Micro Design International, Inc. 6985 University Boulevard Winter Park, Florida 32792 info@microdes.com Press Contact: Shelly D. Smith Telephone:1-800-228-0891, ext 162 407-677-8333 Facsimile:407-677-8365 Canadian Contact: Robert Cook (905)666-1342 European Contact: Christopher Gent (44) 1 454 314182 MDI INTRODUCES THE EXPRESS-WRITER WRITABLE CD-ROM TECHNOLOGY WINTER PARK, FL. _ September 1, 1995 _ Micro Design International, Inc. (MDI) introduces 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 double-speed player, Express-Writer can read virtually any CD. As a backup device, the Express-Writer supplies a reliable, fast, and affordable alternative to tape drives. This is the premier CD-R solution for OS/2 environments. With its double speed capability, the Express-Writer can record a disc to its full capacity in about 30 minutes. Express-Writer's built-in, very large 1 MB cache buffer helps prevent 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. SCSI Express-Writer software for OS/2, the only CD-R solution for OS/2 environments, 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, offering 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 which include the Express-Writer, one GB or two GB hard disk, SCSI Express-Writer software for OS/2, and a starter set of twenty-five writable compact discs. 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. The Express- Writer 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. Micro Design International, Inc. is a mass storage solution provider delivering hardware and software designed for today's rapidly changing marketplace. MDI's SCSI Express for NetWare recently won Network Computing magazine's prestigious Editor's Choice award as best of breed software for networking CD-ROMs. MDI's SCSI Express storage solutions include CD-ROM, DAT, hard disk, multifunction, rewritable, WORM, and optical and CD-ROM jukeboxes. MDI has achieved its second year placement on Inc. magazine's list of the fastest growing privately-held companies in the U.S. ###