Compaq Searches for America's Most Imaginative Families

HOUSTON APRIL 22, 1996---It's a dream come true! Creative-thinking families
who can imagine a powerful, innovative personal computer in their homes
may find their wish fulfilled. Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ),
the company that asks "Has it changed your life yet?", is kicking off a
new program in the U.S. to award Compaq Presario PCs to ten families who
creatively answer the question "How could a Compaq Presario family
computer change your family's life?" The "'Has It Changed Your Life Yet?'
Search for Compaq Families" begins April 22, 1996, and continues through
August 26, 1996.

Families can take their chances at winning a Compaq Presario by submitting
an attention-grabbing 500 word essay about the impact a Presario family
computer could have in their homes. Family members will need to put on
their thinking caps and brainstorm together, coming up with creative uses
and practical applications for this smart, useful personal computer.
Whether it is balancing the family checkbook, keeping up-to-date with
world events, e-mailing Aunt Sophie's Tuna Souffle recipe, or keeping
track of when Fido last had his shots, the Compaq Presario inspires dozens
of uses for a family PC.

"We often hear from customers how our products are changing their lives,"
said Jim Garrity, Vice President, Communications for Compaq. "This program
will reward the ten families which can best articulate how a Compaq
Presario could change their lives in the future."

But before clearing off the desktop for their prize, families should call
the toll-free "'Has It Changed Your Life Yet?' Search for Compaq Families"
Hotline at 1-888-2-WIN-A-PC (1-888-294-6272) to learn how to request an
official entry form and list of contest rules. Contest rules and
regulations are also available from Compaq Computer Corporation's world
wide website at WWW.COMPAQ.COM. Entry forms and essays should be submitted
no later than August 26, 1996, and received at:

 "Has It Changed Your Life Yet?"
 P.O. Box 78037
 St. Louis, MO 63178

Entries can also be submitted through August 26 by e-mail to
COMPAQ@SHANDWICK-STL.COM.

Winners of the Compaq Presario family computers will be selected from
entries with both creative and enjoyable answers to the question of how
the Presario, a powerful and resourceful appliance, could be put to work
to help a family communicate, work, learn and enjoy its free time.

Thinking creatively about uses of this innovative personal computer
shouldn't be too hard. Compaq has created an innovative computer that
every member of the family can use for a variety of purposes. The
Presario's fast modem opens new avenues of communication from home with
the capabilities to fax, e-mail and explore the World Wide Web with the
family PC. With dynamic stereo sound and full-screen, full-motion video,
the Compaq Presario offers the most dynamic multimedia experience
available from a home computer.

Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier of personal
computers, offering desktop PCs, portable PCs, servers and options. The
company reported 1995 worldwide sales of $14.8 billion. Compaq products
are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through Compaq marketing
partners and sold directly to customers through Compaq Direct Plus at
1-800-888-5858. Compaq provides 24-hour customer support and can be
reached through the Compaq forums on America Online, CompuServe, Internet
(http://www.compaq.com), and Prodigy, or by calling 1-800-OK-COMPAQ.
Product information and reseller locations can be obtained by calling
1-800-345-1518.
 
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