FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 28, 1995

XXCAL's Test of Syncronys SoftRAM95

November 28, 1995:

XXCAL Testing Laboratories, an independent testing facility serving software and hardware vendors since 1982, was recently contracted by Syncronys Software to perform a product benchmark. The results of this evaluation were made public by Syncronys as per XXCAL's agreement. Included within the context of XXCAL's test results was a conclusion, offered by XXCAL on behalf of Syncronys, that "Under the Windows 3.1 and 3.11 environments, SoftRAM95 effectively doubles system RAM.". The conclusion reached was based upon specific test configurations as proffered by Syncronys for use in testing.

XXCAL wishes to clarify various issues concerning its role in the testing of SoftRAM95. These clarifying points are presented below.

  1. XXCAL Performed a specific benchmark with SoftRAM95, not a technical analysis. No technical analysis of any kind was commissioned or performed.

  2. Testing was only performed with version 2.00I under Microsoft Windows 3.1 and 3.11. No testing was performed by XXCAL under Microsoft Windows 95. XXCAL did not test v2.00. XXCAL verified that major components of versions 2.00 and 2.00I are of different dates and sizes.

  3. Syncronys specified the desired 8MB physical RAM and 4MB temporary swap file configurations under which observed results led to a conclusion of substantial utility.

  4. Based upon test results under Syncronys' configuration, XXCAL was led to a conclusion of valid utility. Specifically, when the SoftRAM95 product was enabled [on a platform with a specific RAM and swap file configuration], XXCAL engineers were able to load and utilize more applications than when SoftRAM95 was not loaded.

  5. XXCAL's test results are based upon automated and repeatable Microsoft Test scripts which function with the software applications indicated within XXCAL's final report. Within the configurations tested and indicated therein, all measured test results are thus demonstrable by XXCAL.

  6. It is not specifically XXCAL's policy to analyze or endorse the technology of software or hardware products in the course of performing relatively simple benchmark tests. In the case of SoftRAM95, XXCAL's conclusion of utility is valid only within the context of the observed test results upon specific test configurations.