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Subject: PRESS RELEASE - MULTIMEDIA - FYI 1
Date: 19 Nov 92 12:58:01 GMT
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                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

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                                        From:     Ellen Minter @MRO
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Subject: PRESS RELEASE - MULTIMEDIA - FYI


Norman Booth
Image, Voice & Video Group
(603) 884-0360

                                            COMDEX Fall '92
                                            Booth:  B340 & B443



        DIGITAL SHOWCASES MULTIMEDIA FOR LOCAL-AREA NETWORKS

...Demonstrating the possibilities for combining imaging, audio and
        video in a networked client/server PC environment...


COMDEX - LAS VEGAS, NV -- November 16, 1992 --  Digital Equipment
Corporation today demonstrated shipping components and showcased
advanced technology versions of its leading multimedia products,
which integrate still images, audio, and video into a networked
client/server PC environment.  Digital's multimedia products enable
users to integrate multimedia capabilities with applications, and to
distribute multimedia information from server systems to PC clients
over local area networks (LANs).  This demonstration highlights
Digital's current direction in developing multimedia capability for
local area networks.

Digital's multimedia product strategy is built upon three
foundations:

     o  Industry Standard PC Hardware - Providing the lowest-cost
        approach to enterprise-wide multimedia computing.

     o  Support for Microsoft Windows - Providing the widest
        possible choice of applications support on the industry's
        leading desktop platform.

     o  Networking Support -  Providing the means to deploy critical
        multimedia information and applications quickly and easily
        anywhere across organizations using Ethernet, FDDI or Novell
        networks.

A Commitment to Multimedia Solutions
     Digital is known for its leadership in providing networking
solutions to the emerging field of multimedia.  At COMDEX, Digital
demonstrated solutions to address user's business requirements for
the open distribution, communication, and sharing of information in
many forms on the industry's most popular desktop and networking
platforms.

Today, Digital demonstrated to users how they can:

     o  Create multimedia files containing audio, video and images.

     o  Store those files on a server.

     o  Play back the files on a different PC over client-server
        local area networks (LANs) such as Ethernet, FDDI and
        Novell.

     This enables all users on that network to share the same
information transparently in a networked computing environment.

     Because multimedia data is shared on the LAN, only one copy
needs to be stored on the server.  Information being accessed by all
users is updated in seconds by updating the files on the server
electronically -- over the network.  Business applications using
multimedia data, such as training, kiosks, and on-line information
systems, can now be deployed, updated and managed quickly and
easily.  Components of Digital's multimedia product line
demonstrated at COMDEX include:

     o  DECtouch hardware -- Available now, the DECtouch platform
        makes a standard 12- 19-inch computer monitor touch-
        sensitive, enabling users to interact with applications by
        touching the screens, rather than pointing with a mouse
        device or typing on the keyboard.  DECtouch hardware is a
        low-profile device that fits beneath a display monitor and
        plugs into a PC serial port.  It is end-user installable,
        and can be used to upgrade any standard PC monitor.  The
        DECtouch device can be used for any application that makes
        use of screen inputs, including multimedia applications such
        as educational, retail and shop floor applications.  The
        innovative DECtouch platform is competitively priced at
        $895.

     o  DECspin software -- Providing video-teleconferencing for
        MIPS based UNIX workstations.  DECspin software is available
        now with prices beginning at $530.

     o  SQL/Multimedia software -- Providing Rdb/OpenVMS databases
        with multimedia capability at low cost.  Available now,
        SQL/Multimedia software is priced beginning at $7740.

     o  IconAuthor software -- Providing an object oriented
        programming tool for multimedia applications.  For pricing
        and availability contact AimTech Corporation.

     o  MediaPower technologies -- A set of software and hardware
        capabilities that, when available, will enable users to
        upgrade existing PCs, networks, and applications to take
        advantage of multimedia solutions.

     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 business partners deliver the power to
use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center -
in open information environments.
                                ####

Note to Editors:  Digital, MediaPower and DECtouch, Rdb, OpenVMS,
                  SQL Multimedia, and the DIGITAL logo are
                  trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
                  Windows is a trademark and Microsoft is a
                  registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

                  IconAuthor is a registered trademark of AimTech
                  Corporation.

                  Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.

                  MIPS is a trademark of MIPS Computer Systems.

CORP/93/856
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