Addonics Announces Mobile UltraFloppy; Floppy Drive Reads / Writes 1.44 and 144MB & Supports Interfaces for PCMCIA, USB and Firewire.Business Editors, Technology Writers FREMONT, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2000 Addonics Technologies today announced an external removable storage device, called Mobile UltraFloppy(TM), that reads both 1.44MB floppy disks or ultra-high density 144MB media. It connects to any desktop or notebook PC, iMac or Macintosh system through the 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. (PC Card), 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. , or IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 FireWire ports. The Addonics Mobile UltraFloppy disk drive delivers the flexibility, low cost storage capacity needed for storing MP3 files, digital photo images, video streams or large files. The Mobile UltraFloppy is easily transportable. It measures just 8.0 x 4.9 x 1.3 inches, weighs just 23 ounces, and is plug-n-play compatible. It consumes less than 4.5 watts in Seek/Write/Read Mode, and less than 2.5 watts of power in Standby Mode A sleep mode in a portable computer that provides an almost immediate resumption of operation when turned back on. In standby mode, the hard disk and display are turned off, and the CPU is throttled down to its lowest-power state. . The drive's energy-saving design enables it to be powered from either PCMCIA slot, FireWire port, or the keyboard port on virtually any notebook or desktop computer The Addonics Mobile UltraFloppy is one of the most versatile portable storage devices available with its downward compatibility See backward compatible. , and support for multiple interfaces. The drive uses Caleb Technology's 144MB high-density floppy media or standard 3.5" floppy disks. The Addonics Mobile UltraFloppy out performs standard 1.44 floppy drives See floppy disk. floppy drive - disk drive and other transportable with its fast data transfer rate of 1.16 MB/sec. Drivers included are Windows 95/98/NT/2000, DOS, WIN3.1, and Mac OS 9.0 List price for the Addonics Mobile UltraFloppy is $109 for the PCMCIA version, $119 for the USB version and $159 for the FireWire version. Addonics includes a choice of one interface cable with each drive. Both PCMCIA and USB versions are available immediately from PC Connection, CDW CDW - data warehouse , Egghead, Tech Data and D&H. The FireWire version will be available beginning June 1. About Addonics Technologies Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of Personal Attached Storage and Network Attached Storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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