PRESS RELEASE August 1993: DOBLE X, INC. - North Palm Beach, FLORIDA USA Doble X, Inc. is now shipping TheRef v2.5 a product that contains thousands of computer related products and vendor information with a program to facilitate access to such information. The philosophy of this product is to have a one stop source of information for computer related products worldwide, at a fraction of the cost of similar services and products. The main thrust of the databases is software products and companies, but it also contains thousands of hardware, accessories and book listing. The Vendor Database contains information on computer related manufacturers, publishers, distributors, an many more. The information maintained for each record includes Vendor Name, mailing address, company type, brief description, years in business and company phone numbers including, toll free, local, BBS, technical support as well international, if any. The Products Database contains information on computer related hardware, software and accessories for not only IBM and DOS but also for AMIGA, UNIX, MAC, and many more. The information included for each product is: Product Name, manufacturer, product type, Retail price, platform and a brief description. Users can search any database by any one field or a combination of fields, by just typing a partial word or number. A list of the entries matching the search criteria will appear on a scrollable window at which point the user can choose to get further information or print one or more entries. The list price of the product is $199.95 plus $59.95 for the first year suscription which entitles the user to quarterly updates to the program and databases. Renewal rate for subsequent years is $69.95. Registered users can also get up to the minute updates of the software and database by calling the company's Bulletin Board System. A special introductory price of $99.95 is being offered by the company. A demonstration version is available on the company's BBS or by calling the company directly. The program runs on any MS-DOS or Windows based system with at least 512K RAM and 10Mg of hard disk drive space free. The company is currently working on versions for MAC and UNIX based systems. Vendors can list their company and/or products FREE OF CHARGE by contacting the company. For more information contact : Doble X, Inc., P.O. Box 14327, North Palm Beach, FLORIDA 33408 USA Voice Phones: 800-742-2744 or (407) 624-9073 EMail CIS: 71221,514 BBS: (407) 624-9107 Fax: (407) 624-0992 U.S. Distributor: Softech International 800-771-6022