FWB Provides NuBus Macintosh Users Complete Compatibility With Apple's
Power Macintosh with PCI

Extensive Upgrade Program Offered

Menlo Park, May 30, 1995 -- FWB, Inc., manufacturer of the award winning
high performance Hammer brand of mass storage products, today announced an
upgrade program for current owners of FWB's 1993 Eddy Award Finalist NuBus
SCSI JackHammer and SledgeHammer award winning RAID products to the Power
Macintosh with PCI platform. A trade-in upgrade has also been established
for owners of non-FWB NuBus and PDS SCSI accelerators and mass storage
products to the Power Macintosh with PCI platform.

"FWB wants all current JackHammer and SledgeHammer owners to have the
opportunity to upgrade to the new Power Macintosh with PCI standard. The
Power Macintosh with PCI platform offers incredible new levels of
performance. Our PCI SCSI JackHammer and SledgeHammers for PCI allow users
to leverage their Power Macintosh with PCI to optimum performance of up to
32MB/sec. sustained," said Eric Herzog, FWB Vice President of Marketing.

FWB Upgrade Paths

Owners of FWB's NuBus SCSI JackHammer with FWB's Hard Disk ToolKit will be
able to upgrade to the PCI SCSI JackHammer with Hard Disk ToolKit 1.7.5
for $299. The MSRP of the PCI SCSI JackHammer and HardDisk ToolKit bundle
is $499.

Owners of FWB's NuBus SCSI JackHammer with FWB RAID ToolKit can upgrade to
FWB's PCI SCSI JackHammer with RAID ToolKit 1.7.5 for $499. FWB's RAID
ToolKit 1.7.5 has a suggested retail price of $399 and FWB's PCI
JackHammer lists for $499.

Owners of FWB's SledgeHammer-FT will be able to upgrade to the PCI SCSI
JackHammer with FWB's Hard Disk ToolKit 1.7.5 for $299. Owners of FWB's
SledgeHammer, SledgeHammer for NuBus, SledgeHammer Wide and SledgeHammer
II disk arrays will be able to upgrade to the PCI SCSI JackHammer with
RAID ToolKit 1.7.5 for $499.

Competitive Upgrade Paths

FWB is also offering a trade-in upgrade to owners of non-FWB NuBus or PDS
SCSI accelerator cards and non-FWB RAID storage devices. For owners of any
non-FWB PDS or SCSI NuBus accelerator card, an upgrade to FWB's PCI SCSI
JackHammer and Hard Disk ToolKit 1.7.5 is available for $299. For owners
of non-FWB disk arrays an upgrade path to the PCI SCSI JackHammer with
Raid ToolKit 1.7.5 will be available for $499.

PCI Compatible

FWB offers a comprehensive line of disk management software and advanced
mass storage devices including RAID, internal and external hard disks,
Magneto Optical, CD-ROM, CD-R, and Tape backup. All are completely
compatible with Power Macintosh with PCI.

Availability

Upgrades are available directly from FWB at (415) 325-4FWB, Fax (415)
833-4655, and APPLELINK: FWB. Upgrades are subject to verification of
proof of ownership.

Since 1984, FWB, Inc. has been developing mass storage and backup products
specifically for the Macintosh platform, including the Apple PowerBook,
the Apple Workgroup Servers, Power Macintosh, Power Macintosh with PCI,
and all Macintosh OS Compatible Clones. FWB products include SledgeHammer
RAID Arrays; Hammer, Hammer-PE, PocketHammer and HammerPB hard drives;
HammerDisk optical and removable drives, HammerTape and HammerDAT tape
backup systems; and the Fast and Wide SCSI-2 JackHammer accelerator boards
for PCI and NuBus. FWB also publishes RAID ToolKit, Hard Disk ToolKit,
Hard Disk ToolKit-Personal Edition disk management software, and CD-ROM
ToolKit accelerator software for CD-ROM drives. FWB's products have been
consistently rated the best in their class by publications such as
MacWEEK, MacUser, Macworld, AV Video Magazine, PC Magazine, and BYTE.
FWB's PremiumService has won the "Best Technical Support" award from The
Macintosh Consultants Network. Inc. Magazine ranked FWB on the Inc. 500
list of fastest growing privately held companies in both 1993 and 1994.

FWB Inc
1555 Adams Dr
Menlo Park, CA 94025
415-325-4FWB,  fax 415-833-4657
AOL: FWBINC
AppleLink: FWB
CIS: 71320,1034
eWORLD: FWB.INC

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