Anderson/Tidalwave Signs Joint Venture to Provide Internet Services.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1999--Anderson Computers/Tidalwave Corp. (OTC BB:ACPT) announced today that the company has signed a joint venture agreement to offer numerous internet services. Anderson is positioning itself to take advantage of the fast growing internet and e-commerce markets which are projected to generate $425 billion in sales in the United States and generate $3.2 trillion in global transactions by the year 2002.

The popularity of the internet has become so great that Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) has called the internet the "Gold Rush of the 90's." Additionally, a Nasdaq-Amex E-commerce index has been created of 15 companies that derive either all or a significant part of their revenue from online commerce which include bookseller Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN), brokerage firm Ameritrade Holding Corp. (Nasdaq:AMTD), bookseller Barnes&Noble Inc. (NYSE:BKS), software producer Broadvision Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN), music seller CDnow Inc. (Nasdaq:CDNW), broker E-Trade Group Inc. (Nasdaq:EGRP), computer-products seller Egghead.com (Nasdaq:EGGS), Hollywood Entertainment (Nasdaq:HLYW), Preview Travel Inc. (Nasdaq:PTVL), retailer ONSALE (Nasdaq:ONSL), Micro Warehouse Inc. (Nasdaq:MWHS), music retailer N2K Inc. (Nasdaq:NTKI), grocer Peapod Inc. (Nasdaq:PPOD), auctioneer eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY), and National Media (NYSE:NM).

As millions of people sign up for internet service each month through an Internet Service Provider commonly known as an (ISP) which provides connections to the internet, such as America Online (NYSE:AOL) or Prodigy (Nasdaq:PRGY), the demand for websites in order to increase or conduct business over the internet continues to rise substantially.

With this in mind, Anderson has decided to become more diverse in its internet business and has begun creating strategic alliances in order to expand its internet presence and services.

For many individuals, how the internet works and terminology are often heard but not understood. To help better understand the internet and these terms, we have highlighted some key terms for your benefit.

To begin with WWW: is just a portion of the Internet, the portion most widely used commercially. A Browser is a software program such as Netscape (Nasdaq:NSCP) that can access and view HTML documents, also called a WWW client.

A URL: Uniform Resource Locator, Internet Domain Name, Internet web-site address, what shows in your location box on your computer. A Hyperlink is a reference in an HTML document (website page) that leads to another page, or section of a document.

HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol; a protocol used by the www servers and clients to transfer HTML, (website) documents & images, and a Webmaster is a person who manages a website.

In addition to its computer business, Anderson/Tidalwave will start out by offering the following internet services: -0-

-- Website Hosting
-- Website Design
-- Website Promotion
-- Website Evaluation
-- URL Submission

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"As internet usage continues its explosive expansion, we are positioning Anderson to continually take advantage of the growth and popularity of e-commerce," stated Leon Kline. "Our recently completed joint venture will make the company website http://tidalwavepc.com a fully interactive e-commerce site."

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Statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those Sections. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of Anderson Computers/Tidalwave (ACPT) are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Anderson Computers/Tidalwave assume no obligation to update information in this release.