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To: Tom Allinder who wrote (20215)	10/17/1999 11:04:00 PM
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More on ISRI : INTERNATIONAL STAR, INCORPORATED International Star, Inc. (OTCBB:ISRI) core business, distribution of automatic vehicle location devices, has been expanded to develop a vehicle information system that supports a myriad of in-vehicle devices. The company specifically focuses on event-based GPS technology, which combines basic GPS location with custom applications such as temperature readings, vehicle event status, and other such information via the internet. This explains the saying "because location is not enough" and tells of the specific benefits ISRI can lend to your company. In addition to the QWICKTRACK ® business, International Star, Inc. also holds significant mining assets in Northern Arizona. ________________________________________________________________________ THE COMPANY QWICKTRACK ® Systems use global positioning satellites (GPS) to track any type of moving vehicle on a real time basis. What makes QWICKTRACK ® so unique, is the ability to economically design and implement this technology to fit the unique needs of consumer and commercial users. QWICKTRACK ® doesn't require exotic hardware and software, in fact, exisiting computer systems can be integrated into this technology using the AVLIS ® System. High end commercial users can track up to 128 events in real time that are specific to a particular type of business. QWICKTRACK ® can provide real time data such as vehicle location, miles driven, load weight, engine performance and travel speed. QWICKTRACK ® has been extensively tested in the Los Angeles Basin area with a leading trucking company. The system successfully delivered the exact location of each truck, and its speed, in real time, several times each minute. QWICKTRACK ® has extensive applications within the consumer marketplace. This economical system can be used to track a vehicle's location, speed and more. CNBC reported that most mobile and car phones will have GPS capability by 2003, creating an enormous potential market for QWICKTRACK ®. Online Vehicle Tracking (OVT) is the latest in vehicle tracking technology. Combining the best of global positioning technology, custom event based automatic vehicle location, and internet technology, online vehicle tracking is the wave of the future for internet as well as ISRI. International Star, Inc. is at the forefront of this technology. Seven years in development, automatic vehicle location technology can make your vehicle/fleet one of the first in the world to take advantage of what some have called the first real use of the internet as it was intended. With OVT, a client can equip his vehicle/fleet or group with ISRI tracking equipment, then access the information gathered from the units at a web browser anywhere in the world. Literally at the click of a button, an client/employer can know the whereabouts and custom status information of some of their most valued investments, their vehicles. Law enforcement personnel and other life savers can experience versatility never experienced before by freeing themselves from the restraints of a single base station with access to their location. ____________________________________________ STOCK INFORMATION SHARES OUTSTANDING: 27.4 MILLION PUBLIC FLOAT: 5 MILLION ________________________________________________ INDUSTRY FORECASTS A study by Strategies Unlimited projects the total marketplace for Automobile Navigation and other GPS applications to reach $4.9 billion by 2003. QWIKTRACK ® is uniquely positioned to successfully penetrate this marketplace due to its economical GPS tracking systems that have wide applications within both the consumer and commercial universe.