Aladdin Ships Major Upgrade of StuffIt Expander

Watsonville, CA (July 13, 1994) -- Aladdin Systems today began shipping
StuffIt Expander 3.5, a major upgrade to the company's award-winning
freeware product which gives Apple Macintosh users an easy way to expand
compressed files downloaded from online services. StuffIt Expander has
millions of users, since it is freely distributed and is easy to use with
its drag-and-drop functionality. Enhancements to StuffIt Expander include
improved preferences and support for "Expander Enhancer" which offers
Power Macintosh support and the ability to expand many more compression
formats, including every leading Macintosh, PC, and Internet compression
format.

StuffIt Expander 3.5 expands files from the most popular archive-based
compression formats found on the Macintosh: StuffIt and Compact Pro.
StuffIt Expander will also expand files which have been "encoded" in
BinHex and MacBinary formats, such as those commonly found on the
Internet. A user can also configure StuffIt Expander to perform periodic
checks on the contents of a specified folder (called a "Watch Folder"),
and to expand any new files that it finds. Therefore, a user can set
StuffIt Expander to expand groups of files in the background while others
are being downloaded.

"Aladdin is proud that StuffIt Expander is the definitive expansion utility
for the Macintosh," says David Schargel, President of Aladdin. "The newest
version incorporates feedback from hundreds of current users. Since
StuffIt is an industry standard, we feel that StuffIt Expander is one of
our most important products -- even if it is free!"

With version 3.5, StuffIt Expander's capabilities are enhanced when used in
conjunction with "DropStuff with Expander Enhancer," a new shareware
product available from Aladdin.  When a user installs both StuffIt
Expander and DropStuff with Expander Enhancer, StuffIt Expander will
expand files at dramatically accelerated speeds on Power Macintosh
computers (a sample StuffIt archive UnStuffs more than five times faster
on a Power Macintosh 6100/60 than on a Macintosh IIci). StuffIt Expander
also gains the ability to expand files compressed on non-Macintosh
platforms, such as IBM-PCs and Unix systems. These formats include StuffIt
(.sit), Compact Pro (.cpt), AppleLink (.pkg), ZIP (.zip), ARC (.arc), gzip
(.gz), Unix Compress (.Z), UUencode (.uu), BinHex (.hqx), and MacBinary
(.bin). StuffIt Expander will also expand several other Macintosh formats
including files compressed with StuffIt SpaceSaver, Aladdin's on-the-fly,
transparent compression software and it will also join files that were
segmented with another StuffIt product, such as StuffIt Deluxe.

DropStuff with Expander Enhancer will also empower a large number of
third-party products with the ability of Stuffing and UnStuffing. Third
party products which support DropStuff with Expander Enhancer include many
leading networking, communications, database, and utility products.

StuffIt Expander 3.5 is copyrighted, free software. It is primarily
distributed through online information services, bulletin board systems,
the Internet, user groups, and freeware/shareware collections. All Aladdin
freeware and shareware software is available from the various Aladdin
online forums, including CompuServe, America Online, AppleLink, and the
Internet. Members of the press, user group ambassadors and disk
librarians, and online sysops should contact Aladdin Systems directly to
obtain the software.

Founded in 1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc. is credited with creating the
compression standard for applications and communications for the Macintosh
platform. The company's product line includes StuffIt Deluxe and StuffIt
SpaceSaver, award-winning products which offer comprehensive solutions for
compression, translation, and archiving. Aladdin's developer tool, StuffIt
InstallerMaker, is the installer of choice for leading software
developers, network administrators, and MIS directors. Aladdin recently
branched out into the telecommunications arena with the introduction of
SITcomm, which was a finalist for the 1993 MacUser Editors' Choice Award
for Best Communications Product only three weeks after its debut.

Aladdin is one of the few remaining pioneers committed to the shareware and
freeware philosophy of software distribution and marketing. Their
commitment has helped garner millions of users worldwide. In addition,
over 1000 software developers, including Microsoft, Claris, and Apple,
have licensed Aladdin's data compression and installation technology.

Aladdin Systems, Inc.
165 Westridge Drive
Watsonville, CA 95076
ph. 408/761-6200,  fax 408/761-6206
America Online/AppleLink: ALADDIN
CompuServe: 75300,1666
eWorld/GEnie: AladdinSys
Internet: aladdin@well.sf.ca.us
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Where to Find Aladdin's Freeware and Shareware Software
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Immediately after the release of new software, it will be available on:

Internet:
   ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/leonardr/Aladdin

America Online:
   Go Keyword "Aladdin", then open StuffIt Support Library.

AppleLink:
   AppleLink Services:Third Parties:Third Parties (A-G):Aladdin
   Systems:File Library and Utilites (folder).

Shortly after the release of new software, it will be available on:

Internet:
   ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/cmp
   ftp://mac.archive.umich.edu/mac/util/compression
   ftp://mac.archive.umich.edu/mac/misc/update (updates only)

CompuServe:
   "Go Aladdin" or "Go MACCVEN", then (Library 2 + Browse +
   Download) or (Download by name - if known).

eWorld:
   Go To Shortcut "Aladdin", then click on the icon labled
   "Software", open the folder "Shareware & Freeware".

GEnie:
   MacPS RT/Library #1 (M606;3 - Library 1).

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