COMDEX/Exhibitor Previews "C".SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1995--Comdex, the world's No. 1 information technology event, is being held in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev., Nov. 13 - 17, 1995. Listed below are company and product descriptions for many of the companies who will be showcasing their latest technology at the tradeshow. -0- 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). EXHIBITOR PREVIEWS "C" --------------------------------- Company Name: Caere Affiliate Publishing (CAP) Booth No.: 4018 (Sands Convention Center) Caere Affiliate Publishing (CAP) was established in 1995 as an internal software publishing group of Caere Corporation. CAP publishes a forms conversion software package which instantly converts existing paper forms into an electronic format without additional drawing or formatting. CAP provides market access to software developers through acquisition or licensing agreements with the ensuing titles published under the Caere name by taking advantage of CaereUs large installed base, channel strength and sales force. CAP is headquartered in Los Gatos Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. , Calif., and is introducing the company's first available Windows 95 native for conversion software, OmniForm 2.0 in Booth No. 4018 at the Sands Convention Center. ******************************************************************** Company Name: Caligari Corporation Booth No.: M531, Sands Pioneers in interactive 3D products, Caligari Corporation will demonstrate trueSpace/SE, the entry-level standard for 3D graphics and animation for Windows. Always on technology's leading edge, Caligari will also show Fountain, the worldUs first VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A 3D graphics language used on the Web. After downloading a VRML page, its contents can be viewed, rotated and manipulated. Simulated rooms can be "walked into." The VRML viewer is launched from within the Web browser. tool for browsing and building three- dimensional worlds on the World Wide Web. PR contact: Jill Ryan at McLean PR, 415/513-8800. ****************************************************************** Company Name: Caliper caliper Instrument that consists of two adjustable legs or jaws for measuring the dimensions of material parts. Spring calipers have an adjusting screw and nut; firm-joint calipers use friction at the joint to hold the legs unmoving. Corp. Booth No.: H1203 Caliper Corporation, booth #H1203 will be previewing MAPTITUDE 4.0 for Windows 95, the most capable mapping software for business applications. MAPTITUDE offers powerful mapping and analysis functions, built-in OLE and ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. , and comes with an unprecedented collection of data on CD including all of the streets in the US and extensive demographics for ZIP codes, counties, and metro areas. Caliper will also unveil a new developer's kit for building custom client-server applications that link user databases to smart maps. Contact: Howard Slavin, President (617)527-4700 ******************************************************************* Company Name: Calliope calliope, in music calliope, in music, an instrument also called steam organ or steam piano in which steam is forced through a series of whistles controlled by a keyboard. Media Booth No.: M661 (Sands) Calliope Media's new 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). , "Robert Winter's Crazy for Ragtime ragtime: see jazz. ragtime U.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand " will preview a computer and the music will be reproduced note-for-note on a Yamaha Disklavi, a computerized digital/acoustic piano at COMDEX (Sand, M661). The piano is an appropriate showcase for "Crazy for Ragtime" as it operates with MIDI in/out jacks that connect to PCs or other MIDI-equipped devices. Additionally, Winter used the instrument to originally record the more than 60 rags for the title. ******************************************************************** Company Name: Cardinal Booth No.: M631, Sands Cardinal, a leading supplier of high-value, high-performance communications products, will be demonstrating its recently available voice-capable modems. The company will also have several new product introductions for both the Macintosh and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. marketplace. PR contact: Alexandrea Todd, McLean PR, 415/513-8800 ******************************************************************** Company Name: CareerPath CareerPath guides users through the process of finding careers that are ideally suited for them. CareerPath helps a person create a comprehensive profile that includes their interests, experience, values, and abilities . The profile is compared to a database of over 3,500 careers using CareerPath's unique Career AnalyzerTM technology. After viewing a list of careers that best match their profile, a user can look up detailed information about a career including duties and industry information, and an evaluation that shows item-by-item, what a person may or may not like about a career. Available from OnTrack Media Corporation at 1-800-505-JOBS. ******************************************************************** Company Name: CASCO Products Inc. LightLink, Infra-red, Cordless Keyboard. The newest innovation in cordless computer technology. With impressive reliability and flexibility this keyboard is in a class by itself. Cordless keyboard technology is ideal for many applications including: conference rooms, hospitals, offices, demo rooms, and in the home just to name a few. The keyboard will give you the opportunity optimize your multi-PC environment. Due to our success and up-coming introduction by a major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , you will want to stop by and check-out our current and future technology, as well as our special COMDEX pricing. Call today for freedom from the cord, 1-800-793-6960. Internet Address: cascoia@aol.com ******************************************************************** Company Name: Centon Electronics Centon Electronics will be displaying new memory products utilizing state-of-the-art technology including 8MB and 16MB upgrades for the Toshiba Portege 610, 4MB up to 64MB upgrades for the Compaq Prolinea E Series, and 8MB up to 64MB upgrades for the Apple Power PC 9500 Series. Also available will be new 64MB and 256MB memory designs for the HP Apollo 3000 and 9000 Series workstations. Additional memory upgrades will include PC Card products and modules incorporating EDO Edo: see Tokyo, Japan. technology. New retail packaging and point of sale displays targeted at the rapidly expanding retail memory business will also be introduced. ******************************************************************** Company Name: Chaintech Computer U.S. Booth No.: S7908 As one of the top ten manufacturers of PC mainboards and peripherals, Chaintech Computer U.S. Inc. is excited to be exhibiting at Sands Expo, booth No. S7908. The manufacturer will unveil new and exciting products which include but not limited to GP-6400 (a 64-bit PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). VGA card), and GP-6401 (a TV tunner daughter board). GP-6400 and GP-6401 are a three-in-one multimedia solution which integrates high performance, high resolution VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. , Windows, graphics and video accelerator with audio bass and treble control. For more information, please contact Chaintech at 310/906-1698 or e-mail: Chaintec@ix.netcom.com. ******************************************************************* Company Name: Chartered Electronics Industries (CEI CEI Competitive Enterprise Institute CEI Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (Italian bishop conference) CEI Central European Initiative CEI Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (Italian Electrotechnical Committee) ) Booth No.: SM1385 CEI is a leading technology supplier of PC motion video products. We design, system integrate and manufacture TV and 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). products for major PC makers in the US, Europe, Japan and Far East. CEI has two ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 certified manufacturing plants in Singapore and Indonesia. CEI shipped its first motion video product in 1991 and has since won repeated contracts with major PC makers to supply and integrate their multimedia sub-systems. We have accumulated extensive expertise in the design of international PCTV See PC/TV. products that include teletext teletext: see videotex. A broadcasting service that transmits text to a TV set that has a teletext decoder. It uses the vertical blanking interval of the TV signal (black line between frames when vertical hold is not adjusted) to transmit about a hundred , stereo/bilingual audio and local language support. ****************************************************************** Company Name: Citizen America Corporation Booth No: Conference Suite N225 (LVCC LVCC Las Vegas Convention Center LVCC Las Vegas Country Club LVCC Liverpool Victoria County Championship (England, cricket) LVCC Lakewood Village Community Church LVCC Lucas Valley Community Church (San Rafael, CA) ) Citizen America Corporation is debuting two breakthrough products at COMDEX: One is the first photo-realistic color printer in the WORLD under $1000. Competitive products normally sell between $2500-$5000. The second is the PN50 Portable Printer, the smallest, most convenient portable printer in the WORLD. It weighs 1-pound and prints in laser quality. Demonstrations in Conference Suite N225 (LVCC). Citizen America Corporation, founded in 1984, is a subsidiary of Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of watches and other timepieces. Citizen America is a leading provider of color, laser, portable, and color-capable dot matrix printers. ******************************************************************** Company Name: Classic PIO PIO Public Information Office PIO Public Information Officer PIO Port Installed Option (automotive) PIO Programmed Input/Output PIO Person of Indian Origin Partners Booth No.: S7355 Classic PIO Partners, is the leading developer and publisher of nostalgic-theme, royalty-free, clip photo collections on CD-ROM. The Classic Photographic Image Objects (PIO) Library includes several collectons featuring vintage objects, Hollywood props and nostalgic memorabilia. Each Classic PIO contains an Alpha Channel Outline Mask and a hand-edited PostScript path. Every Classic PIO comes in two views with two resolutions. Current Classic Collections include: Sampler, Radios, Telephones, Microphones, Nostalgic Memorabilia (Vol. 1), Business Equipment (Vol. 1), and the brand new Entertainment (Vol. 1). Come by our Booth No. S7355 and see how you can unleash your classic creativity! ******************************************************************** Company Name: COM2001 Corporation Booth No.: L3369 COM2001 Corporation, a subsidiary of Fiber & Wireless Inc., announced TransViewer -- the first affordable desktop video conferencing system. TransViewer Home Edition ($99) uses existing telephone lines for video/audio conferencing. Standard features include speed dialing, whiteboard, and file transfer capabilities. The Office Edition ($149) also allows online conferencing (e.g., Internet), plus video and audio play-back and recording. The Professional Edition ($199) adds multi-party and multi-point video/audio conferencing. And the Lite Edition ($49) provides companies with an affordable video/audio customer communication program. A free demo version of TransViewer is available for download: HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ://WWW.COM2001.COM. COMDEX Booth #L3369 ******************************************************************** Company Name: Computer Modules Inc. Booth No.: 10063 Computer Modules, Inc. announces the new WAN Master PCI Bus communications card. This card allows a PC to communicate at up to 15 MBps over T1/T3 lines.This is the first PCI bus card to exceed the performance of Ethernet. It is designed to work with most TCP/IP stacks. A Windows NT development kit is available for OEMS OEMS Office of Emergency Medical Services (Massachusetts government) OEMS Oracle Enterprise Messaging Service OEMS Order Entry Management System . This product is well suited for applications involving Video Servers and Multi Protocol Routers. ******************************************************************* Company Name: Comfy Inc. Booth No.: M1150 Comfy, Inc. will exhibit the first interactive, educational tool for children as young as 12 months. The Comfy Activity Center, includes a child-friendly keyboard that plugs into the family PC and CD-ROM story programs. It uses playful interaction to provide an enriching educational experience and introduce children, from ages one to six, to the world of computers. Now available in IBM-compatible, new MAC version will debut at show. New CD-ROM software will also be on display. Comfy, Inc., San Jose, Calif., is the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. subsidiary of Comfy Interactive Movies, Ltd., Givataim, Israel. ******************************************************************** Company Name: Commax Technologies Commax Technologies is your No. 1 source for notebook computers. Commax Technologies provides high performance, high quality notebook computers to distributors, dealers, OEMs and VARs. We offer both bare-boned and fully configured systems to match your customer's requirements. Our full line of SmartBook notebook computers feature the most advanced technology on the market today including built in CD-ROM technology, infrared capability, pointing stick, trackball A stationary pointing device that contains a movable ball rotated with the fingers or palm. From one to three keys are located in various positions depending on the unit. Years ago, Kensington Microware popularized the trackball with its Turbo Mouse for the Macintosh. , glide point, Pentium or 486 engineering and much more. All of our notebooks are fully upgradeable to meet your changing needs. Commax is located at 2031 Concourse Drive, San Jose, CA 95131. Phone number 1-800-526-6629. ******************************************************************** Company Name: Computer Dynamics Booth No.: S7141 At Booth No. S7141, Computer Dynamics is demonstrating their flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time computers, flat panel monitors and PC-compatible single board computers for use in a variety of OEM and operator interface applications. The DisplayPac product line combines flat panel display + single board PC + touchscreens. The VAMP , flat panel display plus touchscreen CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. replacement, plugs directly into any standard VGA analog output. Computer Dynamics, the "Flat Panel Experts", was the first company to drive flat panel displays directly from SBCs and now implements over 80 different displays, including the newest dual-scan passives, 800x600, and XGA (EXtended Graphics Array) A screen resolution of 1,024x768 pixels. The term stems from IBM's XGA display standard introduced in 1990, which extended VGA to 132-column text and interlaced 1,024x768x256 resolution. XGA-2 later added non-interlaced 1,024x768x64K. color TFT LCDs. (Mono LCD and EL displays also available.) ******************************************************************** Company Name: Contour Design Inc. Booth No.: M6149 (Sands) New Ergonomic Mouse Helps Users Suffering From Repetitive Stress Injuries The new Contour Mouse helps individuals suffering from repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) and other computer users seeking a more comfortable, higher performance input device. Key features: - Three sizes, for closer fit - Open hand architecture, to support fingers and balance and relax the hand - Elevated wrist support, to decrease wrist and forearm strain - Thumb support, to reduce thumb pinch force and risk of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome: see repetitive stress injury. carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) Painful condition caused by repetitive stress to the wrist over time. - Fully programmable software Who: Contour Design, Inc. Where: The Sands Hotel, Booth M6149 Press Contact: Mitchell Friedman (415) 824-1466 phone ******************************************************************** Company Name: Corollary Corollary has played a key role in the development of multiprocessor systems based on Intel processors since 1985. C-bus E2 II, designed by Corollary, is an open multiprocessing bus standard with 400MB/second throughput, ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. bus, eight Pentium processors, 1.5GB ECC memory and major operating systems support. Corollary markets products to OEMs, Systems Integrators and Distributors such as Chen Systems; Data General Corporation; Fujitsu, Ltd.; Hitachi, Ltd.; 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) Corporation; Intergraph Computer Systems; Olivetti; and Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd.; under a license agreement, at the chip level, board/subsystem level or as a fully configured system. Sophisticated multiport and terminal server products are also developed and marketed worldwide. ****************************************************************** Company Name: Cougar Mountain Software Cougar Mountain Software is a privately-held company based in Boise, Idaho that markets accounting software to small to mid-sized companies. History Founded by Bob Gossett back in 1982, the company celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2007. Nestled in tree-lined Boise, Idaho, Cougar Mountain Software is best known for ACT-Plus, a multi-module accounting package offering businesses maximum financial control. Cougar Mountain also sells powerful non-profit and point-of-sale accounting packages and a host of specialty add-on products. This fall, Cougar Mountain debuts Point of Sale for Windows, a premier retail accounting solution with integrated modules. Also on display are Versions 10.0 of ACT-Plus, Fund Accounting, and StoreWare, each packed with 50 new high-powered features. These products demonstrate why Cougar Mountain was just named one of the nation's top 60 direct marketing companies for hardware and software by PC Computing. We provide the accounting solutions today's companies need. ******************************************************************* Company Name: Curtis Curtis introduces many new products at COMDEX. Highlights are: The Curtis Case which provides a high degree of protection for notebook computers. The unique design allows users to customize with a selection of accessories; work right from the bag; and run power cords through the bag and connect to a retractable re·tract v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. cord surge protector. (included with the case). The Curtis Surge Traveler is a surge protector that has been specially designed for travel. Unlike any other, it has retractable cords. It provides protection for AC and telephone lines and both lines retract TO RETRACT. To withdraw a proposition or offer before it has been accepted. 2. This the party making it has a right to do is long as it has not been accepted; for no principle of law or equity can, under these circumstances, require him to persevere in it. inside the unit. It's slimline design allows it to slip into any portable bag pocket. More info: Carolyn Zanga, 201/422-0240 ******************************************************************** Company Name: Crystal A Seagate Software Company Booth No.: L2202 (LVCC) Crystal A Seagate Software Company launched the first Windows-based report writer, Crystal Reports, for end users and developers in 1992. Crystal has shipped over 1 million units of Crystal Reports through a worldwide VAR/distributor network and has more than 100 OEM bundling agreements with companies like Microsoft, Borland, Novell, Hewlett Packard, PeopleSoft, and Symantec Crystal has recently shipped the first 32-bit report writer - Crystal Reports 4.5 and will soon be releasing a new application called Crystal Info=CEa complete decision support solution for workgroups. Crystal will be demonstrating its latest software at the Microsoft Back Office and Corporate Developers booth LVCC South Hall L2202. ******************************************************************** Company Name: CSE (Certified Systems Engineer) See Microsoft certification. Systems Booth No. : S4066 CSE Systems Computer & Software Engineering GmbH was founded in 1987 by a small group of experienced software specialists with different professional backgrounds. Today, CSE Systems is a company within the Constantia Group, which is the largest privately owned Industry Holding in Austria. CSE Systems is a leading provider in the Workflow Management Sector. Turn-key solutions are executed on the basis of the company4s own product WorkFlow. and integrating standard software combined with the required know-how in the fields of consulting and system integration. CSE4s top product WorkFlow. is idealy suited for implementing ISO 9000 in an organization. ******************************************************************* Company Name: CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. , Inc. Booth No.: L186 (LVCC) CST has met the growing needs of the memory industry by providing comprehensive automatic test equipment for service professionals, integrators and high volume SIMM/Computer Manufacturers. Come by and visit our testing center at booth L186 in the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . At the testing center, CST will highlight the Eureka. The Eureka can test all popular 30 pin and 72 pin SIMMs, EDO, L2CACHE, Pipelined Burst and DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module Modules. CST Inc. will also hold a press conference Wednesday, November 15 at 2 p.m. in the Press Conference Room N250-A to discuss the current trends in the SIMM industry. -- Pacifism pacifism, advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of achieving it differ. Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know. - Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) ******************************************************************** Company Name: Cyrix Booth No.: L4202 (LVCC) At Comdex this week, Cyrix will be demonstrating the new 120 MHz (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. version of its flagship 6x86 processor family. Industry-standard application- based benchmarks reveal that this processor runs Windows software faster than any PC processor currently available. Also in Cyrix's booth will be 5x86- and 6x86-based customer systems from companies such as Acer, AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. and EPSON EPSON Son of Electronic Printer . Cyrix will be in Booth No. L4202 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Cyrix Corporation, headquartered in Richardson, Texas, is a leading supplier of high- performance processors to the personal computer industry. Founded in 1988, the company designs, manufactures and markets innovative, x86 software-compatible processors for the desktop and mobile computer markets. CONTACT: Softbank COMDEX, Needham, Mass. Sue Lonergan, 617/449-1755 |
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