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NCD X TERMINALS TO SUPPORT SNMP NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL

	MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, June 18, 1990 -- Network Computing Devices,
Inc. has become the first supplier of X terminals to implement and
support the industry-standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

	All NCD monochrome and color X terminals shipping beginning in August
will implement the "agent" portion of SNMP, which allows collection of
network data from the devices by an SNMP "management station."  Without
SNMP the NCD units, like other X terminals, had to be physically
accessed individually to retrieve statistics such as device identity,
function, status and performance.

	NCD Executive Vice President Judy Estrin said, "SNMP is the last
critical element required for efficient gathering of network-level
information from our products.  X terminals are inherently easier to
manage than other networked devices, such as PCs or workstations,
because they run no local operating system or applications.  And the NCD
X terminals' remote configuration capability -- which allows them to
download configuration information from a central host -- makes them
even easier than most.

	"With SNMP we've added the ability to do centralized monitoring of
network data -- which is becoming an absolute requirement in large
installations where the network administrator can't effectively visit
every unit, " she said.

	Besides providing an interface to standard SNMP data types, NCD has
taken advantage of SNMP's concept of vendor-specific extensions to add
selected "private" data types to optimize X terminal use.  Among these
are the abilities to gather X terminal memory and CPU utilization data.

	SNMP was recommended as a network management protocol standard in
February 1988 by the Department of Defense Internet Activities Board,
and has subsequently become the industry's most widely adopted open standard.


Pricing/Availability


	Beginning in August all new NCD X terminals will support SNMP as a
standard feature.  Currently free charge under NCD's software support
program, or for a fee of $50 per unit.

	Network Computing Devices, Inc., formed in February 1988, is a leading
supplier of network display stations providing users simultaneous access
to multi-vendor computers on a network via the industry-standard X
Window System.  The NCD16, NCD16e and NCD19 monochrome units, and the
NCD17c color unit, offer workstation-style multi-user interfaces for
users in the UNIX, VMS and ULTRIX operating system environments.  NCD is
privately held.

Company Contact:

Judy Estrin, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
(415) 694-0650 info@ncd.com