IRVINE, Calif., July 24, 1992 -- Let the games begin! While Barcelona is
hosting the Olympics, London will be the site of the fourth annual
International Computer Olympiad to be held August 5-11 at the Park Lane
Hotel.

Organized by Computer Olympiad Ltd. and sponsored by AST Europe, the
Olympiad will feature more than 100 world-renowned artificial intelligence
programmers, pitted against each other in a competitive series of computer
games to determine whose software technology reigns supreme.

Olympiad participants will enter their own versions of software game
programs -- including Chess, Scrabble, Bridge and Othello -- to compete
against each other. Highly sophisticated programs, such as chess, will
actually play at the World Champion level. Participants merely input
program moves, leaving strategy entirely to AI.

"We are supporting the Computer Olympiad because of its substantial
contribution to advancements in computer technology, a philosophy which
has always been at the heart of AST," says Rod Rodericks, Managing
Director European Operations. "The competition provokes software advances
by bringing together the world's most innovative computer intellects."

Although the Olympiad is fun and games, its ultimate goal is to utilize
what is learned and apply that technology to real world applications. In
Moscow for example, ex-World Chess Champion, Mikahal Botwinnik uses
olympic-proven technology to create a smooth and efficient-running power
station.

"Just as racing has enhanced the performance of automobiles," Graham
Hopper, UK General Manager AST Europe Limited, illustrated, "competitive
intellectual games, such as those played at the Computer Olympiad, will
enable development of more effective and efficient business software
programs."

An international academic conference on advancements made in artificial
intelligence will also be held concurrent with the Olympiad. The forum
allows for an exchange of ideas and advancements in AI programming. In
past years, conference topics have discussed game playing hardware
systems, database-driven programs and concepts for writing an unbeatable
Bridge program.

Recently ranked number 431 on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest
industrial companies, AST Research Inc. is an information technology
company holding a prominent market share position for desktop, file server
and notebook computers.

AST pioneered multi-brand PC offerings and feature the Premium, Bravo,
Advantage! and Premium Exec families which allow users to choose from a
full range of price and performance options. The company is represented in
100 countries and operates 39 subsidiaries and sales offices worldwide.

The company reported record sales of $688 . 5 million for the 1991 fiscal
year ended June 28, 1991, compared to sales of $533.8 million for fiscal
year 1990.

AST Europe oversees subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and
the United Kingdom. The International Sales Office is located in West
Drayton, Middlesex, England.

AST Research corporate headquarters is located at 16215 Alton Parkway, P.O.
Box 19658, Irvine, Calif.  92713-9658. Telephone: (714) 727-4141, (800)
876-4278.  Fax: (714) 727-9355.

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