ETC AND PENSTOCK IN POS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR FULL LINE OF VIEWMAGIC
SPECIALTY MONITORS

Fremont, CA -- August 14, 1995 -- ETC Computer, Inc., announced today that
it has signed a distribution agreement for its line of ViewMagic specialty
monitors with Penstock, an Avnet company, based in Sunnyvale, California.

ETC is the world's largest supplier of color specialty monitors. ETC's
small-screen high-resolution color and black and white monitors are used
for point of sale and retail dedicated system applications where compact
size, price and high resolution are important.

The agreement calls for Penstock to distribute the full line of 10-inch
color ViewMagic monitors to its customer base. Penstock P.O.S./Datacom
Division is a national distributor of point of sale, OEM (original
equipment manufacturer), Auto ID, bar code, and other computer peripheral
products to VARs, resellers, OEMs, and system integrators. Applications
include banks, service stations, restaurants, theaters and other retail
establishments that use dedicated computers for management and financial
control.

Bill Cunningham, Penstock's general manager, said, 'ETC is our only
specialty monitor supplier, as they are attuned to the market, and can
provide product in volume, the kind of products our customers need.'
Kent Huang, president of ETC, said, 'As the largest color specialty monitor
supplier, our position is helped considerably by our alliance with
Penstock, the leading distributor into our key retail and point of sale
markets.'

Penstock P.O.S./Datacom Division is a subsidiary of Avnet, Inc. Avnet EMG
is the largest operating group of Avnet Inc., a Fortune 100 service
company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with sales exceeding $3.5
billion. Avnet EMG consists of Hamilton Hallmark, Avnet Computer Group,
Time Electronics, Avnet Europe, and Penstock. Avnet EMG markets,
inventories and adds value to the products of the most prestigious U.S.
electronic components and equipment manufacturers. Penstock is located in
Sunnyvale, California, telephone 800/767-3478, fax 408/732-1744.

ETC's full line of 10-inch color and black and white monitors, and a line
of touchscreen monitors in a variety of sizes, include the latest
high-performance and innovative features. The company designs and builds
all of the components for its product line, ensuring that every ETC
monitor performs to the same demanding specifications as all major
industry models. Resellers, manufacturers and retailers depend on
multiple, fully-functional, high-quality monitors featuring a minimum of
counter space. All monitors are designed for compatibility with the range
of IBM PC/AT/XT and PS/2 systems.

* Specialty Monitors: Small-footprint 10-inch color (super VGA) monitors
and 9-inch monochrome monitors, all with energy saving features designed
for specialty applications

* Touchscreen Monitors: Low-cost 10-, 14-, 15-, 17- and 20-inch
plug-and-play touchscreen monitors come complete with analog capacitive
touch panel, mouse driver, controller and cables, VGA and SVGA resolution
and an unlimited color display. The units feature a life span of greater
than 20 million touches in any one location, and are supported on Windows,
DOS, Windows NT, OS/2, MAC, UNIX and X-Windows.

ETC Computer, Inc. is a subsidiary of the ETC Group, which includes three
manufacturing firms producing monitors, systems and auxiliary components
and supplies. The ETC Group's seven floor, 150,000 square foot Taiwan
facility features ultra-modern automated assembly lines with stringent
quality control. ViewMagic monitors are marketed in the U.S. through ETC's
sales and service organization located at 2917 Bayview Drive, Fremont, CA
94538, telephone 510/226-6250, fax 510/226-6252. ETC's European office is
located in Dusseldorf, Germany.
 
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