Adaptec Heats Up Portable Market; SlimSCSI Product Line Extended To Meet Price And Performance Demands.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1996--Adaptec, Inc. has launched an expanded SlimSCSI product line to accommodate the growing number of notebook users who want simple, cost-effective connections to high performance SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. peripherals. Adaptec now offers a SCSI PC Card specifically designed for users of removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. drives. At an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $119, the new SlimSCSI for Removable Drives (APA-1450A) provides an affordable, high performance SCSI connection to the most popular external removable SCSI devices, such as Iomega Zip or Jaz, Syquest EZ-135, EZ-230, EZFlyer, or SyJet drives as well as magneto magneto: see generator. magneto Permanent-magnet alternating generator used mainly to produce electrical current for the ignition system in various types of internal-combustion engines, such as aircraft, marine, tractor, and motorcycle engines. optical (MO) drives. With this SlimSCSI kit, notebook users will get up to six times better performance than with a parallel port version of the same drive, for example, users can copy a 100MB file in 75 seconds instead of eight minutes. This new SlimSCSI for Removable Drives provides a PC Card connection that makes adding storage under Windows 95 fast, easy and affordable. In addition to the SlimSCSI for Removable Drives, Adaptec offers the SlimSCSI Kit (APA-1460A-2) which delivers universal SCSI connectivity and software support for any notebook-to-SCSI peripheral connection, such as high performance disk drives, CD-ROMs, CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. drives and scanners. This SlimSCSI Kit now includes two detachable SCSI cables (SCSI-1 and SCSI-2) for broad device compatibility as well as a full suite of software including EZ-SCSI for peripheral management, CardWizard Pro for easy installation under Windows 3.1, and supports all major operating systems (Win. 3.1, NT, 95 and OS/2). The SlimSCSI kit allows users to add up to seven high performance SCSI peripherals, providing desktop-like connectivity to notebook users at an MSRP of $199. Adaptec's extended SlimSCSI line now provides both dedicated, high performance removable drive support as well as the complete broad-line peripheral support for notebook-to-SCSI connectivity, making Adaptec portable products a natural selection for industry leaders such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . "As one of the original `ThinkPad Proven' products recommended by IBM, Adaptec SlimSCSI products provide valuable solutions for ThinkPad users who need high-performance, reliable and easy to use SCSI connectivity," says Per Larsen, vice president, marketing for IBM Mobile Computing. Both products can be ordered now and will be distributed worldwide. 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 address is http://www.adaptec.com. CONTACT: Adaptec, Inc. Marci Pedrazzi Gottlieb, 408/957-4937 marci_pedrazzi@corp.adaptec.com |
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