Adaptec Bites Into Apple Macintosh ATM Market; ATM adapter line offers broadest OS support in ATM industry.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1996--Adaptec announced today that it is shipping ATM adapters with full driver support for Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh desktops and servers. The Macintosh platform remains an industry favorite for multimedia and publishing applications, and ATM, with high bandwidth and quality of service (QoS), allows those applications to run smoothly over a network. In recent months, Adaptec has been accelerating its ATM software development efforts. With this announcement, Adaptec underscores its commitment to ATM, and to customers of all platforms who need ATM performance, scalability, and QoS. "Adaptec offers server-centric and desktop-centric ATM for a variety of users," said David Mendenhall David Mendenhall (born June 13, 1971) was an American child actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Space Raiders, Over the Top, and . Biography David was born in Oceanside, California. , marketing manager for Adaptec's network products group. "Whether those users want a Macintosh, PC, or UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). solution, Adaptec offers products to meet their needs. Apple Macintosh customers are accustomed to awesome graphics and exciting multimedia applications. Our ATM adapters now bring that excitement to Macintosh-based networks, as well." "Apple Computer is enthusiastic about what Adaptec's ATM support for Mac OS will mean for Macintosh customers -- more powerful multimedia networks and far greater bandwidth," said Philippe Boulanger, director of Communication Products and Technologies at Apple Computer. "Apple has always focused on making computing empowering, exciting, and fun. Adaptec's ATM products using Apple ATM Network Software will help us continue in that tradition." About the Products Adaptec ATM25 and ATM155 PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). adapters now ship with Mac OS driver support. The driver support is included free with the purchase of the adapters, and customers of older PCI adapters can download the Mac OS driver from the Adaptec Web site. Adaptec ATM adapters also come in MicroChannel and SBus varieties and offer a wide range of OS support including Windows NT, Windows 95, Solaris, SunOS, NetWare, OS/2, and DOS/Windows. The breadth of this driver support is the largest in the ATM adapter industry. Looking Ahead Adaptec is now shipping an ATM-based WinSock 2 SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. (a software standard) for Windows NT 4.0, enabling software developers to create native ATM applications to exploit the technology's QoS and multimedia capabilities. Adaptec also supports Mac OS with XTI (X/Open Transport Interface) A common programming interface between the application and the transport layer of the communications protocol. It is governed by The Open Group. XTI - X/open Transport Interface extensions included in Apples ATM middleware. Mac OS with XTI extensions will enable the development of native ATM applications for Macintosh systems. Adaptec provides bandwidth management technologies for organizations building the global information infrastructure. Its high-performance 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 , connectivity, and network products are incorporated into the systems and products of major computer and peripheral manufacturers. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Adaptec (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADPT ADPT Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications ADPT Adaptec Corporation (stock symbol) ADPT Adaptive Prediction ADPT Auger Depth Profiling Technique ADPT Automated Data Processing Telecommunications ADPT Adapter ) employs 2500 people worldwide in design, manufacturing, sales, service and distribution. Adaptec's home page is http://www.adaptec.com. -0- Note to Editors: Adaptec will be available to discuss its entire network adapter line (which also includes the industry's broadest family of Fast Ethernet adapters) and its new Mac OS driver support at COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Las Vegas at the Adaptec exhibit suites at the Mirage Hotel. CONTACT: Adaptec Eric Brown, 408/957-6645 ebrown@corp.adaptec.com or For Product Information Literature, 800/934-2766 Presales, 408/945-8600 |
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