TOSHIBA TO PROMOTE CD-ROM DRIVES WITH PHOTO CD LOGO 

Company Licenses Kodak Trademark for Use with 3401 Series Products

SAN JOSE, Calif., Mar. 30, 1993--The latest family of CD-ROM drives from
the Disk Products Division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
(TAIS DPD) will incorporate the distinctive trademark of Eastman Kodak
Company's Photo CD system, officials of both companies said today.

Toshiba introduced its XM-3401 series of multisession CD-ROM disc drives
last November, announcing then that the new drives would be compatible
with the Kodak Photo CD system. Today the two companies announced a
licensing agreement that will allow Toshiba to employ the Photo CD
trademark in product advertising, on packaging, and on the drives
themselves.

Purchasers of the Toshiba drives can incorporate their own photographic
images, scanned onto Kodak Photo CD discs, into desktop computing
applications. The drives are available in a Photo CD kit version that
includes a host-adapter card and driver software that support the Photo CD
image file format--including the system's multisession capability, which
allows photographs (and sound, text, or graphics using the Photo CD
Portfolio format) to be added to discs at different times.

"We are delighted that Toshiba will promote Photo CD system compatibility
as a key selling feature of its CD-ROM drives," said Fred Geyer, general
manager and vice president, CD Imaging, at Kodak." Toshiba believes that
multisession Photo CD compatibility is a big plus in today's marketplace
for CD-ROM drives, and it will become more important as new Photo CD
products and applications are developed," said Jerry Higgins, vice
president of marketing, Optical Disk Drives, TAIS, DPD. "We've licensed
use of the Photo CD trademark to promote this exciting capability to our
customers."

Toshiba XM-3401 Drives

Available since December, the XM-3401 series drives are described by
Toshiba as "the fastest single CD-ROM disc drives available." The
double-speed drives feature 2.2 times the rotational speed to provide a
330 KB/second data transfer rate and 200-millisecond random access time.
They consume a maximum of six watts of power and an average of four watts,
an important feature for internal drives, where power is supplied by the
host computer.

Four models are available: the XM-3401B internal drive; the TXM-3401E
external drive; the TXM-3401P, designed for use with laptop and notebook
computers; and the TXM-3401A4, a four-drive unit designed for applications
that require fast access to multiple discs. Subsystem kits connect the
XM-3401 series drives to IBM PC AT/XT, PS/2, and Macintosh computers and
compatibles.

Toshiba has licensed use of the Photo CD trademark--a graphic
representation of film merged with a compact disc, along with the words
"Photo CD"--to appear on the drives, on packaging, in promotional
literature, and in advertising.

Kodak Photo CD System

Available to consumers since last August, the Photo CD system lets people
take pictures using conventional 35 mm cameras and film and have the film
images scanned onto compact discs. They then can incorporate their images
in computing applications using a compatible CD-ROM drive and appropriate
software or display them on television using a home player (which also
plays audio CDs). In addition to the Kodak Photo CD Master disc format for
consumers, Kodak has announced a number of additional Photo CD formats and
related products designed for commercial applications.

* Kodak Photo CD Portfolio discs, designed to become a major publishing
medium, contain combinations of photographic images, stereo audio,
graphics, text, and programmed access. Kodak announced Portfolio authoring
software today that will allow users to create on-disc programs at the
desktop.

* Kodak Pro Photo CD Master discs, designed for professional photography
applications, can store the large-format negatives and transparencies
favored by many professionals.

* Kodak Photo CD Catalog discs can store up to 6,000 images for economical
archiving and distribution of images.

Toshiba XM-3401 series drives support all Photo CD formats and allow Photo
CD images to be displayed within compatible software applications.

"The Photo CD system is rapidly becoming the industry standard for
high-resolution images in CD-ROM applications," Geyer said. "We envision
the day when our Photo CD trademark is as common on CD-ROM drives as the
compact disc trademark is on audio CD players."

In addition to its Photo CD products, Kodak also has announced the elements
of a complete CD-ROM publishing system for producing data CDs at the
desktop. They include authoring software, a double-speed disc writer, and
Kodak writable CD media with the InfoGuard protection system. The Kodak
writable CD media system is compatible with the ISO 9660 file and volume
structure, and when properly authored can be read in all standard hardware
devices--including the Toshiba drives.

"Kodak is establishing itself as a leader in bringing high-quality images
and authoring capabilities to the CD-ROM marketplace," Higgins said. "By
identifying Toshiba products with the Photo CD trademark, we are building
on the strengths of two of the most respected names in the industry."

Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State St, Rochester, NY 14650

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