ALADDIN SYSTEMS UPGRADES STUFFIT SHAREWARE

Watsonville, CA (December 12, 1994) -- Aladdin Systems today began shipping
StuffIt Lite 3.5, a major upgrade to the company's award-winning shareware
product. StuffIt Lite is an easy-to-use application that provides
compression, encryption, and archiving capabilities. Improvements to
StuffIt Lite 3.5 include accelerated speed for Power Macintosh computers,
more "drag and drop" functionality for improved ease-of-use, and better
AppleScript support.

Faster Stuffing and UnStuffing

StuffIt Lite 3.5 is now accelerated for Power Macintosh. Stuffing and
UnStuffing now occurs approximately five times faster on a Power Macintosh
6100/60 than on a Macintosh IIci. In many cases, expansion of files which
were originally compressed on other platforms is also accelerated,
including those files compressed into Compact Pro (.cpt) and BinHex (.hqx)
formats. StuffIt Lite works by compressing files (an average of 60%) into
a document called an archive. Archives assist in saving disk space,
speeding modem or network file transfers, and making backups easier.
StuffIt is the international standard and accepted method of file
compression and archiving on all major online services (including America
Online, CompuServe, and GEnie) and thousands of bulletin board systems.

Drag and Drop Support

StuffIt Lite 3.5 adds drag and drop support to the package, making
compression and expansion easier to perform. To expand a file from a
StuffIt archive, the user can simply drag a file from an open archive onto
the desktop (or a folder on the desktop). A file can be Stuffed into a
StuffIt archive by dragging it from the desktop onto an open archive
window. This functionality works under System 7.5. if the user also has
the Macintosh Drag and Drop and Dragging Enabler extensions installed.
This drag and drop functionality is available under System 7 Pro (7.1.1)
and higher. The Drag and Drop extensions are not included with StuffIt
Lite.

AppleScript Support

StuffIt Lite 3.5 features improved AppleScript support. A suite of Apple
events for registered copies of StuffIt Lite allow the program to be
automated using Apple's scripting system. StuffIt Lite is also fully
recordable; just like a tape recorder, a user can perform a series of
actions and the script will be automatically written.

Other Information

StuffIt Lite 3.5 features other capabilities found in previous versions,
including the ability to password protect archives, and to create
self-extracting segmented archives for fitting large files across multiple
floppy disks. StuffIt Lite 3.5 comes complete with an online guide.

Aladdin is offering registered users of previous versions of StuffIt Lite a
special upgrade price to StuffIt Lite 3.5 for $9.95. Registered users of
StuffIt Lite are also offered a special upgrade price to StuffIt Deluxe
3.5, Aladdin's flagship compression product for $34.95. This price upgrade
is valid through January 31, 1995.

StuffIt Lite is copyrighted shareware. After using StuffIt Lite for 15
days, users are honor-bound to send Aladdin a $30 registration fee. By
registering StuffIt Lite, the user receives added benefits including
AppleScriptability, free technical support and updates, enhanced features,
and special pricing on other Aladdin products.

StuffIt Lite is distributed through online information services, bulletin
board systems, the Internet, user groups, and freeware/shareware
collections. All Aladdin shareware and freeware is available from the
various Aladdin online forums. Members of the press, user group
ambassadors and disk librarians, and online Sysops should contact Aladdin
Systems directly to obtain the software.

Founded in 1988, Aladdin Systems, Inc. is credited with creating the
compression standard for applications and communications for the Macintosh
platform. The company's product line includes the StuffIt Family of
products including StuffIt Deluxe and StuffIt SpaceSaver, award-winning
products which offer comprehensive solutions for compression, translation,
and archiving. The StuffIt Family of products received Macworld's
prestigious World Class Award for Best Compression Utility the past two
years in a row. StuffIt Deluxe 3.0 also received the 1992 MacUser Editors'
Choice Award. Aladdin's developer tool, StuffIt InstallerMaker, is the
installer of choice for leading software developers, network
administrators, and MIS directors. Aladdin recently branched out into the
telecommunications arena with the introduction of SITcomm, which was a
finalist for the 1993 MacUser Editors' Choice Award for Best
Communications Product only three weeks after its debut.

Aladdin is one of the few remaining pioneers committed to the shareware and
freeware philosophy of software distribution and marketing. Their
commitment has helped garner millions of users worldwide. In addition,
over 1,000 software developers, including Microsoft, Claris, and Apple,
have licensed Aladdin's data compression and installation technology.

Aladdin Systems
408/761-6200

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