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To: Russian Bear who wrote (11867)	10/22/1997 10:30:00 AM
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This stock was talked about on CNBC this morning as well. Looks good. Headlines Next Story UNICOMP Opens First INTO 2000/IBS Year 2000 Conversion Center In Southeast Business Wire - October 22, 1997 08:03 MARIETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1997--UNICOMP, INC. (NASDAQ: UCMP) today announced that it has opened its first Year-2000 Conversion Center, also known as a "code conversion factory" in the Southeastern U.S. Based at UniComp offices in Marietta, the Conversion Center combines the project management expertise of UK-based Information Business Systems Ltd. (IBS) with the processing speed and accuracy of the INTO 2000 tool set in order to rapidly process and repair customer RPG programs and databases. "Our INTO 2000/IBS Conversion Center opens a new, cost- effective path to Year-2000 compliance for IBM AS/400 installations," said Stephen A. Hafer, President and CEO of UniComp, Inc. "There are many AS/400 sites that want to solve their Year-2000 problem but do not want to interrupt their daily operations or commit resources to purchasing Y2K products, training personnel and managing a major project. The people at our Year-2000 Conversion Center are specialists in processing RPG programs; the work gets done correctly the first time at a reasonable cost." Specific services provided by the UniComp INTO 2000/IBS Conversion Center include: Conversion Factory Services- for off-site code analysis and reconstruction Testing Environment- where clients may run their applications for both unit testing and acceptance testing Education Services- regular classes of instruction in the use and application of the INTO 2000 tool set Professional Services- qualified professionals to define, administer or execute Year-2000 projects Product & Connectivity Support- in support of the INTO 2000 tool set The UniComp INTO 2000/IBS Conversion Center will also be additional resource for the more than 100 INTO 2000 Certified Service Providers working with companies throughout the Western Hemisphere. "We have seen consultants with major projects simply looking for a place to handle the RPG part of their project; now they have a high-quality place to go," Hafer concluded. UniComp, Inc. develops, markets and supports platform- migration, vertical market applications and payment processing systems for Windows NT and UNIX-based computer systems and point of transaction processors world-wide. The Company licenses its technology to a cross section of industries including manufacturing, distribution, transportation, public-sector, point of sale and transaction processors. Additionally, the Company provides installation, training, systems integration, support and Year 2000 services, serving a world-wide network of end user customers, dealers and distributors. UniComp employs over 350 staff world-wide and has over 30 distributors internationally, with over 30,000 installations in more than 55 countries. Please visit our world wide web site at unicomp.com for further information on UniComp. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release contain forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including timely development and market acceptance of its open systems products, upgrades to existing products, the impact of competitive products, and pricing, and the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's publicly available reports. CONTACT: UNICOMP, INC. Robert Shaver, Vice President Corporate Communication 770-424-3684 ext. 116