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PAI Announces Multi-Lingual Design Software Contract with Renault


           Renault V.I. Awards Contract to PAI for Software Design
  


    ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 2 -- Pacific Animated Imaging (PAI)
Corporation , the Annapolis-based developer of
interactive multimedia software solutions, announced today that Renault V.I.,
the French Truck and auto maker, has chosen PAI to design multilingual
software for use in a sophisticated vehicle management and control system.
This system is an extension of the Mack Truck Corporation's "InfoMax," which
PAI earlier designed and developed for Mack.
    The Renault contract is for European applications, and it directly
addresses the universal need to insure that internal combustion engines
operate with maximum efficiency, for reasons of economy and environmental
protection.
    Phase I of the contract, in the amount of $26,000, is for the design of
the multilingual software in eight languages.  During Phase II, which will be
awarded upon successful completion of the first Phase, the selected contractor
will be involved in the software development and production.  PAI's management
expressed confidence that this work for Renault will continue and expand in
scope.
    PAI is a developer of custom made interactive multimedia software that
provides technology-based solutions to Fortune 500 companies in the areas of
Internet/Intranet implementation, process enhancement, technical
documentation, training, performance support and groupware software
integration.  These programs provide cost-effective solutions which deliver
considerable economic value through gains in process efficiency and
enhancements in content value.  PAI is headquartered in Annapolis, Md. with
development facilities in Tampa, Fla., Redmond, Wash. and Rockville, Md.

CONTACT: John J. Cadigan, Chairman, CEO of PAI, 800-831-9215; or C. Alex Tiffany, Investor Relations, of The Logan Consulting Group, 716-244-7660, for PAI