DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA SHIPS TELECOMMANDER 2500XL

COMPANY'S FIRST COMPUTER TELEPHONY PRODUCT FOR SOHO MARKET

TELECOMMANDER 2500XL FEATURES ADVANCED VOICE MAIL FUNCTIONS, INTERNET
PHONE

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17, 1995 -- Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
DIMD) is now shipping TeleCommander 2500XL, the company's first
fully-integrated audio/telephony product for the small office/home office
(SOHO) marketplace. The new TeleCommander 2500XL features full audio, fax
and modem functions, including voicemail software that allows anyone to
present a professional, corporate image from their home or small office,
for a $249 estimated retail price.

TeleCommander 2500XL is the first product of its kind to include VocalTec's
Internet Phone audio-compression software that allows users to make phone
calls via the Internet, anywhere around the world, without paying long
distance phone charges. Also included with TeleCommander 2500XL is
Day-Timer Organizer software which gives users a personal organizer with a
phone book right at their fingertips; Thought Communication's FaxTalk
Messenger, a fax and voicemail administration package; and FaxTalk
Speakerphone, a phone dialer and call control software package. Online
services software bundled with the TeleCommander 2500XL include America
Online, CompuServe, Imagination Network and internet access software.

TeleCommander 2500XL is an affordable solution for boosting the
telecommunications power in small or home businesses, including satellite
offices of larger companies.

The new product integrates a full-functioning 16-bit CD-quality sound card
that works with Sound Blaster Pro-compatible applications and a 14.4
K-baud Rockwell modem (v.32 bis) and 14.4 K-baud fax (v.17). The
all-in-one desktop communications solution provides professional voicemail
system and full-duplex speaker phone with echo cancellation and more than
10,000 mailboxes, all caller-ID enabled. Caller-ID, combined with Daytimer
software, automatically "pops-up" background information on incoming
callers. Other key features include extensive voicemail capabilities such
as call screening, call forwarding and remote message access as well as
fax forwarding, fax-on-demand and pager notification capabilities. Each
features allows professionals to better manage and control their business,
whether they're in or out of the office. For example, traveling executives
can program TeleCommander to alert them to incoming calls and faxes simply
by beeping their pagers or forwarding the calls to another office.

Diamond's new telephony product also supports Radish Communication's new
VoiceView technology, allowing users to send and receive files during a
single phone conversation without hanging up.

"TeleCommander 2500XL delivers advanced telephony features needed for
running an organized, professional business from a home or small office,"
said Paul Nahi, director of product marketing for Diamond Multimedia.
"Diamond has developed the TeleCommander 2500XL to provide a professional
voicemail solution with superior audio capabilities, advanced voice-data
technology, and software for the SOHO market."

Diamond's new telephony product requires a 486 or higher IBM or compatible
PC with an open ISA Bus slot, Windows 3.1 and DOS 3.3 or above, and 4MB of
system memory. The product is now shipping and is available through
Diamond Multimedia's extensive channel of regional, national and
international distributors, as well as through major OEMs worldwide. For
more information, customers can call 1-800-4-MULTIMEDIA or obtain online
information through the internet: www.diamondmm.com.

Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets
high-performance multimedia solutions including graphics and multimedia
video accelerators, sound cards, audio/telephony subsystems and multimedia
upgrade kits for the personal computer market. Headquartered in San Jose,
Calif., Diamond has marketing and technical support facilities in Tokyo,
Munich and Slough (U.K.). The company's products are sold through
regional, national and international distributors as well as to major
computer retailers, mass merchants and OEMs worldwide. Diamond's Common
Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol DIMD.

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