DIGITAL LOWERS U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA PRICES ON BROAD RANGE OF PC SERVERS
AND SELECTED NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS

MAYNARD, Mass. -- April 20, 1995 -- Digital Equipment Corporation today
announced price reductions in its Digital Prioris family of PC servers and
in its Digital HiNote notebooks in the United States and Latin
America/Caribbean region. The new prices are as much as 26 percent lower
for select Prioris servers, and up to 24 percent lower for HiNote models.
The changes are effective immediately.

Among the 10 Prioris models included in the reduction are the mid-range
Prioris XL servers and the high-performance, Pentium-based Prioris HX
introduced last December. Prioris XL Server 466, 560, 566, 590, and 590DP
(dual processor) drop in list price as much as $1,500 U.S depending on the
configuration. A Prioris XL Server 590DP now lists for $6,249 U.S., a drop
of $1,500; the Prioris XL Server 590 lists for $4,619 U.S., a reduction of
$930. For the most powerful Prioris servers, list price cuts exceed $2,000
U.S. for the Prioris HX 590, which now lists for $6,619 or $10,289
depending on the configuration.

"Digital PCs are now even more affordable and continue to offer
high-quality, high performance at very competitive prices," explained Skip
Gladfelter, vice president, Americas marketing, Personal Computer Business
Unit. "The marketplace has responded very positively to our PC servers
pushing us to 6th place worldwide according to the 1994 Dataquest
ranking." That was the first year the company sold x86-based servers.

Digital HiNote Notebook Prices Lowered

Five Digital HiNote models have also been reduced in price. They include
monochrome and color i486-based notebook computers. The reductions range
from $90 to $650 U.S.

New pricing is as follows:
                                                    Old U.S. New U.S.
                                                      List     List

HiNote CS 433 - SX/33  4MB RAM  170MB HD  DSTN mono  $1,699   $1,469

HiNote CS 433 - SX/33  4MB RAM  240MB HD  DSTN color  2,299    1,999

HiNote CS 450 - DX2/50  4MB RAM  340MB HD  DSTN color 2,699    2,049

HiNote CT 450 - DX2/50  4MB RAM  240MB HD  Active Matrix TFT color
                                                      3,229    3,139

HiNote CT 475 - DX4/75  4MB RAM  340MB HD  Active Matrix TFT color
                                                      3,999    3,539

"These price reductions underscore our resolve to be priced among the
notebook leaders," said Gladfelter. "Beyond the very attractive price,
HiNote features innovative design in a light weight, thin notebook without
compromising functionality."

Prioris Servers Earn Honors

In benchmark testing by AIM Technology, an independent organization, the
Prioris XL Server 590 finished first in the file server ranking and second
in shared system testing in the Best Price/Sustained Performance Under
$50,000 category. The Prioris XL 590 was also runner up in the file server
testing for Best Sustained Performance Under $50,000 in a heavy system
load environment. These results are in AIM Technology's Spring 1995 UNIX
System Price/Performance Guide.

In a review of the Prioris HX 590, the April 1995 issue of SCO World
magazine reported that "...for serious business applications requiring
computing power, a cost-effective upgrade path, and fault-tolerant
hardware and software, you can't go wrong with the (Prioris) HX 590."

Digital's Personal Computer Business Unit offers notebooks,
desktops/deskside systems, and servers through resellers, distributors,
systems integrators, and direct from Digital. Digital PC has doubled unit
shipments each of the past three calendar years and was ranked by
Dataquest as number 11 in units shipped worldwide in 1994.

Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open client/server
solutions from personal computers to integrated worldwide information
systems. Digital's Intel and Alpha platforms, storage, networking,
software and services, together with industry- focused solutions from
business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global
marketplace.

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