Adaptec SCSI Bundled With Latest Canon Color Scanner.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1999-- Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADPT) announced today that its AVA Ava, in the BibleAva (ā`və), in the Bible, an unidentified city of Mesopotamia, perhaps the same as Ivah. Its inhabitants are called Avites.-2903B Fast SCSI card has been selected by Canon Computer Systems Inc. (CCSI) as the interface card for its new CanoScan FB FB - Board Feet (Canada)FB - Bulgaria Air (airline code) FB - Fachbereich FB - Facilities Based FB - Facilities Board FB - Failure Biasing FB - Fallback FB - Fantasy Baseball FB - Farm Bureau FB - Farside Blues FB - Farum Boldklub (Danish soccer club) FB - Fast Break FB - Fast Broadcasting FB - Fast Busy FB - Fat Bastard FB - Fatty Bombatty (font) FB - Fauve de Bourgogne (rabbit breed) FB - Feature Board (Cisco) 1200S flatbed scanner A scanner that provides a flat, glass surface to hold pages of paper, books and other objects for scanning. The scan head is moved under the glass across the page. Sheet feeders are usually optionally available that allow multiple sheets to be fed automatically. Contrast with sheet-fed scanner, handheld scanner and drum scanner.. The CanoScan FB 1200S scanner features breakthrough technology with the only true 1200x1200 dpi (dots per inch) brilliant-quality color scans in its class. The new color flatbed scanner is targeted for use by design and graphics professionals, as well as small business users. Adaptec's AVA-2903B is a plug and play Fast SCSI A SCSI interface that transfers at 10 Mbytes/sec rather than 5 Mbytes/sec. The maximum cable length is 9.8 feet. See SCSI. PCI card which supports both PC and Mac platforms. The SCSI bus provides up to six times the speed of parallel port devices, and up to four times the speed of USB peripherals. "Our CanoScan 1200S scanner delivers high performance, great quality color scans for discerning small business users and graphics professionals," said Peter Bergman, vice president of marketing and customer care for Canon Computer Systems. "Adaptec's SCSI card helps us achieve the high reliability and performance that our customers demand." "Our SCSI cards are selected for use with the best of breed devices, and the CanoScanFB 1200S is a perfect example of where a card like the 2903B can provide the high speed and quality that graphics professionals seek," said Jean-Eric Garnier, Adaptec's director of personal computer solutions. "SCSI continues to be the I/O protocol of choice for the fastest, most reliable peripheral devices." About Adaptec Adaptec moves the world's information with host bus adapters, RAID and software products that speed data to and from computers, peripherals and networks. Founded in 1981 and with headquarters in Milpitas, Adaptec is a global design, manufacturing, sales, service and distribution company. More information on Adaptec and its products is available at http://www.adaptec.com |
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