FWB lowers Prices on World Class Macintosh Storage Solutions and Introduces
Pricing for Power Macintosh with PCI Products

Menlo Park, CA - June 5, 1995 - FWB, Inc., manufacturer of the Hammer brand
of high performance mass storage products, today announced price
reductions of up to 25 percent on selected Hammer storage products,
including JackHammer, SledgeHammer disk arrays, Hammer hard drives, and
HammerDisk removable media subsystems.

Price Reductions

Suggested retail prices for FWB's Hammer Professional hard drives have been
reduced 10 to 15 percent including the award winning PocketHammer1760,
recommended by MacUser Magazine as the "Ferrari of hard drives."
Capacities range from 350MB to 8.7GB and are available in both internal
and external models. FWB's high performance Hammer drives now range in
price from $369 to $4,099 MSRP.

MSRP pricing on SledgeHammer II and SledgeHammer Wide disk arrays 11995
Platinum Award Winner, AV Video Magazine) have been reduced up to 20
percent. Ranging in capacity from 2GB to 17GB, the FWB's SledgeHammer for
NuBus now range in price from $1,959 to $10,999. SledgeHammer II and
SledgeHammer Wide disk arrays for power Macintosh with PCI are now on the
price list.

The suggested retail price on FWB's 8GB and 16GB SledgeHammer FT arrays
have dropped 6 percent and 12 percent respectively. The
SledgeHammer8000-FT dropped from $24,999 to $23,599 for a $1,400 savings,
and the SledgeHammerl6000-FT dropped from $32,299 to $28,599 for a $3,700
savings. SledgeHammer FT arrays for the Power macintosh with PCI are now
on the price list.

Suggested retail price for FWB's 1993 Eddy Award Finalist SCSI JackHammer
dropped 25% to $599 and this includes the award winning FWB Hard Disk
Toolkit which is a $199 value.

Here are a few examples of the new MSRP price changes:

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FWB World-Class Storage         OLD MSRP   NEW MSRP    Savings  %Drop

JackHammer                       $   799   $    599    $  200    25%
PocketHammer 4100                  3,199      2,459       740    23%
Hammer PRO Internal 4100           3,049      2,309       740    24%
SledgeHammer (NuBus) 8200          6,899      5,699     1,200    17%
SledgeHammer FT (NuBus) 16000     32,299     28,599     3,700    11%
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PCI

FWB's price list now includes a complete family of high-performance storage
products fully compatible with the upcoming Power Macintosh with PCI.
FWB's PCI compatible products will be available upon release of Apple's
new high-performance platform. A sample of the new suggested retail
pricing includes the new PCI SCSI JackHammer for only $499 MSRP (including
FWB's Hard Disk ToolKit that list for $199) and FWB's SledgeHammer2000FMF
PCI which has a MSRP of only $2,459 (including FWB's award wining RAID
ToolKit that list for $399).

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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