Andrew slashes Macintosh-to-host connectivity pricing; announces 35 percent price reductions.ORLAND PARK Or·land Park A village of northeast Illinois, a residential and manufacturing suburb of Chicago. Population: 53,300. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1995--Andrew Corp. announces price reductions for two of its Macintosh-to-host connectivity products. Effective Dec. 1, 1995, prices for the MacTwin(TM) emulation (architecture) emulation - When one system performs in exactly the same way as another, though perhaps not at the same speed. A typical example would be emulation of one computer by (a program running on) another. card and the NetAxcess(R) gateway card will be lowered by 35 percent. The driving force for the price reductions is the Andrew commitment to providing customers with quality products at the lowest prices. "Our current pricing is very competitive within the Macintosh connectivity market," said Willie Tims, product marketing manager. "This new pricing affirms the Andrew commitment to providing high-quality products at a low cost." The MacTwin emulation card provides Macintosh users with a point-to-point solution for connection to an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) System/3X or AS/400. The card installs in the internal expansion slot A receptacle inside a computer or other electronic system that accepts a printed circuit board. The number of slots determines future expansion. See PC data buses. (hardware) expansion slot - A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. and connects to a twinax port on the midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually system. The NetAxcess gateway card allows the sharing of IBM midrange workstation sessions among Macs on an Appletalk network. Compatible with most network protocols including LocalTalk, EtherTalk and TokenTalk, the NetAxcess gateway also utilizes an expansion slot for installation in the Macintosh computer. Both products are available from Andrew and Andrew Business Partners. To order, or for further information, telephone Andrew Corp. at 800/328-2696, ext. 336 and request Bulletins 3080 and 3081. -0- Andrew Corp. is a global supplier of communications equipment and services. Major markets are wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , including cellular and land mobile radio, common carriers, corporations and government agencies. Andrew is an S&P 500 company listed on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol: ANDW. All trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of their respective companies. CONTACT: Andrew Corp. Tim Surin, 708/873-2485 |
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