Advanced Vision adds Peter Brown as director of engineering; Computer Werx and Advanced Vision announce five new products for COMDEX.Vision today announced the addition of Peter Brown as director of engineering. Brown was most recently at Oak Technology as director of strategic marketing. "Peter brings both experience and technical acuity to Advanced Vision," said Kelly Bahsoun, Advanced Vision's president. "Peter was the one who first championed ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) The specification for ATA (IDE) tape drives and CD-ROMs. See IDE. ATAPI - AT Attachment Packet Interface (the IDE CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). specification) and worked with virtually every CD-ROM manufacturer in the world to get it accepted as the standard. In the world of CD-ROM, everyone knows Peter." -0- Computer Werx and Advanced Vision announce five new products for 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). . 1) 10x CD-ROM drives -- These drives, the fastest available today, are ideal for multi-tasking operating systems such as Win95 and Win NT. 2) MPAK MPAK Mini Package -- This is a collection of five outstanding titles with MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). clips. The titles are: o Win95 tutorial -- a tutorial walk through Win95. o Ski North America -- a tour of the best ski resorts in North America with examples of extreme skiing. o Off-beat New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- a tour through New York with full motion clips of various hot spots that are sure to please. o Space Ace -- a fully animated game based upon the popular TV show. o Dragons Lair -- perhaps the title that started it all. The first video-disk based game. 3) MPAK SoftPlayer(TM) -- all five of the previous titles with a software MPEG player included. 4) MPAK Player -- all five of the previous titles with a hardware MPEG playback engine included. 5) Player Plus -- full hardware acceleration for MPEG coupled with a 64-bit GUI accelerator. CONTACT: Computer Werx/Advanced Vision Inc. Ilyse Lieberman (at S&S P.R.), 708/291-1616 ext. 231 |
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