ADS to Promote USB with Rebate Promotion and Giveaway Contest.CERRITOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999-- ADS Technologies Inc., the leading provider of 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. upgrade solutions, has developed a nationwide partnership with other USB producers to promote and create better awareness of USB by offering consumers more than $200 in savings on USB products with a rebate coupon book. This book will be inside their USB product packages through June 30, 1999. Joining ADS in this rebate book are major companies such as Microsoft, Logitech, Altec Lansing Altec Lansing Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of computer and home entertainment sound systems, headphones, and microphones for personal digital media. and Xirlink. Some of the products featured in the book include USB hubs, modems, cameras and mouse. ADS is giving $5 off the consumer's next purchase of products in their USB product line that features the new USB Docking Station. The Docking Station is a USB hub and legacy I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output replicator See port replicator. replicator - Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or all-in-one device. ADS also markets a USB Hub, USB to Ethernet adaptor and USB ports for desktops and notebooks. The first 100 ADS rebate coupons received for each of these five products will automatically be entered into a drawing to win products from Microsoft, Cubic Videocomm, Xirlink and Altec Lansing. Microsoft is offering its SideWinder sidewinder, common name for a rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, found in the deserts of the SW United States. This 2-ft (60-cm), pale yellow and pink snake is named for its curious method of locomotion. Freestyle Pro, a game controller that performs as a joystick and enables you to control the game activity by simply tilting it in the direction you want to move. Winners also have a chance to win Cubic Videocomm's Cvideo-Mail, a revolutionary communications tool that gives a fast, easy capture, compression and transmission of video messages via the internet, in just three mouse clicks. Xirlink is giving away one of its IBM PC Cameras. IBM's ViCE(TM) (Video Compression Engine) gives the IBM PC Camera the fastest, clearest and most vibrant video. The PowerCube Multimedia Speaker System, a three-piece multimedia audio solution for a home or office personal computer, that includes powered speakers and a subwoofer A speaker that reproduces the lower end of the audio spectrum. A subwoofer system may include a crossover circuit which switches frequencies at approximately 100Hz and under to the subwoofer, while passing the rest of the signal to the main speakers. , from Altec Lansing, rounds out the prizes. Winners will be notified by mail by Aug. 30, 1999. ADS Technologies is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Cerritos that manufactures USB and 1394 hardware, TV tuner cards, and scan converters for Macs and PCs. For more information or graphics, contact Sandra Bernardo at 800/888-5244 or visit the "Press Room" at www.adstech.com. |
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