KFest: Syndicomm Becomes Exclusive Distributor of Byte Works and APDA Products

[sheppy@syndicomm.com]

SYNDICOMM BECOMES EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR OF BYTE WORKS AND APDA PRODUCTS

July 26, 2001--Today Syndicomm announced that it has signed an  agreement with
the Byte Works to become the exclusive  distributor of the entire Byte Works
Apple II-related product  line, as well as the APDA products Byte Works
distributes under  license from Apple.

Mike Westerfield of the Byte Works will continue to monitor  Apple II sites and
provide informal technical support.  He will  also continue to answer technical
questions by e-mail, time  permitting.  In addition, he asks that bug reports
and feature  requests continue to be sent to him.  Although there are no  plans
for updates in the future, he would like to stay aware of bugs in case  an
update becomes appropriate at some point in the future.

"I'm delighted that all of our Apple II products will be available for years 
to come," said Mike Westerfield. "Our business has been changing from 
publishing to development for years, making it increasingly difficult for us 
to provide topnotch support for retail sales. That's something Syndicomm can 
continue to do."

Eric Shepherd, owner of Syndicomm, added, "Syndicomm is excited  to add the
Byte Works' products to our rapidly growing lineup.   And the APDA products
will round out our already substantial  license to distribute Apple software. 
Our goal is to become a  one-stop shop for Apple II users."

Many of these products will be sold with new pricing, to be  announced at the
beginning of August.

ABOUT THE BYTE WORKS

The Byte Works started as a software development company, creating languages 
for sale through software publishing companies. It morphed into a publishing 
company in the heyday of the Apple II and Apple IIGS, publishing the most 
widely used software development tools for the Apple IIGS. 

The Byte Works continues to develop software, especially computer languages. 
It has now completed a transition to its roots, developing software for sale 
by established software publishing companies. With Pascal and C compilers, 
BASIC and Logo interpreters, an assembler, linker, several editors, and a 
spelling checker available for porting and licensing, the Byte Works  continues
to be a significant force in the software development world.

ABOUT SYNDICOMM

Syndicomm provides Syndicomm Online, a new online service for  the best of us. 
Currently available only by telnet, a World  Wide Web accessible interface will
be available soon.  In  addition, Syndicomm publishes and distributes software
for  classic computers.  Syndicomm is located in Tracy, California.

PRESS CONTACT

Eric Shepherd - sheppy@syndicomm.com