KODAK CD IMAGING MILESTONES 

March 30, 1993

The Kodak Photo CD Portfolio disc format is improved with the addition of a
new feature set and authoring software. The format's new feature- which
allow users to create discs containing combinations of photographic
images, audio, graphics, text, and programmed access--position Photo CD
Portfolio discs to become a major publishing medium for use on TV and
computers.

Meridian Data, Inc., introduces the Netscribe 1000 CD writer system, built
on the Kodak PCD writer 200 CD-ROM writer. The new system will allow users
to send their data to the Netscribe CD writer as easily as they send data
to a shared printer.

Kodak announces the Kodak PCD LAN writer 200, a turnkey system that lets
any DOS or Windows user on a Novell-based Ethernet network produce
standard CD-ROM discs for about four cents per megabyte.

Kodak announces the availability of Kodak writable CD media with the
InfoGuard protection system. The specially treated media are designed to
provide greater longevity and durability than do existing write-once or
mass-produced CDs. In conjunction with the new media, Kodak also announces
new writable CD publishing software for the Windows environment and
Macintosh computers.

Kodak announces the availability of the DOS version of Kodak Photo CD
Access software, and the Kodak Photo CD Access developer toolkit for DOS.
Together, the new products promise to offer access to Photo CD images to
tens of millions of DOS users worldwide.

Toshiba America Information Systems announces it signed a license to brand
its CD-ROM drives with the Photo CD logo.

February 1993

Kodak starts taking orders for the Kodak Professional Photo CD Imaging
Workstation 4200, for delivery beginning in June.

Kodak announces the availability of the Kodak Photo CD Acquire Module, a
user-selectable plug-in that is compatible with Adobe Photoshop software.
The module provides image users who wish to output their images to color
separations or color printers with an improved solution for color
correcting Photo CD images within Photoshop software.

January 1993

Kodak reduces the prices of its consumer Photo CD players by up to $100.
The new prices are: PCD 270, $379; PCD 870, $449; PCD 5870, $549.

Kodak ships the Kodak Photo CD Access developer toolkit for the Sun/UNIX
platform, which helps application developers build flexible user
interfaces to images stored on Photo CD discs. The toolkit consists of a
library of the basic C-language functions required to read images from a
Photo CD disc into memory in formats compatible with the Sun/UNIX
environment.

SuperMac, DayStar, and Sigma Designs introduce Photo CD-compatible CD-ROM
and accelerator card systems that come bundled with Photo CD software.

Atari announces a Photo CD-compatible computer.

December 1992

Kodak PhotoEdge Photo CD software is shipped for Apple Macintosh and
Windows computer applications. PhotoEdge software supports Photo CD, TIFF,
PICT, RAW, and EPS formats and can be installed in English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch.

Users can perform basic image correction and enhancement of Photo CD
images--and digital images in other formats--then print, copy, or export
finished images for use in other applications.

November 1992

Kodak ships the PCD 5870 home Photo CD player with five-disc carousel and
on-screen display.

Kodak upgrades Photo CD Imaging Workstations (PIWs) with
productivity-improving features, including an upgrade kit to convert the
PIW 2200 to a PIW 2400.

Kodak wins the International Press Association (IPA) President's Award for
Photo CD.

September 1992

Kodak introduces the Kodak writable CD system, a writable compact
disc-publishing system with the capability to write, store, and retrieve
information on CD. Kodak's system consists of the Kodak PCD writer 200,
writable CD media, and CD publishing software.

August 1992

Kodak announces a dramatically expanded Photo CD program that cuts across
professional and commercial markets. The announcements include:

* Kodak Picture Exchange, a new global on-line image marketing
  service that links image buyers and sellers
* Four new Photo CD formats, Kodak Pro Photo CD Master, Photo CD
  Portfolio, Photo CD Catalog, and Photo CD Medical
* Kodak Professional Photo CD Imaging Workstation 4200, for
  large-format professional films, with features that meet the
  unique needs of professional photographers
* Kodak Photo CD Imaging Workstation 2400, with over three times
  the productivity of the existing PIW, for photofinishing labs
* Four new Kodak imaging software packages, Kodak PhotoEdge
  Shoebox, Browser, and Photo CD-enabled Renaissance

Kodak also announces that more than a dozen companies will cooperate on the
development of new products and commercial applications for Photo CD and
Kodak Picture Exchange products and services. These include Applied
Graphic Technologies (AGT), Apple Computer, Inc., J. Paul Getty Art
History Information Program, Jostens, and Sony Corporation of America.

Kodak Photo CD Access software is shipped for Apple Macintosh and Windows
computer applications. Kodak also announces that it will market a newly
Photo CD-enabled Kodak Renaissance Photo CD design software program.

Photo CD players become available to consumers in North America, followed
by Western Europe, Japan, and other major markets.

July 1992

Kodak wins the Eduard-Rhein Foundation's 1992 Technology Award, one of
Europe's most celebrated technology prizes.

June 1992

Transfer services for scanning 35 mm negatives and slides onto Photo CD
discs become available in the United States through wholesale
photofinaishers, retail photo stores, and commercial photo labs.

April 1992

Kodak begins delivering Kodak Photo CD Imaging Workstations to wholesale
photofinishers, commercial photo labs, and photo retail stores. Delivery
of PIWs meets the target set in September 1990, when Kodak first announced
it would introduce the Photo CD system.

March 1992

Kodak and Apple Computer, Inc., announce that they are working together to
integrate support for Photo CD images into future versions of Apple's
QuickTime system software extension. QuickTime system software support for
Photo CD images will provide Apple customers with direct access to Photo
CD images within any Macintosh computer application.

Kodak announces that leading CD-ROM drive manufacturers Philips, Pioneer,
Sony, and Toshiba will offer fully Photo CD-compatible CD-ROM drives.
Drives that are certified by Kodak as fully Photo CD-compatible can carry
the Photo CD logo.

February 1992

Kodak hosts its first Desktop Developer Conference in Burlingame, Calif.,
with the theme "Silver to Silicon: Color and Imaging in the '90s."

January 1992

Kodak and Agfa-Gevaert announce that Agfa will support the Kodak Photo CD
system, licensing Photo CD technology from Kodak. Agfa will use Photo CD
images as one source of input to the Agfa Digital Print System (DPS).

Kodak announces at MACWORLD Expo that the Photo CD Access developer toolkit
is available.

Kodak announces that the Photo CD system will offer interactive capability
when it arrives during the summer of 1992. Among other things, the new
features will allow people to combine sound, text, and graphics with
images and to use programmed access to interact with the contents of their
Photo CD discs.

December 1991

Kodak and MCI Telecommunications announce that MCI will use Kodak writable
CDs to deliver complex long-distance bills to its largest customers
beginning in 1992. This is the first commercial application for CD
technology developed by Kodak to support the introduction of the Photo CD
system.

September 1991

Philips Interactive Media Systems announces plans to market dedicated Photo
CD players beginning in 1992. Philips' CD-I players will also be Photo
CD-compatible.

The Photo CD system is named "European Innovation of the Year 1991--1992"
by a panel of editors of photographic journals from 13 countries.

Fuji Photo Film Company announces that it will license Photo CD technology
from Kodak, thus enabling affiliated photofinishing laboratories to
provide services for copying film-based images onto Photo CD discs
(beginning in the fall of 1992).

August 1991

Kodak announces that the Photo CD system has received two key European
honors: the "Best Design Technology" award from the Technical Image Press
Association and a "Top 10 Products" award from PhotoExpo '91.

November 1990

Popular Science selects the Photo CD system for a "Best of What's New"
award, honoring the year's 100 greatest achievements in science and
technology.

October 1990

The Kodak Photo CD system is supported or endorsed by major developers of
computer hardware and software.

At Photokina, in Cologne, Germany, Photo CD players are shown to the public
for the first time, generating enormous excitement and support from trade
and consumer magazines.

Kodak announces a series of developments designed to make it easy to bring
Photo CD images to computer applications:

* The Kodak Photo CD Access developer toolkit, to enable software
  and hardware developers to integrate Photo CD technology into
  new and existing applications
* Kodak Photo CD Access software, a package designed to give
  users access to Photo CD images in computer applications that
  were not specifically designed with Photo CD capability

September 1990

Kodak makes initial announcement of the Kodak Photo CD system, the first
cost-effective tool for digitally storing and manipulating photographs.
The system allows consumers to store their pictures in a new way and view
them on television. It also promises to bring photographic-quality 35 mm
color or black-and-white photos into computer applications at low cost.

Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State St, Rochester, NY 14650

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