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                                                   NEWS RELEASE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  CONTACT:  James E. Skinner
- ---------------------                            Executive Vice President & CFO
                                                 (972) 982-4000

                                                 J. Robert Gary
                                                 Vice President - Finance
                                                 (972) 982-4000

                                                 Stacie Shirley
                                                 Director - Investor Relations
                                                 (972) 982-5323

                                                 Media Relations Dept:
                                                 (972) 982-4181


             COMPUSA INC. TO SELL COMPUTER CITY CANADIAN SUPERCENTERS
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     DALLAS, OCTOBER 16, 1998 -- CompUSA Inc. (NYSE:CPU) announced today that 
it has entered into a definitive agreement with Future Shop Ltd. (TSE:FSS) for 
the sale of the seven Canadian supercenters acquired by CompUSA in its 
purchase of Computer City from Tandy Corporation.

     The purchase price of the transaction will be based on a formula 
utilizing book value at the closing date.  It is anticipated that the sale 
will be completed within 30 days.

     CompUSA is one of the nation's leading retailers and resellers of 
personal computers and related products and services.  The Company currently 
operates over 200 CompUSA Computer Superstores-SM- in more that 75 major 
metropolitan markets across the United States, and seven Computer City 
Supercenters-Registered Trademark- in Canada, which serve retail, corporate, 
government and education customers and include technical service departments 
and classroom training facilities.  CompUSA also offers it own build-to-order 
line of personal computers, the CompUSA PC-TM- and operates an Internet web 
site located at www.compusa.com.


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     This news release contains forward-looking statements about the business 
and prospects of the Company which statements involved risks and uncertainties
including, but not limited to, economic conditions, regulatory matters, and 
other risks indicated in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission 
filings and reports.  In many cases the Company cannot predict the risks and 
uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from 
those indicated by the forward-looking statements.