DATA RACE Announces OEM Agreement with EO

February 24, 1993 — DATA RACE (NASDAQ:RACE) today announced that it has an agreement with EO, Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) to be OEM supplier for the EO internal V.32bis FAX/Modem.

Under the terms of the agreement, DATA RACE has designed and is manufacturing a high-speed 14,400 bps V.32bis modem with 9,600 bps FAX send and receive capabilities. The modem, designed and developed to meet EO’s specific and unique requirements, is fully integrated into the EO 440 and 880 Personal Communicators. The EO 440 and 880 employ a pen-based interface to integrate and manage communications functions including cellular phone, FAX, e-mail, and PC connectivity. The hand-held units are equipped with AT&T’s 32-bit Hobbit RISC microprocessor and GO Corporation’s PenPoint operating system.

The DATA RACE internal modem in the EO computer is closely integrated with the internal cellular telephone in the computer. All audio signals to be sent over the cellular telephone pass through analog switching circuits on the mo-dem. The internal modem provides all of DATA RACE’s Cellular Ready features to ensure excellent throughput over the cellular telephone link for both data and facsimile. Among the Cellular Ready features DATA RACE offers are:

• Adjustable transmitter level
• Adjustable packet size (V.42 and MNP)
• Automatic fall-forward and fall-back speed switching
• Automatic link analysis and speed selection
• User-selectable modulation type
• User-selectable minimum and maximum link speeds

Stated Herb Hensley, president, “EO represents the future of mobile computing. Being an OEM supplier for a company with the profile of EO reflects our technical and product innovation capabilities. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.”

Chuck Berman, product line manager for EO stated, “DATA RACE was chosen as our OEM supplier because of their ability to design and deliver high- quality, high-speed data and FAX solutions in a small form factor.”

ABOUT DATA RACE
DATA RACE is a publicly-held leading manufacturer of high performance data communications product for portable computers. DATA RACE is also a leading provider of data/voice/FAX multiplexers which integrate data, voice and FAXes over a single link between the headquarters of an enterprise and its remote offices.

DATA RACE also manufactures internal modems for leading brands of notebook computers such as NCR Safari, Dell, Compaq, GRiD, NEC Technologies, Tandy, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, IBM and Apple.

ABOUT EO

EO, Inc., founded in 1991, designs, builds and markets personal communicators: a new class of products which will revolutionize person-to-person communications. An integral part of EO’s strategy is its partnership with AT&T, Matsushita, and Marubeni. EO’s partners contribute both technical expertise and funding. In addition, Kleiner Perkins Claufield and Byers, a Palo Alto, California-based venture firm, is an investor in the privately held corporation. EO is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and has its European Office in Cambridge, England.

NOTE: DATA RACE(R) is a registered trademark of DATA RACE, INC. All other trademarks are acknowledged.

CONTACT:
Garrick Colwell, DATA RACE, INC., 210/558-1900,
or
Alan Weinkrantz, Alan Weinkrantz and Com-pany, 210/820-3070, MCI Mail: AWEINKRANTZ,
or
Sharon Miller, Access Communications, 415/904-7070, for EO, Inc.