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Quarterdeck Select Offers DataCAD
in Recognition of CADD's Growing Importance in the Business Environment Avon, CT -- September 22, 1997 -- DATACAD LLC, a leading developer of architectural CADD (computer-aided design and drafting) software, announced today its strategic alliance with Quarterdeck Select, the telemarketing subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEK). Quarterdeck is a well-known industry developer, and marketer of world-class business software products for the PC. This special promotional partnership resulted from Quarterdeck's recognition of a growing interest in today's business market for high performance, low-cost CADD. Quarterdeck Select will make available the award-winning DataCAD 7.50 (from DATACAD LLC) and QEMM 97, Quarterdeck's leading memory management product at special promotional prices. According to Caroline Birch, president of Quarterdeck Select, "This strategic relationship evolved to provide our customers the best in memory management software for application performance and the best in 2D and 3D CADD. We believe DataCAD 7.50 delivers robust CADD tools at a very attractive price. We also regard DATACAD LLC as a company with a solid reputation for product quality and market responsiveness, a requirement of any Quarterdeck Select partner." "There is a growing awareness of the benefits of CADD across many disciplines," added Mark Madura, president of DATACAD LLC. "DataCAD offers comprehensive CADD functionality at a price point that makes sense in any size organization for both individual and enterprise-wide application. The interoperability of CADD data with business software promotes greater communication and streamlines the design to reality process. Business professionals who use CADD also spend a good deal of their dayworking on reports, bills of materials, presentations, budgets, memos, and file transfers via the Internet. Sharing 2D and 3D design data with business applications requires exceptional memory management to keep multiple software programs running at peak performance." Specifics on the Programs DataCAD 7.50 is a robust, award-winning architectural CADD program currently used by over 180,000 professional architects, interior designers, builders, remodelers, do-it-yourselfers and business professionals worldwide. DataCAD 7.50 is currently available for DOS. Quarterdeck's QEMM 97 is an integrated memory management solution which optimizes the use of system memory to speed-up application loading and improve overall performance. It maximizes memory efficiency for users who run memory-hungry applications under Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and DOS. Company Background DATACAD LLC is an independent, privately-held company that provides robust computer-aided design and drafting solutions to architecture, building, engineering, and construction firms. The firm's award-winning DataCAD architectural design products are some of the most popular, cost-effective CADD products available. Quarterdeck Select is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation. The company sells Quarterdeck and complimentary third-party products via telemarketing to small business, home office, corporate, government and individual personal computer users. Quarterdeck Select is based in Clearwater, Florida.

Quarterdeck Select Offers DataCAD

in Recognition of CADD's Growing Importance in the Business Environment

Avon, CT -- September 22, 1997 -- DATACAD LLC, a leading developer of architectural CADD (computer-aided design and drafting) software, announced today its strategic alliance with Quarterdeck Select, the telemarketing subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEK). Quarterdeck is a well-known industry developer, and marketer of world-class business software products for the PC. This special promotional partnership resulted from Quarterdeck's recognition of a growing interest in today's business market for high performance, low-cost CADD. Quarterdeck Select will make available the award-winning DataCAD 7.50 (from DATACAD LLC) and QEMM 97, Quarterdeck's leading memory management product at special promotional prices.

According to Caroline Birch, president of Quarterdeck Select, "This strategic relationship evolved to provide our customers the best in memory management software for application performance and the best in 2D and 3D CADD. We believe DataCAD 7.50 delivers robust CADD tools at a very attractive price. We also regard DATACAD LLC as a company with a solid reputation for product quality and market responsiveness, a requirement of any Quarterdeck Select partner."

"There is a growing awareness of the benefits of CADD across many disciplines," added Mark Madura, president of DATACAD LLC. "DataCAD offers comprehensive CADD functionality at a price point that makes sense in any size organization for both individual and enterprise-wide application. The interoperability of CADD data with business software promotes greater communication and streamlines the design to reality process. Business professionals who use CADD also spend a good deal of their dayworking on reports, bills of materials, presentations, budgets, memos, and file transfers via the Internet. Sharing 2D and 3D design data with business applications requires exceptional memory management to keep multiple software programs running at peak performance."

Specifics on the Programs
DataCAD 7.50 is a robust, award-winning architectural CADD program currently used by over 180,000 professional architects, interior designers, builders, remodelers, do-it-yourselfers and business professionals worldwide. DataCAD 7.50 is currently available for DOS.

Quarterdeck's QEMM 97 is an integrated memory management solution which optimizes the use of system memory to speed-up application loading and improve overall performance. It maximizes memory efficiency for users who run memory-hungry applications under Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and DOS.

Company Background
DATACAD LLC is an independent, privately-held company that provides robust computer-aided design and drafting solutions to architecture, building, engineering, and construction firms. The firm's award-winning DataCAD architectural design products are some of the most popular, cost-effective CADD products available.

Quarterdeck Select is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quarterdeck Corporation. The company sells Quarterdeck and complimentary third-party products via telemarketing to small business, home office, corporate, government and individual personal computer users. Quarterdeck Select is based in Clearwater, Florida.