QUARTERDECK SHIPS WEBSTAR 1.2.5 FOR MACINTOSH WITH SUPPORT FOR OPEN
TRANSPORT'S POWERPC NATIVE TCP/IP DRIVER

Free Update Offers Up to 40% Increase in Performance

MARINA DEL REY, CALIF., APRIL 8, 1996 -- QUARTERDECK CORP. (NASDAQ: QDEK)
ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS MADE WEBSTAR 1.2.5 FOR MACINTOSH AVAILABLE FOR FREE
DOWNLOADING OFF THE INTERNET TO CURRENT LICENSEES OF THE SOFTWARE. THIS
UPDATE FOR THE INDUSTRY-LEADING MACOS WEB SERVER WORKS NATIVELY WITH
APPLE'S RECENTLY RELEASED OPEN TRANSPORT TCP/IP DRIVER AND, AS A RESULT,
OFFERS SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS AND SUPPORT FOR MANY MORE
SIMULTANEOUS CONNECTIONS THAN PREVIOUS VERSION 1.1, WEBSTAR 1.2.5'S
THROUGHPUT INCREASES UP TO 40% WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE SERVER'S
CONFIGURATION.

"WebSTAR has been a multi-threaded, PowerPC native application since it
shipped almost a year ago," said Chuck Shotton, Quarterdeck Fellow and
principle architect of WebSTAR. "Now that both the server and its
underlying TCP/IP stack are executing natively on the PowerPC, WebSTAR is
truly the most robust Web server platform for the Macintosh."

Recommended for Open Transport 1.1 users only, WebSTAR 1.2.5 supports up to
150 simultaneous connections, breaking through the previous limit of 50
connections running under MacTCP. Due to the PowerPC native execution of
TCP/IP transactions in Open Transport, WebSTAR 1.2.5 now supports up to
40% more connections per minute than WebSTAR 1.2.4. The support for
greater numbers of simultaneous connections places WebSTAR 1.2.5 in the
same league as UNIX-based Web servers.

WebSTAR 1.2.5 is available at http://www.starnine.com/ for downloading by
current WebSTAR owners.

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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