ADS Technologies Announces Pyro Device to FireWire-Enable Notebooks.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers MACWORLD Expo NY 2000 Booth No. 2124 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2000 ADS Technologies Inc., a world leader in FireWire technology, has announced the Pyro py·ro n. pl. py·ros Slang A person who has a compulsion to set fires; a pyromaniac. 1394 Port for Notebooks. This latest addition to the popular Pyro product line adds FireWire capabilities to legacy Macintosh G3 notebooks or later with one six-pin port and one four-pin port. ADS Technologies' cardbus solution will enable a wider audience to take advantage of digital camcorders, as well as FireWire storage devices, scanners and more. Because the main application for FireWire is for digital video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. , Pyro 1394 Port For Notebooks includes Ulead VideoStudio Ulead VideoStudio is a video editing software from Ulead. Being one of the most powerful ones available to a mass commercial market, it allows amateurs to create and edit audio and video in a professional style. 4.0 and works with Apple's iMovie. The application of FireWire, however, will be not limited to DV. The included FireNet Networking software sampler enables users to connect their notebook to another computer through the FireWire interface, which is capable of transfer rates two and a half times faster than 100BaseT Ethernet. Requirements: -- PC Requirements: Available 32-bit cardbus slot; Windows 98, 98 Second Edition or 2000 -- Mac Requirements: G3 Notebook or later; Mac OS 9.0 or higher Includes: -- Pyro 1394 Cardbus -- Connector dongle The term was originally slang for a "hardware key." Today, the term is often used to refer to any small adapter that has a short cable with connectors at both ends. See hardware key and PC Card dongle. with two FireWire ports (one 6-pin and one 4-pin) -- Six foot 4-pin to 4-pin FireWire cable -- CD containing: VideoStudio 4.0, Photo Explorer 6.0 and camcorder drivers (for PC); HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. Link to Apple 1394 extensions and iMovie application (for Mac); FireNet Networking Sampler (for PC and Mac) Availability and Cost -- Estimated street price is $99.95; Available August 2000. About ADS Technologies Inc. ADS Technologies brings the cutting-edge technology of upgrade, multi-media, network and presentation solutions to the personal computer marketplace. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. manufactures USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and 1394 hardware, and scan converters for both PCs and Macs. For more information or graphics, contact Christina Cu at 800/888-5244 or Christina@adstech.com or visit ADS Technologies' Web site at http://www.adstech.com. |
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