EXABYTE SHIPS LOW-COST TAPE BACKUP SYSTEM FOR PC MARKET

Award-winning Exabyte 1500 now available through U.S. and European
distribution channels

BOULDER, Colo., June 19, 1995 -- Exabyte Corp. (NASDAQ: EXBT) today
announced that its floppy-based DC2000 minicartridge tape drive, the
EXABYTE 1500, is now available in the U.S. through major distribution
channels and in Europe through select distributors. The EXABYTE 1500,
which won PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award and was designated a "Best
Buy" by PC World, is a low-cost, turnkey, plug-and-play storage solution
for stand-alone desktop or client-based PC users. Because it supports two
QIC recording standards, QIC-3010 and QIC-3020, the EXABYTE 1500 fits a
range of storage requirements and provides an upgrade path as those
requirements grow.

Exabyte's Ernie Wassmann, vice president of marketing, said, "The EXABYTE
1500 offers the desktop user a complete storage solution that is easy to
use, very reliable and grows with his or her capacity demands. The drive
comes packaged with everything necessary to be completely operational --
software, accelerator card, cables, preformatted media and user manuals."
The EXABYTE 1500's suggested list price is $399 [U.S.].

In QIC-3010 mode, the EXABYTE 1500 stores 340 megabytes of data (native).
In QIC-3020 mode, native capacity is 680 megabytes. Through software data
compression, which on average doubles capacity, the EXABYTE 1500 achieves
680 megabytes of storage capacity in QIC-3010 mode and 1,360 megabytes in
QIC-3020 mode. Though transfer rate is typically dependent upon the host
system, by installing the 2-megabit-per-second accelerator card included
with the EXABYTE 1500, data transfer rate is accelerated up to 9.3
megabytes per minute, the maximum floppy-interface speed.

The 5.25-inch half-high EXABYTE 1500 minicartridge drive comes with DOS and
Windows backup software and manual, an accelerator card, cables, an
operator's manual and pre-formatted media -- an EXATAPE MC3000XL Mini Data
Cartridge. All is packaged in an attractive retail package, designed to be
sold in retail outlets that carry computer supplies.

New EXATAPE Media Available for New Drive

The EXATAPE MC3000XL Mini Data Cartridge, available both with the EXABYTE
1500 and separately, is a preformatted minicartridge that, when used with
Exabyte's EXB-1500 Quarter-Inch Tape Drive, provides 680 megabytes of
native data storage capacity. The MC3000XL, a 400-foot 900 oersted gamma
ferric oxide media, is available pre-formatted to save users 4.5 to five
hours of formatting time. The pre-formatting process maps around any small
defect areas of the tape, ensuring data integrity. Data integrity is
further ensured by a smooth-surfaced, single-reference stippled aluminum
baseplate, a surface-textured elastomeric endless loop belt,
self-centering and anti-static belt guide rollers and a high-durability
polycarbonate case.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colo., Exabyte Corp. designs, manufactures and
markets a full range of tape storage products: 8mm, 4mm and quarter-inch
minicartridge tape drives, tape libraries and recording media. Exabyte is
the world's largest independent manufacturer focused solely on tape
storage products, which it ships to original equipment manufacturers,
value-added resellers and distributors.

Exabyte Corp
1685 38th St
Boulder, CO 80301
303-442-4333, 1-800-EXABYTE,  fax 303-447-7170
Europe: 31-30-548890
Asia:   65-271-6331

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