DayStar Announces Support for BeOS
on nPOWER Multiprocessing Systems

RELEASED FEBRUARY 19, 1997

DAYSTAR ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR BEOS
ON NPOWER MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS

First Ever Demonstrations of Full Symmetric BeOS on Four Processors

Macworld Tokyo -- February 19, 1997 -- Today, DayStar Digital, the inventor of multiprocessing on the Mac OS and the leader in multiprocessing performance solutions for Mac OS professionals, demonstrated Jean-Louis Gassee's BeOS, with support for symmetric multiprocessing on DayStar's exclusive quad processor Genesis MP workstation.

Be, Inc. the creator of the media-rich Be Operating System (BeOS), is incorporating nPOWER multiprocessing support into the version of the BeOS that is designed to run on Mac OS based systems. DayStar's nPOWER is the multiprocessing technology licensed by Apple Computer, UMAX Computer Corp. and Newer Technology for their own dual-processing implementations.

"For the first time, the BeOS will operate on four-processors," said Andrew Lewis, CEO of DayStar. "Running at 800 MHz on DayStar's exclusive four-processor Genesis MP systems, the BeOS will be unparalleled in multimedia capabilities."

nPOWER Multiprocessing Technology

nPOWER is DayStar's proprietary hardware implementation of multiprocessing on PowerPC based systems. Through nPOWER, users are assured of compatible, transparent performance. DayStar's nPOWER multiprocessing technology is widely used in DayStar's Genesis MP, Apple's Power Macintosh, and UMAX A.S.P.D. based systems. It is also used in DayStar's nPOWER upgrade cards and Newer's future multiprocessing upgrades. nPOWER fully supports System 7.5.x up, and it will be fully supported within Be and Apple's planned future software releases.

Over forty multiprocessing applications are either shipping or in development. Many are available today, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Deneba Canvas, Strata Studio Pro Blitz, Apple QuickTime 2.5, MetaTools Studio Effects, Metrowerks CodeWarrior, PCC Professional, AutoTrapper and Kodak Color/Photo CD plug-ins. DayStar has also prepared numerous multiprocessing extensions, allowing users to maximize their overall speed and productivity. Other applications soon to arrive with MP support include Electric Image, MetaTools Final Effects, MetaTools Bryce, Live Picture, Apple's ColorSync, and many more. DayStar maintains a complete list at www.daystar.com.

To Infinity and Beyond -- with nPOWER!

nPOWER is designed to work today and expand tomorrow. Its fully scaleable implementation allows it to support a virtually unlimited number of processors. Working hand in hand with Apple and Be, DayStar is continually engineering the state of the art in multiprocessing -- providing greater performance and more multitasking options to nPOWER based solutions.

About DayStar Digital

DayStar Digital, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets high performance multiprocessing Mac OS-based workstations for professionals engaged in media-publishing. DayStar is the only company to offer industrial strength, four-processor Mac OS-based systems.

DayStar developed multiprocessing for the Mac OS in collaboration with Apple Computer. Additionally, DayStar offers a full line of performance upgrade products for Apple Macintosh computers. DayStar Digital, Inc., is headquartered in Flowery Branch, Georgia, 45 minutes north of Atlanta.

DayStar maintains a Home Page on the Internet at: www.daystar.com. Contact DayStar Marketing via email at: marketing@daystar.com. DayStar currently manufactures Genesis MP, a four processor Mac OS workstation, Genesis LT, a two processor Mac OS system, and nPOWER dual processor upgrades for Genesis, Power Macintosh and SuperMac Computers.

About Be, Inc.

Be, Inc. was founded by Jean-Louis Gassée in 1990 to overcome the limitations of existing computer architectures. With a team of industry-leading engineers and business executives in the United States and Europe, the company has positioned itself to become a key player in fast-growing application markets. Be, Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Be, Inc.
800 El Camino Real, Suite 300
Menlo Park, California 94025
Tel: (415) 462-4100
Fax: (415) 462-4129
Internet: http://www.be.com
e-mail: info@be.com
FTP site: ftp://ftp.be.com