
     Monterey, Calif., (Sept. 9, 1991) -- Digital Research Inc.  today
introduced DR DOS 6.0, a major upgrade of its advanced, award-winning
operating system for IBM Personal Computers and compatibles. 

     DR DOS 6.0 can load even more code into high memory--freeing up
to 628K of main memory.  It features the fastest data cache in the
industry, on-the-fly file compression that can effectively double the
size of a hard disk, and the best security, task-switching and
undelete features of any DOS-compatible operating system.  These
features make DR DOS 6.0 the optimum environment for any DOS, Windows,
or network application. 


DR DOS 6.0 Component Feature List:

MemoryMAX:
 o      612K TPA with 8088 and LIM 4.0 Hardware Memory
 o      628K TPA with C&T NeAT, LeAP, and SCAT 286 chipsets
 o      621K TPA with 286 systems and LIM 4.0 Hardware Memory
 o      627K TPA with 386/486 systems.
 o      727K TPA with monochrome systems.

DiskMAX:
 o      Disk Compression
 o      Disk Caching
 o      Disk Defragmentation
 o      UNFORMAT and Quick Format
 o      UNDELETE and DELete WATCH maximizes undelete time-window
 o      Security features (see below)

ViewMAX:
 o      CUA graphical shell
 o      User-configurable colors

TaskMAX:
 o      20 tasks can be loaded simultaneously
 o      Load tasks from command line or ViewMAX
 o      Task swapping to extended, expanded and disks
 o      Preload tasks at startup
 o      Switch tasks from Hot Key or from ViewMAX
 o      ASCII cut and paste between applications

BatteryMAX: (OEMs)
 o      Power-management and for full ROM-ability.

CONFIG.SYS Configuration:
 o      Device driver loading optional at boot
 o      Chaining to alternate CONFIG.SYS files
 o      Comments (without generating errors)
 o      Keyboard response available to CONFIG.SYS processing
 o      Keyboard timeouts
 o      Set values in primary shell's environment table
 o      Advanced screen manipulation makes CONFIG.SYS menus possible

Security features:
 o      Logins and Passwords
 o      "Walk-away" keyboard locking
 o      File and Directory Passwords
 o      Secure Disk Partitions cannot be bypassed with floppy boot
 o      READ/WRITE/DELETE File and Directory attributes
 o      Consistent password security from both command line and ViewMAX

Installation:
 o      Interactive
 o      Optional configuration
 o      Online help
 o      Uninstall

General DR DOS 6.0 Features
 o      Command Line History built-in
 o      Command Line Help
 o      Printable Online Hypertext Documentation
 o      Appropriate DR DOS 6.0 commands support file lists (@filelist)
 o      Full-screen editor
 o      Serial file transfer up to 115K baud
 o      CURSOR utility for improved LCD visibility
 o      TOUCH command
 o      DISKCOPY to an image file on a hard disk

System Requirements:
 o      Minimum 512K RAM required
 o      Two floppy OR Single floppy and Hard disk

Pricing and Special Programs(1)
 o      Free product-lifetime support
 o      60-day money back guarantee
 o      Suggested List Price: US$99.00
 o      DR DOS upgrade packages:


         o      US$9.95 : Users who purchased DRDOS 5 after Aug. 8, 1991
         o      US$24.95: Other DRDOS users


Availability around the world:

USA:
        Digital Research, Inc.  Voice:  1-408-649-3896
        Monterey, CA            Voice:  1-800-274-4DRI
                                Fax:    1-408-649-0750

UK:
        Digital Research, Ltd.  Voice:  (011 44) 635 35304
        Newbury, Berkshire      Fax:    (011 44) 635 35834

FRANCE:
        Digital Research, SA    Voice:  (011 33) 139 463366
        Velizy Cedez, France    Fax:    (011 33) 134 651954

GERMANY:
        Digital Research, Gmbh  Voice:  (011 49) 89 927994-0
                                Fax:    (011 49) 899 17898

JAPAN:
        Digital Research        Voice:  (011 81) 3349 01551
        Tokyo, Japan            Fax:    (011 81) 3349 05252

TAIWAN:
        Digital Research        Voice:  (011 886 2) 775 3183
        Taipei, Taiwan          Fax:    (011 886 2) 731 8292

KOREA:
        Digital Research        Voice:  (011 61) 2550 5405
        Seoul, Korea            Fax:    (011 61) 2550 5466

SINGAPORE:
        Digital Research        Voice:  (011 65) 560 9673
                                Fax:    (011 65) 560 9023

