FWB Provides Full Support for Power Macintosh 8500, 7200 and 7500

Comprehensive Line of Award Winning Mass Storage Hardware and Software
Compatible with Entire Power Macintosh with PCI family

Menlo Park, CA - August 7, 1995 - FWB, Inc., manufacturer of the Hammer
brand of high performance mass storage products, today announced full
compatibility of FWB's hardware and software products with Apple
Computer's new 7200, 7500, and 8500 Power Macintosh with PCI computers.
FWB previously announced full compatibility with Apple's high-performance
Power Macintosh 9500.

"FWB shares Apple's vision that Power Macintosh with PCI is the
high-performance platform of the future", commented Eric Herzog, FWB's
Vice President of Marketing. "By maintaining contact with Apple throughout
the development of the Power Macintosh with PCI family, we have assured
our customers of maximum product compatibility and optimal performance".
With the new Macintosh 9500 users can now experience sustained data
transfer rates of up to 32 MB/second with FWB's SledgeHammer II for PCI.

FWB Hardware

All of FWB's currently shipping disk arrays, tape, hard disk, optical,
CD-ROM, CD Writer and removable media products are fully compatible with
the Power Macintosh 7200, 7500, 8500, and 9500 families. In addition,
FWB's entire line of award winning mass storage products remain compatible
with all existing 68K-based Macintosh computer systems with or without
NuBus (from the Mac Plus to current models) and all existing NuBus-based
Power Macintosh systems. Since FWB employs the short card form factor,
FWB's PCI JackHammer is compatible with ALL Apple Power Macintosh with PCI
and Power Macintosh with PCI compatible machines. An important note is
that not all manufacture use this short PCI card form factor.
Manufacturers PCI cards that do not employ this short form factor length
cannot be used in the 7200 or 7500. FWB is committed to offering the best
solutions to all Macintosh users. Being the first manufacture to have
shipping PCI product, FWB remains the industry leader in Macintosh PCI
technology.

FWB Software

FWB's award-winning disk management software, Hard Disk ToolKit (HDT), Hard
Disk ToolKit-Personal Edition (HDT-PE), RAID ToolKit (RTK) and CD-ROM
ToolKit (CDT), are native for the Power Macintosh computer taking full
advantage of the PowerPC's superior speed. Each of FWB's software
applications can be used on either 68K or PowerPC-based Macintosh
computers from the Macintosh Plus to the Power Macintosh with PCI family
(7200, 7500, 8500, and 9500).

FWB Availability

All FWB products are available today for use today with the Power Macintosh
7200, 7500, 8500, and 9500 today.

FWB has previously announced a host of products, all of which are
compatible with the Power Macintosh 9500. Copies of press releases are
available upon request.

* November 1994, Intent to Support Power Macintosh with PCI

FWB's entire family of mass storage subsystems and software will be fully
compatible with Apple's Power Macintosh with PCI.

* March 1995, PCI SCSI JackHammer

FWB's high-performance Fast & Wide SCSI-3 PCI accelerator delivers PCI bus
transfer rates up to 132 MB/sec.

* April 1995, SledgeHammer for PCI

Sustained transfer rates over 32 MB/sec. have been attained with the
SledgeHammerPCI 3500FMF II when used with a Power Macintosh 9500. Results
with 7200, 7500, and 8500 have not been posted.

* May 1995, SledgeHammer-VS and SledgeHammer-FT for PCI

The ultimate storage for Apple's second-generation Power Macintosh with
PCI. The SledgeHammer-VS is a RAID 0 or 1 delivering digital video and
color publishing users unsurpassed performance. The SledgeHammer-FT is a
RAID 5 fault tolerant solution for mission-critical applications.

* May 1995, Extensive Upgrade Program for NuBus Macintosh Users

FWB and non-FWB NuBus and PDS SCSI accelerator and storage users can
upgrade to FWB's new Power Macintosh with PCI compatible standard.

* June 1995, FWB Provides Full Support for Power Macintosh 9500

All FWB software and hardware are fully compatible with Power Macintosh
with PCI
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Since 1984, FWB. Inc. has been developing mass storage and backup products
specifically for the Macintosh platform, including the Apple PowerBook,
the Apple Workgroup Servers, Power Macintosh, Power Macintosh with PCI,
and all Macintosh OS Compatible Clones. FWB products include SledgeHammer
RAID Arrays; Hammer, Hammer-PE, PocketHammer and HammerPB hard drives;
HammerDisk optical and removable drives; HammerTape and HammerDAT tape
backup systems; and the Fast and Wide SCSI-2 JackHammer accelerator boards
for PCI and NuBus. FWB also publishes RAID ToolKit, Hard Disk ToolKit,
Hard Disk ToolKit-Personal Edition disk management software, and CD-ROM
ToolKit accelerator software for CD-ROM drives. FWB's products have been
consistently rated the best in their class by publications such as
MacWEEK, MacUser, Macworld, AV Video Magazine, PC Magazine, and BYTE.
FWB's PremiumService has won the "Best Technical Support" award from The
Macintosh Consultants Network. Inc. Magazine ranked FWB on the Inc. 500
list of fastest growing privately held companies in both 1993 and 1994.

FWB Inc
1555 Adams Dr
Menlo Park, CA 94025
415-325-4FWB,  fax 415-833-4657
AOL: FWBINC
AppleLink: FWB
CIS: 71320,1034
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