Anderson Computers/Tidalwave Corp. Cuts Prices and Adds Standard Features on Its Entire Line of PCs.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--Anderson Computers/Tidalwave Corp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:ACPT ACPT Acceptance ACPT Apple Certified Portable Technician ACPT Accept ACPT American Crossword Puzzle Tournament ACPT American Community Properties Trust ACPT Automated Corporate Planning Tool ACPT Air Campaign Planning Tool ) Tuesday announced special pricing on its Tidalwave Value, Surf and Tsunami lines of personal computers. The Value line offers Intel Corp.'s Celeron processors, starting at $959. These systems now include more features such as 4.3GB hard drive, 32MB of SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , 32X CD-ROM drive, 56K modem and a 15-inch color monitor. Anderson Computers/Tidalwave's most popular line, the Surf, offers Intel Pentium II Processors along with a long list of standard features such as a 6.4GB hard drive, 64MB SDRAM, 8MB video, 56K modem, 32X CD-ROM drive, Microsoft Windows 98 and a 15-inch color monitor, with Surf pricing starting at less than $1,350. For those looking for extreme power, the Tsunami line offers Intel Pentium II processors up to 450MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , PC100 SDRAM (RAM operates at 100MHz), 8.4GB hard drive, 8MB video, 56K modem, 32X CD-ROM drive, three-piece Surround Sound System, Microsoft Windows 98 and a 17-inch monitor plus more, with Tsunami pricing starting at just $1,879. Custom-configured PCs are always available at Anderson Computers/Tidalwave. Visit http://www.tidalwavepc.com for more information. "It is our goal and belief that we provide the computer consumer with the best combination of price, value and service," stated Leon Kline, president, Anderson Computers/Tidalwave. Anderson Computers/Tidalwave has been selling custom-configured PCs since April 1996. The following are just some of the brands of computers and computer-related equipment that Anderson Computers/Tidalwave sells besides its own Tidalwave brand: Canon, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, MAG Innovision, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Okidata, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba, Viewsonic and much more. Anderson Computers/Tidalwave also sells POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale equipment and select office equipment as an added value for many customers. |
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