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SystemSoft Delivers System-Level Software for Hitachi's VisionBook Plus Notebooks

World's Fastest Growing Notebook Manufacturer Added to Increasing List of Mobile Platforms Shipping SystemSoft's BIOS

NATICK, Mass., July 30, 1997 - SystemSoft Corporation (NASDAQ: SYSF) announced today that Hitachi PC Corporation is shipping SystemSoft's MobilePRO™ modular system-level software suite on Hitachi's new VisionBook Plus™ notebook family.

Hitachi's VisionBook Plus notebooks are assured of the highest level of system-level support for the latest PC technologies by using SystemSoft's MobilePRO BIOS. Among the MobilePRO features incorporated into the Hitachi VisionBook Plus include:

"SystemSoft's MobilePRO BIOS provides Hitachi's new VisionBook Plus notebook line with the industry's highest level of system-level support for new and emerging technologies," said Stephen J. Gentile, vice president of marketing for SystemSoft's Platform Products. "Hitachi has quickly penetrated the competitive notebook market with quality and reliable products. We are pleased to add Hitachi to the growing list of leading companies that have incorporated MobilePRO products into their designs."

Hitachi VisionBook Plus notebooks are designed for budget conscious corporate buyers, small office/home office (SOHO), and retail consumers. During the past year, Hitachi was the fastest growing "Top 10" notebook manufacturer, according to International Data Corp.. IDC estimates that Hitachi experienced a 235 percent increase in worldwide notebook product shipments in the first quarter of 1997 as compared to the same period in 1996. The VisionBook Plus product line will help Hitachi continue their rapid growth in the notebook market. Hitachi joins SystemSoft's impressive list of notebooks vendors who ship MobilePRO BIOS including; Acer, Canon, Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Unisys and many other leading manufacturers.

SystemSoft's MobilePRO system-level software suite includes a core BIOS, value added firmware layers for PCI, Plug-and-Play, Power Management, DMI, USB and ACPI support, as well as easily customizable system control utilities that enable the most technically advanced designs. SystemSoft's products are design around a modular core with easily customizable source code that allows system engineers to implement OEM-specific features into the software and provides sophisticated design flexibility.

SystemSoft is the pioneer in system-level software, connectivity, and problem-resolution technologies and the maker of SystemWizard call-avoidance software and CardWizard PC Card troubleshooting and configuration software. Other products include a family of Universal Serial Bus firmware, ACPI firmware, Plug-and-Play software, power-management software, and BIOS. SystemSoft licenses its products primarily to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), including manufacturers of PCs, and independent software and hardware vendors. Its customers include Acer, Apple Computer, AST Computer, Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation, Gateway 2000, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola, NEC, and Toshiba. Based in Natick, Mass., SystemSoft employs more than 250 at its headquarters and in offices in Boulder, Colo.; Santa Clara, Calif.; Oxnard, Calif.; Yokohama, Japan; and Taipei, Taiwan.