NCR Selects SystemSoft Power Management & BIOS for Pen Based Notepad Computer

September 30, 1991 — NCR Corp. Monday announced it has signed an agreement with SystemSoft Corporation to provide the Power Management and BIOS Software for NCR’s System 3125 pen based notepad computer.

The System 3125 Notepad uses the Intel386TM SL CPU and supports Windows for Pen Computing from Microsoft and PenPoint from GO Corporation, as well as NCR’s Pen OS, a pen aware version of DOS.

”SystemSoft’s products were selected by NCR for shipment on the Model 3125 Notepad based on the advanced features of their software and the quickness with which the company has responded to NCR’s requirements,” said Alok Mohan, Vice President of NCR’s Workstation Products Division. ”We look forward to continuing our close working relation-ship with SystemSoft on future projects.”

”We congratulate NCR and SystemSoft on the first commercially available notepad computer using the Intel386 SL CPU. It is an exciting product in a major new market,” said Jim Chapman, Director of Marketing for Intel’s Entry Lev-el Products Group.

”We are extremely pleased to provide our Power Management & BIOS Software to NCR. The i386 SL Microprocessor Superset is a very powerful architecture, and NCR’s pen based system design take full advantage of all of its features,” said William J. O’Connell, Vice President of Sales at SystemSoft.

SystemSoft, based in Natick, MA, is a leader in designing, developing and marketing software for battery operated laptop, notebook, pen and palmtop personal computers and offers a full range of ”clean room” developed BIOS, power management software battery monitoring and control software, and keyboard controller and scanner firmware.

NCR Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, supports and services a full line of personal workstations, deskside servers and mobile computing platforms. These products are based on industry standards and are within the framework of NCR’s Open, Cooperative Computing strategy.

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CONTACT:
NCR Corp., New York
MaryEllen O’Donohue, 212/213-7065
or
SystemSoft Corp., Massachusetts
Jonathan Joseph, 508/651-0088