal emulation to end users and IT managers alike, across the globe. 5PM Term connects users via TN5250, TN3270, and VT420 emulations to IBM mainframe, AS/400, UNIX, and VMS legacy host systems, bringing our users powerful legacy host computing to the Macintosh desktop efficiently and seamlessly”, says Powerlan USA Product Manager Kevin McCormick.

Pricing and Availability

Both products are available immediately electronically at www.powerlan-usa.com or from your nearest reseller or distributor. Site and enterprise licensing for both are available for large deployments of 25 units or more. Companies with an alternative emulation product installed currently can take advantage of special competitive upgrade pricing by calling 1.603.880.9118 in the Americas, or +61.2.9490.6360 for international sales, or emailing info@powerlan-usa.com or sales@powerlan-usa.com.

About Powerlan USA Inc.

Powerlan USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Powerlan Limited, is committed to the advancement of the eXodus, WebTerm, WebTerm X, and 5PM products (previously marketed by White Pine Software, Inc.).  Powerlan USA can be reached on the web at www.powerlan-usa.com, or by telephone at 1.603.880.9118 or by email at info@powerlan-usa.com 

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