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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (2879)	1/28/1998 9:22:00 AM
From: Jon Taulbee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8358

CRANBURY, N.J., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ariel Corp. (Nasdaq: ADSP) today announced it had received purchase orders totaling $2.6 million from Cabletron Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CS) under an existing OEM agreement. Under the terms of the purchase order, Cabletron will take delivery of Ariel's T1-Modem+ 56K modem boards during the next 120 days. Anthony M. Agnello, Chairman and CEO of Ariel stated, "Cabletron is known for great products and always gets high marks for customer satisfaction. We're delighted to see Ariel's modem solutions play a key role in Cabletron's remote access products. Cabletron's use of our T1-Modem product is a major endorsement of Ariel's technology by one of the industry leaders in RAS. We are committed to this OEM relationship and expect ongoing business with Cabletron into the future." Added Ariel President and COO, Brian Hoerl, "This is a part of our two-pronged approach to our RAS business. The RASCAL family is targeted at end users and is being sold through our developing VAR channel; T1-Modem+ and RASCAL variants are being sold directly to our OEMs. I am excited to see such developments in our OEM business." The T1-Modem+ is a high-density modem pool designed for remote access servers running either Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows NT or Unix. T1-Modem+ gives remote access equipment OEMs and system integrators who are, targeting Internet Service Providers and corporate Intranet MIS/IT departments up to 30 ports of digital 56-kbps or analog 33.6-kbps V.34 remote access on a single ISA card. RASCAL, and open RAS product for Windows NT Server, is the easiest RAS product available today. RASCAL provides up to 48 ports of 56K and ISDN remote access with an integrated T1/El/PRI interface and can be installed, configured, and running in less than one hour. Unlike proprietary RAS products, RASCAL is installed inside the NT server. RASCAL is available in industry-standard PCI and ISA bus versions. More on Ariel Ariel Corporation offers the industry's highest density and most cost-effective remote access data solutions for open systems platforms. The company's high-density RASCAL, T1-Modem+, and T1-Modem PC-based modem pools, which support 56-kbps, V.34+ and ISDN remote access sessions, connect to T1, E1, ISDN, and POTS lines. Ariel's remote access products target open systems servers spanning a broad range of applications including telecommuting, Internet access, Corporate Intranet and Extranet access, on-line services, transaction processing, and unified messaging. The company is also developing ADSL systems for high-speed remote access applications. For more information on Ariel products, please contact Ariel Corporation at 2540 Route 130, Cranbury, NJ 08512. Phone 609-860-2900, fax 609-860-1155. email: rascal@ariel.com. World Wide Web: www.ariel.com/rascal. Ariel, OpenRAS, and RASCAL, and T1-Modem+ are trademarks or tradenames of Ariel. All other trademarks or tradenames are the property of their prospective owners. /CONTACT: Rod Dorsey of Ariel Corporation, 609-860-2900, or rdorsey@ariel.com/