MDI INTRODUCES A NEW VERSION OF THE EXPRESS-WRITER WRITABLE CD-ROM
TECHNOLOGY

WINTER PARK, FL. - May 1, 1996 - Micro Design International Inc. (MDI)
announces its new version of the Express-Writer, an affordable, recordable
compact disc system that allows users to easily create compact discs
within minutes. The Express-Writer is actually three drives in one: As a
recorder, the Express-Writer allows you to write your own master discs
which can be easily read, stored, duplicated, and transported. As a quad
speed player, it can read virtually any CD without delay. As a backup
device, the Express-Writer supplies a reliable, fast, and affordable
alternative to tape drives.

The Express-Writer now offers 2X write and 4X read speeds. With its double
speed capability, the Express-Writer can record a disc to its full
capacity in about 30 minutes. The Express-Writer's built-in, very large 1
MB cache buffer aides in preventing interruption of the data flow, which
can result in ruined discs. Its multisession capability allows you to add
data as you go or all at one time. The 4X read time provide fast access to
recorded data.

Replace your tape drive backup with the Express-Writer to provide a higher
degree of performance, reliability, and faster random access to your data,
for as little as four cents per megabyte. This CD-R drive can be attached
to a network to backup and archive data on CD-R discs. Archival CD-Rs can
be moved to a single CD-ROM drive or to a multiple drive unit shared
across the network. Archived data can then be easily and quickly accessed
by all on the network.

SCSI Express-Writer software for OS/2Rand Windows offers a premastering
utility featuring drag-n-drop object manipulation. This software provides
the choice of arranging data in either ISO 9660 format or non-ISO 9660
customized naming. Once the information is stored, the ISO 9660 CDs can be
read by any operating system that supports the ISO 9660 format. This
standards compliance offers flexibility for environments with multiple
operating system platforms. By first creating a virtual image on your hard
disk, SCSI Express-Writer software allows you to add, modify, delete, and
position files on the hard disc before you commit to the CD-R master
disc.

MDI offers bundled solutions that include the Express-Writer, the option of
a one GB hard disk, SCSI Express-Writer software for OS/2 and Windows.
Price ranges from $1,295 to $1,695. Shipments for this new version of
MDI's Express Writer begin May 1, 1996.

Micro Design International Inc. is dedicated to providing leading
technology storage solutions that overcome system and hardware
limitations, and designs products based on flexibility and simplicity for
today's rapidly changing marketplace. MDI's SCSI ExpressR storage
solutions include CD-ROM, DAT, hard disk, multifunction, rewritable, WORM,
and optical jukebox. MDI's software solutions are available for NetWare,
Windows NT, OS/2, Macintosh, DOS and UNIX. Micro Design has achieved
several recent product awards in NETWORK COMPUTING, COMPUTER RESELLER NEWS
and PC LAN.
 
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