TECHNOLOGY - Dec. 1, 1994

Computer Makers Form Alliance: Promising to make communicating with computers even easier, International Business Machines Corp., Apple Computer Inc., AT&T; Corp. and Germany’s Siemens said they will standardize the transmission of voice and data across computers and telephone lines. The alliance, called Versit, will create a worldwide standard to make it easier to send data over phone lines from portable computers. The Versit specifications will be set out this year and next in the areas of voice, video, data and networking, the companies said. The standards will help people using devices from different manufacturers exchange voice, data, images and video. The agreement includes products ranging from telephones to computers to personal digital assistants.