Addonics Announces ``Combo Hard Drive'' For Desktop or Mobile Storage.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2001 Combo Hard Drive Features Internal and External Connection, and Accommodates any Standard 3.5-inch IDE Hard Drive, Iomega Zip or Fujitsu MO Drive Addonics Technologies today announced its Combo Hard Drive -- a hard drive kit solution that provides a literal smorgasbord of options for notebook or desktop computer users. Addonics Combo Hard Drive combines the features of the Internal and External hard drive into one device. When used as an external hard drive, the device can be connected to one of the three leading I/O interfaces -- 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. , Firewire, or PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. , by using a corresponding Addonics interface cable. To use as a desktop storage solution, users can install the bundled Desktop Drive Cradle in any free 5 1/4" drive bay on the desktop computer and then slide the Combo Hard Drive into the Desktop Drive Cradle. The Combo Hard Drive consists of a 3.5-inch drive enclosure See HDD cradle. ; a desktop drive cradle for use as an internal drive; one of the following interface cables -- USB, Firewire or PCMCIA, for use as an External Storage device; AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. power adapter An external power supply for laptop computers and just about every portable or semi-portable electronic device on the market. Also called an "AC adapter," it contains a rectifier to convert AC current to DC and a transformer to convert voltage from 120 down to 9, 12, 15 or whatever is ; ExData(TM) Pro Software; software driver diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk. diskette - floppy disk , and installation guide. Users do not need any special tools. It takes less than two minutes to build a mobile storage solution. The Combo Hard Drive enclosure also comes with a built-in cooling fan to ensure reliable operation of even the largest capacity IDE hard drives. The front panel of the drive enclosure is removable to accommodate any 3.5-inch standard IDE drive, including Iomega ZIP drives and Fujitsu MO drives. Users merely slide open the cover on the drive enclosure and connect the cables to the IDE device. Users then attach their choice of Firewire, USB or PCMCIA cable options to the back of the Combo Hard Drive and their computer. The Addonics Combo Hard Drive starts at $99 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) for the USB version. The Addonics Combo Hard Drive enclosure is light and small, adding just 4 ounces and less than 2 inches to the weight and length of the drive selected for use. The Combo Hard Drive supports DOS 5.0, Windows 3.1/95/98/NT/2000 PRO as well as Apple Mac OS 9.1 and above, Linux and Solaris. The Combo Hard Drive is available through major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including PC Connection, CDW CDW - data warehouse , Buy.com, Insight, Egghead, Ingram Micro, and D&H. Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of external storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com. Note to Editors: All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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