Belkin Delivers ''Dual'' Technologies to the MarketPlace; Belkin Introduces its New FireWire/USB Combo PCI Card and its New Dual Serial Adapter.Business Editors COMPTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 Belkin Components, today's most respected and well-known manufacturer of Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (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. ) connectivity products and FireWire digital video editing devices, today introduced its new FireWire/USB Combo PCI Card (F5U008-PC, F5U008-MAC) and its new Dual Serial Adapter for Mac (F5U114-Mac). Designed to offer the best of both worlds for Mac and PC users, the Belkin FireWire/USB Combo PCI Card adds three 400 Mbps FireWire ports (2 external, 1 internal) and two 12Mbps USB ports to the user's computer. The Belkin FireWire/USB Combo PCI Card saves the user's computer PCI slots by installing these two technologies into one slot. It allows the user to capture digital video onto their PC or Mac and edit with the included MGI MGI Mouse Genome Informatics MGI Modular Gateway Interface MGI McKinsey Global Institute MGI Military Geographic Information MGI Marine Geological Institute MGI Policy on the Management of Government Information (Canada) software (for PC users) and Strata software (for Mac users). The Belkin FireWire/USB Combo PCI Card also offers the user the ability to hot swap FireWire disk drives, scanners, and other peripherals. The Dual Serial Adapter, designed specifically for Mac users, connects up to 2 serial devices simultaneously via the USB port on your Mac or iMac computer. It supports serial communication of up to 460 Kbps and supports Mac OS 8.6 or higher. The Dual Serial Adapter offers plug-and-play capabilities so the user can connect legacy serial devices to their Mac computer with ease. One of the ports on the Dual Serial Adapter emulates the printer port from a Mac computer, thus allowing the user to connect most Macintosh compatible serial printers to the adapter. The FireWire/USB Combo PCI Card and the Dual Serial Adapter are scheduled to begin shipping in December 2000 and will have an 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) of $109.99 and $79.99 respectively. Belkin Components is the leading manufacturer of computer cables, surge protectors and Uninterruptible Power Supply See UPS. (hardware) Uninterruptible Power Supply - (UPS) A battery powered power supply unit that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in the incoming mains electrical power. (UPS), Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectivity devices, FireWire(R) digital video editing and connectivity products, Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM (K Virtual Machine) A version of the Java Virtual Machine for small devices with limited memory. See J2ME. See also KVM switch. KVM - Keyboard Video Mouse ) switches, LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. cabling, peripheral sharing devices, high-quality audio/video cables, and cellular/PCS and computer accessories. Belkin products are available through a network of major distributors, resellers and superstores. For more information, call 1-800-2BELKIN, or visit the company's Web site at www.belkin.com. |
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