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To: Eleder2020 who wrote (19993)	1/7/1999 9:06:00 AM
From: Todd DeMelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Forefront Graphics to OEM Ancor Switch MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Forefront Graphics, Canada's largest digital video products integration company, announced today it has signed an OEM agreement with Ancor Communications, Inc., (Nasdaq: ANCR) a leading Fibre Channel switch provider, to integrate and sell the GigWorks MKII switches as part of their storage area network (SAN) solutions to the entertainment and pre-press industries. In addition to the MKII switches, Forefront's SAN solution includes RAID storage devices from Eurologic, SANergy software from Mercury, and host-bus adapters from Emulex. Forefront's SAN product offers its worldwide customers high-bandwidth data delivery specifically required for the demands of the film- and video-broadcast and production markets. According to Robert Anderson, Forefront Graphics general manager, "Our customers have historically met their data needs by loading each workstation with lots of storage. Sharing stored data among the 'storage silo' workstations has been slow and hard-to-manage. With the aggressive pricing of the MKII 8-port switch, we can now offer our customers an affordable switched SAN solution, enabling centralized, shared storage resources with lightning-speed access to Eurologic RAID devices. And because the MKII-8 is priced near a managed hub, I expect more of our customers to upgrade directly to a switched SAN. Ancor's full switch offering, including both 8- and 16- port configurations, also delivers ease-of-management, with port-by-port control." "We are pleased to partner with Forefront to deliver an integrated SAN solution to the demanding entertainment and pre-press industries," said Carla Kennedy, Ancor's vice president of marketing. "Forefront's SAN solution includes leading-edge, best-of-class products, and we are excited to be included in that list." About Ancor Communications Ancor Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANCR) provides GigWorks(TM) high-performance storage and data-intensive network solutions based on Fibre Channel technology. The company was the first to deliver a Fibre Channel switch, and the first to top the one-gigabit performance level. Ancor is a member of the Fibre Channel Association, the Storage Networking Industry Alliance, the Fibre Channel Loop Community, the ANSI Standards Committee, and the University of New Hampshire Fibre Channel Consortium to promote the advancement of Fibre Channel standards and interoperability. Information on Ancor is available on the World Wide Web at ancor.com. About Forefront Graphics Forefront Graphics is one of North America's leading distributors of digital video editing equipment and components, computer graphics and multimedia solutions, fibre-based storage-area network products, and is a North American distributor for Eurologic Systems. With over fifteen years' experience in the computer graphics and digital video marketplace, Forefront has established its reputation as a source of quality products and expertise for a wide spectrum of markets including entertainment, pre-press, government and services dealers, system integrators, and VARs throughout North America. Information on Forefront Graphics is available on the World Wide Web at forefront.com. NOTE: GigWorks(TM), ANCOR(TM) and the Ancor logo are the marks and property of Ancor Communications, Inc. For more information about Fibre Channel technology and Ancor Fibre Channel solutions, call (800) 342-7379 or access World Wide Web site ancor.com. Media, contact Mary Miller, Ancor, at (612) 932-4071 or marym@ancor.com or Aaron Pearson, Shandwick, at (612) 841-6217 or apearson@shandwick.com. Forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 are qualified by the risk factors outlined in the documents Ancor Communications, Inc. files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Ancor Communications, Inc. CO: Ancor Communications, Inc; Forefront Graphics ST: Minnesota, Canada IN: CPR SU: CON 01/07/99 08:59 EST prnewswire.com

To: Eleder2020 who wrote (19993)	1/7/1999 9:16:00 AM
From: Todd DeMelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Snippets from forefront.com With over fifteen years of experience in the computer graphics marketplace, Forefront has established it's reputation as a source of quality products and expertise for a wide spectrum of business, industry, education, government and more. As new technologies and solutions are born, Forefront is there to nurture them through their often-awkward growth into mainstream products. Forefront, through its ability to work with institutional, manufacturing and VAR partners, offers a highly skilled mechanism for implementing many of the pilot projects and prototypes required to bring a leading edge technology to market. Forefront is committed to a leading role in establishing new technologies and technological opportunities in the Canadian marketplace.

To: Eleder2020 who wrote (19993)	1/7/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: Kelly Igou	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

From looking at today's trading chart, there appear to have been some large blocks moving on a reasonably frequent basis. Not all the same size blocks (perhaps to avoid drawing attention), but regular, frequent movement...as if someone wanted to "average in" over the course of a trading day to establish a 250K share holding... Any thoughts (other than hooray for ANCR)? Does anyone out there work for an investment house who could explain how a firm would take a relatively large position in a relatively lightly traded issue without running it up?