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ALLDATA Announces Digital Versatile Disc Option

4 November 1998

ALLDATA Announces Digital Versatile Disc Option

    ELK GROVE, Calif., Nov. 3 -- ALLDATA(R) Corporation, the
market leader in publishing Electronic Automotive Diagnostic and Repair
Information, has announced the addition of the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) to
the product line beginning February 1999 as an alternative option to the
popular CD-ROM disc.
    The ALLDATA automotive information database will be available on DVD and
will include the entire archive of diagnostic and repair articles, technical
service bulletins, technical illustrations and wiring diagrams on five (5)
DVDs.  Currently, ALLDATA customers are able to access millions of pages of
electronic automotive diagnostic and repair information on 35 individual CD
discs.  With the new DVD option, each DVD disc can store up to 12 times the
information of one compact disc.
    "By providing our customers the DVD option, we've reduced the number of
discs they'll need from 35 to only five," said Rick Lantz, Vice President of
Marketing for ALLDATA.  "Not only is there less storage space required because
you're using only five discs, but PC's equipped with DVD-ROM drives can also
be used to read other existing CDs the customer may have."
    In addition to saving on storage space, DVD provides easier access to
information.  For example, instead of being on 10 General Motors CD discs, all
of the General Motors information will be located on one DVD disc.  As a
result, the DVD option will save technicians time and will increase
productivity.  For more information about DVD, automotive professionals can
visit ALLDATA at http://www.alldata.com or call 1-800-697-2533.

    About ALLDATA(R) Corporation
    ALLDATA is the leading provider of Electronic Diagnostic and Repair
Information to the Professional Automotive Service Industry.  ALLDATA's
information includes over two million Diagnostic and Repair articles, more
than 175,000 factory technical service bulletins, and over 1.5 million wiring
diagrams and images that help automotive repair shops get repair jobs done
right the first time.