Type of Article: MacTech Web Site

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Karl Bunker
KarlBunker@aol.com
Vern Jensen
Vern_Jensen@lamg.com

SPRITEWORLD 2 RELEASED

A FREE, FAST, POWERFUL, AND EASY TO USE PROGRAMMER’S LIBRARY FOR CREATING
SPRITE ANIMATION IN MACINTOSH PROGRAMS

Karl Bunker and Vern Jensen today officially released SpriteWorld 2 as
freeware to the Macintosh programming community. SpriteWorld 2 is an update
to the widely respected SpriteWorld animation library originally written by
Tony Myles in 1993-94.

Announcing Licorice, Web Pages for Sprocket(tm) Development

Viperware(tm) is proud to announce Licorice, a new series of web pages
designed specifically for developers using Apple’s Game Sprockets. The URL
for Licorice is:

(http://www.viperware.com/licorice)

Licorice features FAQ’s for each of the Game Sprockets. Questions and
answers have been taken from the past 6 months of the Mac-Games-Developer
mailing list.

If you have a question concerning Game Sprockets, you should check Licorice
first to see if your question is answered in a FAQ.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Dina Tanzi
Phone: 800-819-1335
Fax: 301-513-9466
E-mail: webmaster@nmaa.org
URL: http://www.nmaa.org; http://www.ratings.org

WWW.RATINGS.ORG, The New Standard For Rating Software Via The Internet

COLLEGE PARK, MD — October 16, 1996 (MMG) — The National
Multimedia Association of America, the largest non-profit multimedia
professional association in the United States, will begin operations of a
new service to the Internet community: WWW.RATINGS.ORG.

The purpose of RATINGS.ORG is to help users select the best
software for their needs and to i

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contacts:
Joel Zeff
ObjectSpace, Inc.
214.823.8242
joelzeff@objectspace.com

Cynthia Fray
Metrowerks, Inc.
512.873.4758
cynthia@metrowerks.com

METROWERKS BUNDLES OBJECTSPACE’S JAVA(tm) GENERIC LIBRARY

DALLAS, Texas & AUSTIN, Texas-October 14, 1996-ObjectSpace Inc., a leading
provider of object-oriented technology, and Metrowerks(R) Inc., (NASDAQ:
MTWKF, TSE/ME: MWK), the leading provider of software development tools for
Macintosh(R), today announced an agreement to include the ObjectSpace
Java(tm) Generic Library (JGL) with Metrowerks’ CodeWa

Apple Computer Announces Quarterly Results

Company Posts $25 Million Profit; Revenues, Margins, and Cash Flow Reflect
Continued Improvement

CUPERTINO, California–Oct. 16, 1996–Apple Computer, Inc. today announced
results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 27, 1996. For the
quarter, Apple’s revenues were $2.321 billion, a decrease of $682 million
fromthe fourth quarter a year ago, but a sequential increase of $142
million from the quarter ended June 30, 1996.