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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Jennifer Surro
(508) 467-9410


       CHEVRON SELECTS DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION AS PRIME
   CONTRACTOR FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PROJECT


MAYNARD, Mass.-- November 17, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation 
has been selected by Chevron for a two year, $5.8 million project 
to provide the fully integrated C/SMART (Convenience Store 
Marketing And Reporting Transaction) solution to automate business 
and accounting practices at 675 of Chevron's Food Mart Convenience 
stores and gasoline stations nationwide.  Digital's business 
partner for this leading-edge project is The Software Works! 
(TSW!).

    In addition to participating in the development of the hardware 
and software requirements for this solution, Digital will provide 
all the services associated with the project.  This includes 
software customization, project management, training, equipment 
staging, site preparation, delivery and installation, pilot 
evaluation, telephone support services and maintenance.

    "Our project with Chevron reflects Digital's commitment to 
providing oil and gas customers with complete solutions to business 
problems in all segments of the industry. It is critical that we 
work with our customers every step of the way to insure that 
solutions successfully meet business needs,"  said Randy Levine, 
Digital Oil & Gas Industry Director.

    The integrated solution will consist of a wide area network of 
Digital's personal computers located at each retail location linked 
via PATHWORKS, Digital's network operating system for personal 
computers. These personal computers will run Digital's mail and 
networking software integrated with the TSW! Station Management 
System.

    Specially developed for convenience stores, the C/SMART 
solution will automate the collection of sales data from electronic 
cash registers.  Once gathered, the data will enable store managers 
to perform required accounting, inventory reporting, manpower, 
scheduling, and other activities.  On a daily basis this store data 
will be transferred via store-based satellite links to a subsidiary 
accounting center in Pennsylvania.  Here information will be 
verified and analyzed on a VAX 4000 system.

    This solution will provide accurate, timely information to all 
levels of Chevron management allowing them to better manage product 
inventories, margins and store services.  This C/SMART project 
recognizes Digital as a quality supplier to Chevron and it 
strengthens the current strategic business alliance between the two 
corporations.

    "To remain a leader in our marketplace we need to be able to 
react quickly to the needs of our customers and our facilities in a 
timely manner.  The Digital solution provides us with the 
technologies and services required to meet this goal and enhance 
our competitive edge," said Jeff McElroy, Manager - Subsidiary 
Operations for Chevron U.S.A.

    Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and 
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor 
computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the 
best integrated solutions -- from desktop to data center -- in open 
information environments.

    The Software Works!, headquartered in Glendale, California, has 
been developing high-quality retail management and accounting 
software for the petroleum/convenience store industry for almost a 
decade.  The staff, two thirds of which are software designers and 
programmers, have years of experience with both store automation 
and central-level systems, both domestic and international 
companies.

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Note to Editors:  Digital, ALL-IN-1, PATHWORKS, VAX 4000 are 
                  trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.

CORP/92/900
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