DIGITAL ADDS NEW PENTIUM MODELS TO ITS STARION PC RETAIL LINE

First PC Vendor to Offer Entirely Pentium Processor-Based Retail PC Product
Line with Three-Year Warranty...

Signs Incredible Universe and Nobody Beats the Wiz...

MAYNARD, Mass. -- March 14, 1995 -- Digital Equipment Corporation today
announced that it is the first PC vendor to offer an entire Pentium
processor-based PC line, with a three-year limited warranty, in the retail
market. This latest offering reinforces Digital's commitment to deliver
the latest technology complemented by premiere service and support. With
the introduction of eight new 75MHz, 90MHz and 100MHz models in its
popular Starion line, the company also announced it has signed agreements
with Incredible Universe and Nobody Beats the Wiz, consumer electronics
superstores, to sell the Starion line. Digital's Starion models start as
low as $1999, including monitor.

The Starion line is targeted at a segment of the small office/ home office
(SOHO) retail market that Digital dubbed the tiny office/home office
(TOHO) market -- organizations and home-based businesses with five or
fewer employees, primarily in service-oriented businesses -- a market
virtually ignored by other PC vendors.

Today's announcement follows Digital's successful entry into the retail
market last November. At that time, Digital offered Starion models
exclusively through Sam's Club and CompUSA, where they have been extremely
well received.

"We are very pleased with our initial foray into the retail PC market,"
said Raymond Weadock, vice president and general manager, Americas, for
Digital's Personal Computer Business Unit. "Further expansion into
superstores makes our popular Starion PCs available to more small business
owners where they shop."

In addition to Pentium processing power, most Starion models come with a
1GB hard drive, giving users plenty of room for their favorite
applications today and in the future. A quad-speed CD-ROM drive comes
standard on all but the entry-level model, so users can run a myriad of
multimedia software, as well as music CDs. Quad-speed CD-ROM drives
improve the performance of today's popular CD-ROM titles and provide the
speed for the next generation of applications. All minitower models
include a full duplex speakerphone for hands-free telephone
conversations.

Starion products are loaded with standard features, such as 8MB RAM, 1MB
video DRAM, 14.4 data/fax modem, built-in telephone answering machine, and
16-bit stereo sound. The fax feature allows users to send and receive
faxes directly from their PC and offers quick connection to online
services. With the telephone answering machine, Starion systems act as a
message center with up to 999 private voice mailboxes.

A number of robust business applications are bundled with the Starion line,
including multimedia demos and tutorials, to help users get right down to
business, right out of the box. They include Intel ProShare, ClarisWorks,
Lotus ScreenCam, and CompuServe. In addition, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
for Workgroups, and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Windows" are
pre-loaded. The Starion line also supports the industry standard for Plug
and Play and is Microsoft Windows 95 ready.

"Our focus group research tells us that people view our Starion line as a
sport-utility PC in a world of econoboxes," said Rod Keller, director,
U.S. Consumer Market Development for Digital's PC Business Unit. "They are
rugged -- loaded with standard equipment -- built with a fuel-injected
engine -- designed with tons of cargo space -- and come with a 3
year/36,000 mile limited warranty."

The Starion 200i, Starion 400i, Starion 600i and Starion 800i PCs are
offered exclusively through Sam's Club. The Starion 300i, Starion 500i,
Starion 700i and the Starion 900i PCs are offered through CompUSA,
Incredible Universe and Nobody Beats the Wiz. Starion models range in
price from $1999, including a 14" monitor, for the Starion 200i PC to
$2999 for the Starion 800i PC. The new Starion models carry a limited
three-year warranty, with the first year onsite. Included with the systems
is an upgrade coupon for Digital's Service-in-a-Box program. Priced at
$144, the program provides one year of telephone support for more than 400
business software programs. Digital also offers remote support via modem
for quick problem resolution.

Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open client/server
solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information
systems. Digital's scalable Alpha platforms, storage, networking, software
and services, together with industry- focused solutions from business
partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global
marketplace.

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