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                                                       DATE: 06/20/93
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                        Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc.       
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                   Bus: (819)682-6670     P.O. BOX 633   
                   Fax: (819)685-0994     Aylmer Quebec. 
                   BBS: (819)685-0957     J9H-6L1        
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    *****     OFFICIAL RELEASE FROM HAMILTON TELEGRAPHICS INC.     *****
                                  JUNE, 1993

        We are  approaching  the scheduled release date  for our new BBS
    product,  which we  have named  RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 (TM).   We are not
    providing an exact date for release but we have started beta testing
    and things are going well.  We have made some changes in our company
    and in the ROBO-BOARD Pro and Plus.  Please read this letter to find
    out how these changes may affect you.

        Seth Hamilton Graphics Inc.  has  undergone  some  major changes
    since the original  ROBO-BOARD was first marketed in August of 1992.
    The most obvious is the name change,   we are  now  called  Hamilton
    TeleGraphics Inc.  This restructuring has been done in order to give
    us the  organization required  to  release  future  RoboBOARDs  more
    quickly and soundly.

    - Seth Hamilton Graphics Inc. wholly owned by  Seth A. Hamilton  has
      been disolved.
    - Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc. is a new company with shareholders.
    - Seth Hamilton is President of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc.

        In  order  to serve you better we have changed the way that Robo
    BOARDs will be marketed.   As of RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 we will no longer
    be a shareware product.  It is our opinion and the  general  opinion
    of our customers  that people would rather  pay a nominal update fee
    to receive professional support and quality,  not  possible  from  a
    small shareware company.   This is within our rights as explained in
    the  licence agreement  included  with  the  ROBO-BOARD PRO and PLUS
    series.   After much thought we  chose  to  make  this  change  as a
    balance between peoples expectations and the  financial  necessities
    of running a successful company.

    - RoboBOARD/FX 1.00 will not be a shareware product.
    - ROBO-BOARD Pro and Plus will be discontinued when  RoboBOARD/FX is
      officially released.
    - RoboBOARD/FX  is  being  rewritten  using  100%  new  code,  owned
      entirely by Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc., and will be a new product.
      Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc.  holds  trademarks  on   RoboBOARD  and
      Tel-FX; Seth Hamilton Graphics Inc. held no such trademarks.
    - People who paid and are in our database will receive  RoboBOARD/FX
      1.00 in the mail  at  no extra cost,  providing  we  have  correct
      mailing information.  They will receive the 1 to 8 line version.
    - The 5 UPDATES plan is no longer available to purchase.
    - People who purchased the  5 UPDATES plan  and are in our  database
      will receive their  5 updates  in the mail as well as RoboBOARD/FX
      1.00 at no extra cost,  providing  we  have  the  correct  mailing
      address.
    - Professional level support will begin with the official release of
      RoboBOARD/FX 1.00.
    - FREE, our high quality Tel-FX Terminal package,  for you and  your
      users to enjoy.
    - FREE, our easy to use, stand alone Tel-FX Drawing drawing package,
      for you and your users to enjoy.

        We have had  a  ROBO-BOARD BBS  sporting  a true  Graphical User
    Interface on the market since August of 1992.   We have learned much
    about Graphical Protocols, their weaknesses and strengths,  and  are
    bringing our knowledge together into what is going to be a  powerful
    and innovative new product.

    *****    Uses DOS - no expensive operating systems required    *****

    BBS        - ANSI or VGA or SVGA support
               - multinode operation
               - robust DESQview support
               - multi-language
               - bullet proof security
               - unique security tags
               - enhanced CD-ROM support
               - Fossil support
               - Digi support
               - enhanced logging
               - virus scanning
               - File manager allows for marking, copying, moving,
                 editing and deleting files.
               - forums
               - mouse driven, windowed configuration
               - sound card support
               - 5 minute installation
               - 100% configurable

    FILES      - Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem file protocols
               - super fast Database File System
               - supports popular FILES.BBS format
               - unlimited areas
               - high speed user configurable queries

    MAIL       - Hudson support
               - Full screen message editor
               - message uploads & downloads

    CHAT       - multinode chat
               - multichannel chat
               - private chat

    TEMPLATES  - 100% configurable
               - control input fields, numeric, alpha, length, colour
               - create questionaires
               - do online marketing
               - make templates to accept credit cards
               - automatically creates ANSI and Graphics version
               - write data to ASCII file or printer or both.  Allows
                 developers to integrate with BBS.

    MOUSE      - Microsoft or Compatible mouse support

    GRAPHICS   - 16 colour VGA or 256 colour SVGA or Mono VGA
               - 640 x 480 or 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 resolutions
               - real realtime vector and BIT Mapped graphics
               - realtime compression/decompression
               - adheres to industry standard Graphical User Interface
               - dragging windows, buttons, scrollers, dialogue boxes
               - realtime 24 BIT colour JPEG Photographic images.
               - display JPEGs in 256 or 16 colour modes
               - realtime lightning fast GreyPEG Photographic images
               - do cataloguing
               - do online publication

    FXphoto    - GIF management
               - Image scaling and cropping
               - conversion from GIF to JPEG
               - colour to GreyPEG conversion

    FXdraw     - create Bulletins, Art, Menus, assign buttons
               - accepts 24 bit images
               - 256 SVGA colour
               - creates 64 colour pallette in 16 colour VGA mode
               - automatic colour conversion from 256 to 16/64 colour
               - context sensitive icon driven interface
               - fast flyout menus, and pop up dialogues with scroller bars
               - polygon based, like Corel, Windows, Harvard, and
                 Postscript.
               - draw in a configurable sizeable window
               - giant to tiny Mondo fonts; stretch, flip, warp, twist,
                 & colour fill, multilanguage character set, math symbols.
               - BIT Map text, multilanguage character set.
               - morphing ellipse, stretch into any elliptical shape
               - intuitive 3 point arc
               - pop up state of the art icon editor and manager, visually
                 merge files, rotate, mirror, copy and delete
               - powerful intuitive edit mode function, pick and drag, no
                 spilled flood fills

     FXterm    - light weight yet powerful
               - point and shoot icon driven interface
               - ANSI emulation
               - auto conversion from 24 BIT colour to 256/16 colour
               - maintenance free icon management
               - no icon duplication

     Tel-FX    - the definative graphical protocol
               - easy implementation
               - 7 bit transfers
               - plain english source files, easy for developers to work
                 with.
               - compiled picture files contain only necessary data, for
                 high speed transmission
               - colour depth independent (24 BIT input).
               - resolution independent.
               - realtime high ratio compression/decompression on special
                 entities such as icons.
               - support for multiple pointer devices ie: mouse
               - independent dragging layered windows, scrollers,
                 buttons, and dialogue boxes.
               - realtime JPEG and GreyPEG support.
               - realtime icons. Icons never duplicated even if named
                 differently. Icons are not overwritten if named the
                 same but are visually different.
               - polygon vector graphics can be scaled, clipped, rotated
                 shifted, mirrored, flipped, stretched and morphed.
               - protocol designed to be portable between operating
                 systems.



        We thank you for your patience,   and understanding as we finish
    the new RoboBOARD/FX.   We will post notices  in the echoes  and  on
    support systems when  the beta boards  are up.  Above  all else  our
    intention is to bring you and your users a superior BBS package!


                                   Thank you very much.
                                   Seth Hamilton.
                                   President of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc.


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    RoboBOARD is a trademark of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc.
    Tel-FX    is a trademark of Hamilton TeleGraphics Inc.

    The features we listed,  are based on existing technology,  we  have
    developed in house.    We reserve  the  right to change,  add to, or
    remove from the RoboBOARD/FX list of features,  without notice.

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