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Source: Kendall Bennett (KendallB@scitechsoft.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com)
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SciTech's Universal Display Driver to Be Bundled with IBM's
E-Business Solutions

Chico, California - October 11, 1999 -- SciTech Software, Inc. today
announced that IBM has licensed a special version of SciTech Display
Doctor, which will be distributed by IBM as the primary display
driver for all of IBM's OS/2 Warp based operating systems, including
the Warp Client, Workspace On Demand and Warp Server for e-business.

This marks the first time that any common PC operating system, either
desktop or server, will include a hardware accelerated, universal
display driver as part of the base operating system. Until now,
operating system vendors have had to rely on overtaxed graphics
hardware vendors to provide software driver support, resulting in
inconsistent driver quality and infrequent or non-existent updates
for the installed base of graphics hardware.

"We're proud to partner with SciTech Software, because they are a
leader in graphics device drivers," said Cheng-Fong Shih, IBM
Business Line Manager for OS/2. "OS/2, with SciTech's universal
display driver technology, will provide our customers with a timely
and stable platform for their mission critical applications,
regardless of the display hardware they choose to use."

SciTech Display Doctor provides true plug and play capability by
detecting the graphics hardware installed and configuring itself
automatically. It is not necessary for a user to determine what type
of graphics hardware they have, locate the correct driver, fumble
with install disks or use configuration utilities - it is all handled
automatically by SciTech Display Doctor. The user can even swap out a
graphics card or monitor and SciTech Display Doctor will dynamically
configure itself for the newly installed hardware. These features
make supporting IBM systems in the field much easier for IBM
customers. 

"As an IBM customer we are pleased that they are working with SciTech
to provide a universal plug and play solution for graphics
hardware.", said Andy Finkel, VP of Software at German computer
manufacturer Met@box AG, "It shows that IBM is really supporting
their customers."

As part of this agreement, SciTech and IBM are working together to
improve the OS/2 Warp platform's core "GRADD" display driver
architecture to increase graphics performance and compatibility. The
IBM PC Company, which manufactures IBM's personal computer hardware,
is also closely involved in this effort to ensure maximum
compatibility with IBM branded hardware.

"The SciTech driver technology licensed by IBM is the culmination of
years of work by SciTech. We used all of our experience with driver
development to create an architecture that is fast, scalable, and
extremely compatible," said Kendall Bennett, SciTech's Director of
Engineering.

IBM will offer SciTech Display Doctor/se for OS/2 Warp free of
charge, directly to its customers. It will be available for
downloaded from the IBM's web site and will be bundled with future
operating system updates. SciTech also markets SciTech Display Doctor
Professional for OS/2 Warp as an upgrade for users who need more
advanced display features. Fully functional trial versions of SciTech
Display Doctor Professional for OS/2 Warp and other SciTech products
are available for download at:

  http://www.scitechsoft.com/ 

SciTech products are available directly from SciTech Software by
calling (800) 486-4823 (in the U.S. and Canada) or (530) 894-8400.

About SciTech Software, Inc.
SciTech Software, Inc., a privately held firm, is the leading
supplier of PC graphics utilities, drivers, and tools for
high-performance graphics applications, including computer games.
SciTech's products help users fix graphics hardware problems and
allow software developers to achieve maximum performance from PC
graphics hardware. SciTech's products include SciTech Display Doctor,
the only universal display driver, SciTech GLDirect, an OpenGL to
Direct3D driver and SciTech MGL, the professional graphics library
used to develop some of today's most popular software programs.
SciTech products support the Windows, Linux, OS/2 Warp, DOS, QNX, and
SMX operating systems. Many major software companies and hardware
companies license portions of SciTech's technology for incorporation
in their products. 

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SciTech Display Doctor is a trademark of SciTech Software, Inc. All
other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

For more information please contact:
Tom Ryan, Director of Marketing
SciTech Software, Inc.
(530) 894-8400
tomr@scitechsoft.com
 
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