Adaptec benefit for the Tech Museum of Innovation raises $15,000; COMDEX party is a fundraising success.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1994--The Tech Museum of Innovation, an educational, high technology and science museum in San Jose, Thursday received a donation check for $15,000 from Adaptec Inc. (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 ), headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. The money was raised at a COMDEX/Fall '94 party sponsored by Adaptec, a leader in input/output (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 ) technology. On Nov. 16, in the Grand Ballroom at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, approximately 1,300 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). attendees donated $10 to The Tech Museum of Innovation as they entered the second annual Adaptec Incredibly Outrageous (I/O) benefit. Raffle prizes such as a trip for two to Hawaii, Adaptec products, and a home entertainment system raised additional funds to benefit The Tech Museum. The Tubes with Fee Waybill were the main entertainment attraction at the benefit extravaganza, which also included disc jockey music and dancing, Madonna and Elvis impersonators, and a large buffet. "The money raised at the Incredibly Outrageous party will enable The Tech to expand its educational offerings and to promote technology use and awareness among all people," said Peter Giles, president of The Tech Museum of Innovation. "We are grateful to Adaptec and to the other contributors -- New Events, Rosenbluth International, Seiko/SMOS, and Winkler Winkler may refer to:
"Today's youth are tomorrow's leaders and inventors and it is important to excite them about how technology is developed and works, and to inspire them to develop future technologies," said John G. Adler, chairman and chief executive officer of Adaptec Inc. "The Tech is a wonderful educational resource that does inspire our youth and we are proud to have helped them." Adaptec Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets IOware product solutions such as Small Computer Systems Interface host adapter boards, chips, and software for personal computers, proprietary 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. and EIDE/IDE VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. circuits. Founded in 1981, Adaptec is recognized as the design pioneer and market leader in SCSI and I/O technology and is the developer of the industry-standard I/O operating environment, ASPI (Advanced SCSI Programming Interface) An interface specification developed by Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas, CA, that provides a common language between drivers and SCSI host adapters. . Adaptec currently employs approximately 1,700 people, who serve customers worldwide. The Tech Museum of Innovation has an educational mission to engage people of all ages and backgrounds in exploring today's technologies and to inspire young people to become the technology innovators of tomorrow. The four-year-old museum features constant exhibits such as Space, Materials, Microelectronics, High-Tech Bicycles, Biotechnology and Robotics, and has special exhibits such as Human Powered Vehicles, Lasers and Holograms, and Art & Technology. The Tech is located at 145 West San Carlos St. in San Jose, and is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Adaptec and IOWare are trademarks of Adaptec Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other trademarks used are owned by their respective owners. CONTACT: The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose Gloria Chun Hoo, 408/279-7157 |
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