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         QUARTERDECK ADDS DOS PROTECTED MODE INTERFACE (DPMI)
                           HOST TO QEMM-386

     DPMI Host Is Only Standalone Host to Support Virtual Memory,
   Distributed Free of Charge to Registered Users via Bulletin Board


SANTA MONICA,  Calif., Aug. 3, 1992 -- Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc.

(NASDAQ: QDEK)  announced today  the availability  of Quarterdeck's DOS

Protected Mode  Interface (DPMI)  Host,  a  companion  product  to  the

company's  QEMM-386,   the  PC  industry's  leading  memory  management

software.   The Quarterdeck  DPMI Host  is compatible with  Microsoft's

C/C++  Development  System  for  Windows  (version  7),  Borland's  C++

(version 3) and Intel's Code Builder Kit (version 1.1).  It is the only

standalone DPMI  host to  support virtual memory, which allows programs

to access more memory than is physically present on the computer.  DPMI

is an industry-standard way for DOS programs to run in protected mode.

     "Now developers can write protected mode DOS programs that will be

compatible with DOS, DR-DOS, Windows, OS/2, 386-based UNIX, DESQview or

DESQview/X operating  environments," said  Gary Pope, Quarterdeck's co-

founder  and  executive  vice  president  of  development.    "This  is

consistent  with   Quarterdeck's  philosophy   of  supporting  emerging

industry standards."

     The Quarterdeck  DPMI Host  requires  Quarterdeck's  QEMM-386,  or

Quarterdeck's DESQview-386  or DESQview/X, each of which includes QEMM.

The DPMI  Host fully  supports running  multiple DPMI  programs  inside

Quarterdeck's DESQview products.

     The Quarterdeck  DPMI Host is a full implementation of version 0.9

of the DPMI specification, including MS-DOS extensions.  DPMI defines a

standard software  interface for  allocating the full range of extended

memory to  16- and 32-bit protected mode programs on Intel 286, 386 and

486 processors.   The  DPMI specification was developed by a consortium

of computer  companies,  including  Quarterdeck,  Borland,  Ergo,  IBM,

Intel, Intelligent Graphics, Locus, Lotus, Microsoft, Phar Lap, Phoenix

Technologies and Rational Systems.

     Quarterdeck will  make  the  DPMI  Host  available  to  registered

Quarterdeck users  at no cost through the company's user bulletin board

system (BBS): (310) 314-3227.  On-line documentation is also available.

In addition  to the  company's BBS, QEMM users will be able to download

the new DPMI Host from Compuserve, BIX, Genie, Internet (including UUCP

sites), SmartNet  (through the  Sound of Music board), Rimenet (through

Running Board),  and the  DESQview Support  File Distribution  Network,

(FIDONET).  Users who require packaging and hard copy documentation may

order the  DPMI Host  directly from Quarterdeck, sales, (800) 354-3222,

for $30; no charge to Quarterdeck Passport Support subscribers.

     Quarterdeck Office  Systems, Inc. founded in 1981, is a technology

leader in  developing software products that enhance the performance of

DOS-based  personal  computer  hardware  and  software.    The  company

develops, markets,  and supports  multitasking,  windowing  and  memory

management  software   designed  to   bring  cost-effective   computing

solutions to business and professional PC users.

     Quarterdeck Office Systems, Inc. is located at 150 Pico Boulevard,

Santa Monica, CA 90405.  The company can be reached at (310) 392-9851.



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