ADS Technologies Announces Pyro Six Port Repeater for Multiple FireWire Devices and Networking.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 Six Port Repeater. As FireWire peripherals proliferate in the marketplace, the Pyro 1394 Six Port Repeater is designed to connect multiple FireWire peripherals to a host system, extend the range of the FireWire bus, and network through the FireWire interface. The Pyro 1394 Six Port Repeater provides six 400 Megabit per second A megabit per second (abbreviated as Mbit/s, Mbps, or mbps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000,000 bits per second. Because there are 8 bits in a byte, a transfer speed of 8 megabits per second (8 Mbps) is equivalent to 1,000,000 bytes (Mbps) ports to a desktop for easy access to FireWire peripherals such as digital camcorders, scanners or drives. To overcome the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 specification limit of a 15-foot cable, the Pyro 1394 Six Port Repeater can extend the distance at 15-foot increments per repeater between a host system and the FireWire device. Demand for this feature will increase as FireWire home electronics and entertainment systems start appearing in the consumer marketplace. The repeater can also be used to connect several computers to a FireWire network (software not included). Software-based FireWire networking is capable of speeds two times faster than 100BaseT Ethernet. Plug and Play and Hot Swappable See hot swap. , computers can be connected without the hassle of IRQs and device ID or termination. Requirements: Available FireWire/IEEE 1394 port; Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows 2000; Mac 9.0 with FireWire extensions 2.4 or later. Includes: Pyro 1394 Six Port Repeater, six-foot six-pin to six-pin FireWire/1394 cable, 12 VCD See Video CD. VCD - Video Compact Disc 1.5 amp regulated power supply. Availability and Cost: Estimated street price is $79.95; 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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