DESKTOP MARKETING HAS ARRIVED
Pro CD Releases 7 Disc Mid 1993 Update

Marblehead, MA August 9,1993. Pro CD announced it is has released the 1993
Mid-Year Update to its successful CD-ROM title - ProPhone, a collection of
the nation's white page listings.

The third release of the product represents a significant breakthrough in
the availability of current directory information and the ability for
users to make use of the information in an unlimited fashion. The Mid-Year
Update contains over 27 million new listings. The retrieval software has
been modified to allow users to export the date each listing was
published, SIC Codes and number of employees for most businesses. ProPhone
contains over 77,000,000 white page listings and is packaged on seven
CD-ROMs.

A feature that allows users to export an unlimited number of listings to
their hard disks sets ProPhone apart from other electronic directory
products. Once the listings have been downloaded they can be imported in
database, spreadsheet, word processing, mapping or contact management
programs. Pro CD provides a limited license to end users that permits them
to use the listings for their own direct marketing use, thus eliminating
the need to rent compiled mailing lists.

According to Jim Bryant, Pro CD's President and a pioneer in CD-ROM
publishing, "ProPhone has emerged as one of the most compelling business
applications on CD-ROM. Our product has simply redefined how businesses
obtain lists of marketing contacts and access directory information. Our
customers are taking advantage of ProPhone's unique ability to export
large numbers of records, which can then be used for a wide variety of
desktop marketing and market analysis applications."

Pro CD also announced that it was providing registered end users with a
complementary copy of AccuMail CD-ROM when they upgrade to the Mid Year
Update. AccuMail, which is published by Group 1 Software, contains the U S
Postal Service's entire Zip + 4 database. The CD-ROM product allows users
to append Zip + 4 and carrier route codes to their address databases and
was designed to correct address records that may otherwise be
undeliverable.

Registered end-users can upgrade to the Mid-Year Edition of ProPhone and
receive a free copy of AccuMail for only $129. New users can purchase
ProPhone at the suggested list price of $449.

ProPhone contains the published listings contained in every white page
telephone directory in the United States. Each listing contains the
complete mailing address, telephone number, and date of publication. Most
business listings contain the type of business or SIC Code and the number
of employees. ProPhone consists of seven CDROMs including a national
business edition that can be searched by SIC Codes or types of business,
and six regional titles that can be searched by telephone number, address
or name. The program is accessible from any standard 80X86 computer
equipped with a CDROM drive.

Pro CD, Inc., a privately held firm based in Marblehead, MA, is committed
to changing the way people access directory information.

Pro CD Inc
8 Doaks Lane, Little Harbor, Marblehead, MA 01945
617-631-9200,  fax 617-631-0810

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