ALR AND COMPUSERVE ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC BUSINESS ALLIANCE

FIRST PC MAKER TO BUNDLE SPRY WEB SERVER SOFTWARE

Irvine, CA, January 23, 1996-- Advanced Logic Research, Inc. (NASDAQ:AALR)
today announced that it will be the first PC manufacturer to bundle
CompuServe Internet Division's SPRY software with advanced web server
hardware products. SPRY Web Server software is a leading high performance
Windows NT Web Server package designed for both the Intranet and
Internet.

"We are very enthusiastic about CompuServe," states Genny Ortegon, vice
president of marketing for ALR. "For some time, we've been searching for a
Web server software product that had the advanced features necessary to
complement our award-winning server line. After careful analysis, we
decided to partner with CompuServe. Their leadership position in the
Internet and on-line industries, as well as our own long standing
relationship with CompuServe, makes them an ideal ally in this progressive
market."

"Our strategic alliance with a technology leader such as ALR will help
further our leading position in high-end web server market," comments Tim
Gelinas, vice president worldwide products CompuServe Internet Division.
"The complementary combination of the high performance hardware and
software will exceed the expectations of the market and is ideal for the
VAR channel."

ALR will package CompuServe's SPRY Web Server software with select server
products to provide customers with a complete Internet solution. The
turn-key solution will include both SPRY SafetyWEB Server or SPRY Web
Server software (non-secure). SPRY SafetyWEB Server supports Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL), virtual server multiple IP addresses and includes the
Architect Excite search engine, HoTMetal PRO HTML authoring tool from
SoftQuad Inc. and SPRY Internet Office. SPRY Web Server's easy-to-use
interface supports both the basic needs of a novice web publisher and the
demands of a sophisticated web site.

Explains Ortegon, "It is our goal to offer the most powerful, most
user-friendly Web Servers in the industry. By utilizing CompuServe's
strengths in software, service and support, we can easily turn our single
and multiprocessor servers into the industry's premier Web Server
products. By taking advantage of CompuServe's technology, we'll be free to
focus our engineering and marketing resources on what we do
best...selling, designing and manufacturing technically advanced PC
products."

CompuServe is an H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) company. Founded in 1955, H&R Block
is a diversified services company and the world's leader in tax
preparation and on-line information services. H&R Block Tax Services
handled almost one in every seven returns filed with the Internal Revenue
Service in 1995, serving 17.1 million taxpayers in more than 9,500 offices
worldwide. CompuServe operates the most comprehensive corporate accounts
and more than 4 million users in more than 140 countries.

Advanced Logic Research Inc. is an industry leader in the design,
manufacture, marketing and support of computer systems targeted at the
client/server and desktop markets. ALR's comprehensive portfolio of
upgradeable and affordably-priced products includes sophisticated
multiprocessor network servers, high-performance workstations, PC
desktops, Pentium processor add-on products and multimedia options kits.
Founded in 1984, the Irvine, Calif.-based company has shipped over 700,000
PCs and employs approximately 475 people worldwide. Advanced Logic
Research Inc.'s common stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market under
the symbol "AALR".

ALR serves its worldwide markets through export sales from the U.S. and
subsidiaries in Singapore (ALR International), Frankfurt and London. ALR
International also maintains branch sales and support offices in Hong Kong
and Malaysia.

Prices quoted in US dollars.
 
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