REGISTER TO WIN ONE MILLION FREQUENT FLIER MILES FROM QUARTERDECK
WEBCOMPASS PERSONAL EDITION PROMOTION

Most Innovative Use of WebCompass Personal Edition will Earn Miles Worth 40
Domestic Round-Trip Flights

MARINA DEL REY, CALIF., APRIL 10, 1996 --- QUARTERDECK CORP. (NASDAQ: QDEK)
TODAY ANNOUNCED THE "YOU FOUND WHAT? ON THE INTERNET" PROMOTION TO LAUNCH
THE WEBCOMPASS PERSONAL EDITION INTERNET METASEARCH TOOL. THE WEBCOMPASS
PERSONAL EDITION USER WHO SUBMITS THE MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF WEBCOMPASS
PERSONAL EDITION FOR FINDING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET WILL WIN ONE
MILLION FREQUENT FLYER MILES ON DELTA AIRLINES, WORTH 40 DOMESTIC
ROUND-TRIP FLIGHTS. NO PURCHASE IS REQUIRED. USERS CAN DOWNLOAD A FREE
BETA VERSION OF WEBCOMPASS PERSONAL EDITION FROM THE QUARTERDECK HOME PAGE
(HTTP://WWW.QUARTERDECK.COM) TO PERFORM THE SEARCH.

The contest began last week and runs through May 15. User stories are
limited to 200 words, and can be submitted to Quarterdeck via e-mail at
millmile@quarterdeck.com, through an entry form on the home page, or via
standard Postal mail. Quarterdeck is looking for unique stories on how
WebCompass Personal Edition was used to locate information on the Web.
Criteria for determining the winner include: best use of WebCompass
Personal Edition, best use of the Internet, originality, creativity, and
writing skill.

"The Internet has something for everybody. We want people to show us how
they learned something that fundamentally changed their business or
lifestyle," said Koen Bouwers, vice president of marketing for
Quarterdeck. "At the same time, we want to educate people on the use of
WebCompass Personal Edition as an effective and efficient meta search tool
for the Internet."

WebCompass Personal Edition is a mass market version of Quarterdeck's
award-winning WebCompass metasearch tool for the Internet. It performs a
simultaneous search of multiple Web search engines, such as WebCrawler,
Yahoo, and Lycos, and prepares an abstract of the query results, all
through a point-and-click interface. WebCompass Personal Edition works
with all major browsers and makes searching on the World Wide Web exciting
and efficient.

The winner and runners up will be announced on May 22. The winning story
and the author's picture will be posted on Quarterdeck's home page. In
addition, there will be ten runner-up prizes of 25,000 miles on Delta, and
25 third-place prizes, a limited edition Quarterdeck sweatshirt.

About Quarterdeck

Quarterdeck Corporation is a pioneer in the development of software
products in four strategic business areas: Utilities, Internet Solutions,
Internet Services, and Communications. The company has led the industry in
bringing utilities solutions to the Windows and DOS environments with its
award-winning QEMM memory management software. The company also offers an
entire line of powerful, next-generation Internet tools for corporate,
small business and individual users, including the award-winning
WebCompass, and the company's first product in the Communications market,
WebTalk.

Quarterdeck Corporation's headquarters are located at 13160 Mindanao Way,
Marina del Rey, CA 90292

The Dublin, Ireland office serves as its European headquarters, with
offices in England, France, Germany, and Australia. Further product
availability and pricing information can be obtained by calling (310)
309-3700, by accessing Quarterdeck's Internet Web site at
http://www.quarterdeck.com/, or by sending an e-mail request to
info@quarterdeck.com.
 
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