WESTERN DIGITAL EXPANDS SCSI HOST ADAPTER DISTRIBUTION WITH INSIGHT DIRECT

IRVINE, CA., Sept. 6, 1995 -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE:WDC) and Insight
Direct Inc. (Nasdaq National Market: NSIT) have teamed up to deliver
high-performance SCSI solutions to customers via the direct channel. The
Tempe, Ariz.-based direct marketer, Insight Direct, added Western
Digital's family of PCI-SCSI Host Adapters to its offering of computer
peripherals in August and plans to target buyers in the commercial and
corporate marketplaces.

"Western Digital means quality and value," commented Tim Crown, president
of Insight Direct. "Adding Western Digital's PCI-SCSI Host Adapters to our
lineup means we can deliver the quality, high-performance I/O solutions
our customers demand."

Insight Direct now sells Western Digital's full line of PCI-SCSI Host
Adapters, the WD7296, WD7197 and WD7193. The host adapters optimize
performance in PCI-based workstations, servers and high- end personal
computers. The adapters are Windows 95 certified and come bundled with
Western Digital's FLEXware configuration utility and Corel SCSI for
simplified installation and flexible operation of high performance SCSI
peripheral devices.

"We are pleased to be working with Insight Direct to deliver our PCI-SCSI
solutions to our customers," said David Schafer, vice president of
worldwide sales for Western Digital. "Insight Direct gives customers
direct, easy access to the products they need, when they need them."

Insight Direct also offers the company's Paradise graphics accelerator
cards and Caviar hard drives.

Insight Direct is a leading direct marketer of microcomputers, peripherals
and software. The company sells an extensive line of brand name products
to commercial, government, education and corporate customers throughout
the United States and Canada. Products are marketed primarily through
Insight's own distinctive catalogs and advertisements in computer industry
publications. The company can be reached at 800/927- 7848, found on-line
at the Insight World Wide Web home page at http://www.insight.com, or on
the internet at info@insight.com.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, Western Digital Corporation is a
recognized leader in the design and manufacture of hard disk drives,
integrated circuits and graphics controller board-level products. The
company markets these products to leading systems manufacturers and
selected resellers under the Western Digital, Caviar, Paradise and
RocketCHIP brand names. Western Digital is the first U.S.-headquartered,
multinational company to have been awarded company-wide ISO 9001
registration, linking all WD organizations with a consistent global
standard for quality processes. The company was founded in 1970 and has
long been noted for its storage and graphics controller expertise and
end-market systems-level design knowledge. The company can be found
on-line with a World Wide Web home page at http://www.wdc.com or on
America Online by using the key words Western Digital or WDC.
 
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