Cambridge, MA -- (July 13, 1992) -- Bear Productions today announced the
release of the premiere issue of "HomeWare - Putting Your Home Computer to
Work", the first video magazine for home computer users. This unique video
series shows home computer users new ways to use their machines for
education, home management, entertainment, and hobbies. Each issue
contains 6 - 8 short segments, each demonstrating a particular hardware or
software product, or explaining a computer concept or term. Currently, the
series covers the IBM PC family of compatible computers; a parallel series
covering Macintosh products is planned for 1993 release.

The HomeWare demonstrations let you watch the software and hardware
products in action. For software demonstrations, your television displays
exactly what appears on the computer monitor while using the program.
Hardware demonstrations explain the various features and capabilities of
the products, while pointing out their limitations. This way, you get to
see for yourself exactly how these products work. You can then decide
which, if any, you would like to purchase.

Full color computer generated animation and special titling effects make
HomeWare entertaining as well as informative. The animation supplements
the narration, to help to viewer understand the concepts being discussed.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, than animation is worth millions.

After each demonstration, HomeWare shows you the product's equipment
requirements and availability information. The publishers name, address
and telephone number are listed. Along with the list price, you also see
the best retail price that was widely available at filming time.

The editorial offices of Bear Productions receive hundreds of new products
for each HomeWare issue. Because of the limited time available on each
issue, hard decisions must be made as to which products are featured.
Ultimately, the decision is based on the viewing audience's interests.
High quality products that appeal to the home computing community are
selected first.

The first issue of HomeWare opens with demonstrations of "Canis - The
Complete Dog Owner' s Software", and "The Banner Blue Movie Guide". Then,
viewers learn how to use their computers to trace their roots with three
genealogy programs, "Brother's Keeper", "Family Tree Maker", and
"Roots-III". Another segment explains the shareware marketing system.
Demonstrations of "It' s Legal" and "Will Builder" show how PC ' s can be
used to generate some common legal documents. Finally, crossword puzzle
enthusiasts can preview "Puzzle Master".

Currently, HomeWare is marketed to the thousands of public libraries that
have video collections. New issues appear quarterly, with the second
scheduled for release in October 1992. The retail price for single issues
is $50.00, while 1-year subscriptions (4 issues) are available for $170.
00. HomeWare is available directly from Bear Productions.

Bear Productions specializes in personal computer video programs. In
addition to HomeWare, the company produces training and promotional videos
for software publishers and hardware manufacturers. They can be reached at
264 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, (617) 547-7989, fax: (617)
258-7377.

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