"They needed to come to market quickly with a low-cost, high-performance computer," he said.

"This record suggests that demand for high-performance personal computers is fundamentally healthy."

As a subcontractor the company will supply the Government with 3,200 high-performance computers.

President Clinton today significantly relaxed controls on the export of high-performance computers.

Civilian customers in Russia are permitted to buy some high-performance computers without a license.

Russian officials saw this as an invitation, in the coded language of diplomacy, to buy American high-performance computers.

The company has fallen behind in offering high-performance computers at low cost.

The Chinese recently agreed to return one high-performance computer that had been diverted to a military site.

This relates, in particular, to restrictions on the export of high-performance computers.

There are good reasons for restricting American exports of high-performance computers to countries that might put them to dangerous military use.