TestDrive Introduces New, Enhanced CD-ROM Software Super Store

TestDrive's "Try before you buy" CD-ROM includes fully-functional trials
and information on over 200 Windows software products

SANTA CLARA, CA, Aug 1, 1994 ...... TestDrive Corporation has introduced
Version 2 of its TestDrive Super Store CD-ROM, which includes
fully-functional trials and/or information on over 200 Windows software
products from leading publishers such as Borland International, Comptons
New Media, Computer Associates, Delrina, Interplay, Intuit, Lotus,
Microsoft, Novell/WordPerfect, Polaris, Sierra On-Line, Softkey, Symantec,
Time-Warner, Virgin Games and many others. New to Version 2 is an
animated, multimedia guided tour, making the Super Store easy and fun to
use, as well as hundreds of dollars in free software products for
subscribers.

The TestDrive Super Store CD-ROM represents a new approach to software
sales and distribution.

TestDrive offers users a convenient and inexpensive way to try
fully-functional programs and obtain product information, such as reviews,
awards and data sheets, enabling a full "try before you buy" experience.

After experiencing the products through trials, programs selected for
purchase are placed in an electronic shopping cart and unlocked by
obtaining a code from the TestDrive service agents.

Once unlocked, while having immediate access to the program from the
CD-ROM, customers subsequently receive a complete, shrink-wrapped package
with documentation and diskettes. The cost for the software products is
comparable or better than mail order.

"Because of TestDrives patented technology, users are able to try
fully-functional software for a pre-determined number of times, usually
three to five trials," explained Michael Conran, TestDrive's vice
president and general manager. "While we are excited about the potential
of the CD-ROM PC market, which we anticipate will grow to 20 million units
by the end of 1996, our plan is to grow with and help educate the market.
We also intend to extend our fully-functional "try before you buy"
technology into other forms of distribution, enlarging our market beyond
CD-ROM."

The TestDrive Super Store CD-ROM is published quarterly. One year's
subscription is $19.95, or a single copy retails for $9.95. The TestDrive
Super Store requires a 386SX or faster PC with CD-ROM drive, 4MB of RAM,
DOS 5.0 or higher, Windows 3.1 and 10MB of hard-disk space.

The TestDrive Super Store CD-ROM is available directly from TestDrive (User
order number: 800-788-8055), bundled with OEM products, and from a wide
range of retail establishments. Users can also access TestDrive now on
CompuServe (address: GO TESTDRIVE) and shortly on America Online.

TestDrive Corporation is in the business of alternative distribution and
sales of software and hardware products through encryption technology.
TestDrive has a U.S. patent pending covering its methodology for
encrypting fully-functional "try before you buy" software products on
digital media. Privately-funded, the company is backed by R.R. Donnelley &
Sons, Co. (Chicago, IL), the largest commercial printing company in the
world, with revenues exceeding $4 billion. For more information, contact
TestDrive Corporation, 2933 Bunker Hill Lane, Santa Clara, CA 95054.
Phone: (408) 496-0555. Fax (408) 496-6810. User order number: (800)
788-8055. CompuServe: GO TESTDRIVE.

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