Oberursel, April 3, 1997: phase 5 digital products, a leading vendor of CPU Acceleration and Graphic Expansion products for Amiga computers, today welcomes Gateway 2000 as the new owner of Amiga Technologies.

"We appreciate the fact that with Gateway 2000 a new owner is going to take over Amiga Technologies, who can provide a strong base for a future development of the Amiga and the Amiga market" says Wolf Dietrich, General Manager of phase 5. "We hope that Gateway 2000 will be interested in the future of the Amiga itself as an alternative computer system. With their economical strength and market position, Gateway 2000 can start the creation of new products with a vision for the future, not being limited by short-term economical constraints. Insofar, we believe that there are big chances for the Amiga future if Gateway 2000 understands the heart and soul of the Amiga and it's users."

With it's leading position in development and integration of next generation, PowerPC-based processor cards into existing Amiga systems phase 5 digital products since end of 1995 has undertaken pioneering steps, the results of which the company is ready to share with Gateway 2000 and Amiga International. "Once again, we are open for a technological cooperation which could result in nearly immediate availability of powerful and inexpensive new technology for the Amiga" comments Wolf Dietrich. "A year ago, we had already started such a cooperation, before Amiga Technologies cancelled all development on their side. We have continued with the project that we had initiated, and today we are just weeks ago from the release of a new, sensational product generation. We will contact Amiga International in the near future, to discuss the opportunities for technological exchange, and if it is wanted, we are ready for an extensive cooperation both on the hardware and the software sector."

phase 5 digital products is a technologically leading vendor of CPU Acceleration and Graphic Expansion products for the Amiga computers. Since end of 1995, the company has sold some 60,000 add-on products in a value of some DM 25 million to Amiga users all over the world. With it's continuing development efforts phase 5 digital products is pioneering innovative projects such as the PowerPC-based PowerUp Processor Cards for Amiga systems (see the Cyberstorm PPC and the Blizzard 603e Power Board press release) and the development of the custom-chip based A\BOX Computer System, which is following the Amiga vision on a technological level that is prepared for the next decade.