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

Jennifer Surro 
Digital Equipment Corporation
508-467-9410
    or
Linda Worthy
CogniSeis Development Inc.
713-526-3273


     DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION AND COGNISEIS SIGN WORLDWIDE
    AGREEMENT TO MARKET AND SELL DISCO PRODUCT ON CRAY RESEARCH
                           SUPERCOMPUTER
                                  

MAYNARD, Mass. -- January 7, 1993 --  Digital Equipment Corporation 
and CogniSeis Development Inc. today announced an agreement to 
market sell and distribute CogniSeis' DISCO Seismic Processing 
System on the CRAY Y-MP EL supercomputer. DISCO provides modular 
software for processing land and marine, 2D and 3D seismic data. 
The CRAY Y-MP EL system is the price performance leader in 
entry-level supercomputing and is sold by Digital and its 
authorized resellers.  

    According to Dr. Diana McSherry, Chief Operating Officer of 
CogniSeis, "Oil and Gas explorationists can now anticipate higher 
levels of price performance, functionality and integration than 
ever experienced before."

    Because the computing strategies of both Cray Research ,Inc.
and Digital are based on open systems architectures, users are 
offered compatibility with and integration to distributed and 
multivendor environments. This allows users of Digital's full range 
of computer systems and extensive library of application software, 
to interact with Cray Research systems and the applications that 
currently run on the Cray Y-MP EL and the entire Cray Research 
product line.

    "Digital's Open E&P strategy coupled with CogniSeis' DISCO 
application capabilities will ensure that data is available to 
GeoTechnical professionals across the enterprise.", comments Jerry 
Isaacson, Digital's Exploration and Production Marketing Manager.  
"Better quality data processing and more timely coordination of 
input from multi-disciplinary teams are the true benefits of this 
agreement to our E&P customers."

    CogniSeis Development Inc., of Houston, Texas, is the world 
leader in seismic solutions, with approximately 65% of sales made 
outside the United States. CogniSeis provides the industry-leading 
seismic data processing application software -- DISCO -- and 
integrates complete turnkey solutions for end-user organizations in 
the Oil and Gas Exploration Industry.

    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.
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Note to Editors: DISCO is a registered trademark of CogniSeis                  
                 Development, Inc.

                 CRAY Y-MP EL is a trademark of Cray Research, Inc.   
CORP/92/927
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