DATACAL SHIPS FIRST TRUE MULTIMEDIA DATABASE PROGRAM

Media Commander for Windows Delivers Powerful Multimedia Performance

PHOENIX, May 19, 1995 -- DataCal Corporation today released Media Commander
for Windows, a software program designed to incorporate all the
functionality of multimedia into a single package -- video, sound, text,
image and database files. Currently, users access these mediums through
multiple programs.

Where similar programs focus on database indices of files, Media Commander
offers access to over 70 file types in standalone runtime libraries, fully
transportable compressed databases, and/or indexed thumbnail libraries.
Media Commander is ideal for applications such as desktop publishing,
business presentations, system integration, and CD file management.

File formats supported include CorelDRAW, Kodak Photo CD, WordPerfect and
Microsoft documents, WAV, VOC, and MIDI sound formats. Video format
support includes MOV (QuickTime Video) AVI, MPEG, FLI, and FLC. MOV and
AVI files may be expanded to reveal every frame as its own virtual
thumbnail. Selected frames or disparate image types may be clipped
together to create new video files.

Contents of Media Commander databases may be exported to any DBF, including
Paradox and PKZip. Zipped files may be viewed and moved in or out of any
zipped file. Storage parameters for each file can be individually
controlled.

The program offers a set of standard image-based tools, a full feature
capture program, TWAIN-compliant scanning interface, and e-mail
connections to SMI, VMI, and MAPI mail interfaces. In addition, Media
Commander supports Group 4, JPEG, LZH, and RLE compression - along with
all Microsoft CODECS, ACM and ADPCM sound compression routines. The
program will also enhance all existing sound compression drivers by up to
an additional 50-percent.

System requirements for Media Commander are Microsoft Windows 3.1 or
higher, minimum 386 CPU, 4MB of system memory and 8MB available hard disk
space.

Media Commander retails for $129.95 and is currently shipping. Call DataCal
at (800) 223-0123 for distribution information and additional product
details. Media Commander will also be available as a VBX for third party
applications needing access to multimedia content.

DataCal Corporation, founded in 1982, manufacturers and distributes a wide
range of computer enhancement products nationwide through retailers,
catalogs and direct mail. The company is headquartered in Chandler,
Arizona, with a staff of 85.

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