CMS Realigns Pricing Structure of Entire ABSplus Line; Lower Component Prices Allow CMS to Pass Along Savings for Award-Winning ABSplus Line to Customers.

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COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002

CMS Peripherals(R) Inc. today announced price reductions for its entire line of notebook and desktop ABSplus solutions for Macintosh(R) and Windows(R) environments.

Lower component prices have allowed CMS to pass the savings along to their customers, decreasing the pricing for some of its solutions by as much as $210. The new, lower prices, combined with the ease-of-use and security offered by the ABSplus, make data backup and disaster recovery more affordable and effortless than ever before.

The lower prices are evident in the ABSplus systems with the larger hard drive capacities. The company's award-winning 40GB ABSplus for notebooks is now priced at $399, a reduction of more than $100. The 60GB notebook version is now $499, a savings of more than $200.

CMS also reduced the pricing for its recently announced internal ABSplus to $449 for 40GB and $549 for 60GB, a savingS of $100 and $200, respectively. The internal ABSplus is designed specifically for the secondary bays of Compaq and Dell notebooks. -0-

                              New Pricing

                                Reduced Price          Old Price
ABSplus for notebooks
              40GB                  $399                 $499
              60GB                  $499                 $699
ABSplus for secondary bays
              40GB                  $449                 $549
              60GB                  $549                 $749
ABSplus for desktops
              80GB                  $299                 $399
             120GB                  $399                 $549
Noteworthy ABSplus
              40GB                  $449                 $589
              60GB                  $589                 $799

The desktop version of the ABSplus has also been reduced with the 80GB system now set at $299, a reduction of $100, and the 120GB system now priced at $399, a reduction of $150. CMS also reduced the price of its Noteworthy ABSplus designed exclusively for Toshiba notebook systems by $140 to $449 for the 40GB version and reduced pricing by $210 for the 60GB version to $589.

"This price realignment reaffirms our commitment to making backup and disaster recovery solutions both affordable and attainable for nearly all computer users," said Ken Burke, president of CMS Peripherals.

"By passing along our reduced costs to customers, CMS has significantly increased the technology's value for consumers. Users can achieve peace of mind knowing their data is safe and protected from the loss associated with hard drive failure, all at the lowest total cost of ownership."

The ABSplus is an easy-to-use, compact, plug-and-play device controlled by CMS' powerful patent pending backup software. This full-featured software automatically performs a complete backup of the host computer's entire hard drive once the ABSplus is connected.

Using a fully bootable and removable hard drive, the ABSplus offers unmatched data security enabling failed hard drives to be quickly and easily replaced with the ABSplus hard drive. In minutes, users can re-boot their system to find all of their applications, configurations and data intact as stored to the ABSplus during the last backup.

Providing hands-free, automatic backup and external storage in capacities ranging from 20GB to 160GB, CMS offers a choice of USB 2.0 connectivity for up to 480 Mb/s data transfer or FireWire for up to 408 Mb/s.

Both interfaces offer users hot-swap capability and fast, easy data sharing between multiple USB or FireWire enabled notebook and desktop systems. Notebook solutions with self-contained PCMCIA interface are also available for Windows users.

Availability

The entire line of ABSplus solutions support backup, archival and migration of data with one of the market's lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). The bootable notebook ABSplus, with an interface choice of PCMCIA, FireWire or USB 2.0, is now shipping with a 3-year warranty in capacities of 20GB, 30GB, 40GB and 60GB solutions.

Higher capacity ABSplus desktop solutions with an interface choice of FireWire or USB 2.0 are available in capacities of 40GB, 80GB, 120GB and 160GB (FireWire version only) with a 3-year warranty. The ABSplus systems are compatible with Windows 98/Me/2000 and XP. Solutions are available through major distributors, corporate resellers, mail order and direct from the company's Web site, www.cmsproducts.com.

About CMS Products

With more than 4 million CMS storage solutions installed in more than 90 countries, the complete line of CMS mass storage products include automatic backup solutions for both notebooks and desktops, notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits, and high-capacity desktop hard drives. For more information, contact CMS Peripherals, 3095 Redhill Ave, Costa Mesa, Calif., 92626; Phone: [phone] or 714/424-5520; Fax: [phone] or visit CMS' Web site at: www.cmsproducts.com.

Note to Editors: CMS Peripherals Inc. is a registered trademark. ABSplus is a trademark of CMS. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.