Conner's New 8GB Minicartridge Tape Drive Provides Leading Performance and Unparalleled Backward Read Capability.COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 1995--Conner Tape Products Group, a division of Conner Peripherals Conner Peripherals was a company that manufactured hard drives for personal computers. Conner Peripherals was founded in 1986 by Seagate Technology co-founder Finis Conner, as a merger between a company of his and another started by MiniScribe founders John Squires and Terry Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser ), today announced the industry's first QIC-3095 compatible minicartridge tape drive offering 8 GB of compressed capacity and unparalleled backward read capability with a wide range of tape media. Targeted for high-end desktop PCs and small-to-medium sized network servers, the high performance CTT CTT Correios (Portuguese Postal Service) CTT Certified Technical Trainer CTT Charity Technology Trust CTT Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (collaboration) CTT Common Task Training 8000 transfers data as fast as 600 Kbs. The QIC-3095 TR-4 drive has been accepted as an industry standard by the QIC (Quarter Inch Cartridge) A magnetic tape technology introduced in the early 1980s that has been widely used for backup. It was the first popular tape format for PCs. drive standards group including Hewlett-Packard, 3M, Sony, Tandberg Data Tandberg Data (OSE: TAD) is a company focused on data storage products, especially streamers, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. They are the only company still selling drives that use the QIC format (also known as SLR), but also produce VXA, LTO and DLT products, along with and Exabyte. Second sources are expected by the end of this year. The fast CTT8000, available with SCSI-2 or IDE interfaces, operates with 3M's most advanced Travan TR-4 and Sony's QIC-Wide media. Packaged in a 1" x 3.5" form factor, this tape drive features backward read/write compatibility with the QIC-3080 format, and is backward read compatible with most floppy interface-based media formats (see Compatibility Chart). "The CTT8000 provides the performance and capacity of a DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. drive at approximately 40 percent less cost per megabyte," said Rich Peters, Conners senior director of tape product marketing. "Additionally, this tape drive provides an attractive, cost-effective alternative for users who want universal compatibility as they transition from lower performance floppy-based tape drives." The CTT8000 complements Conner's growing family of high performance minicartridge products which address the market's need for low-cost, high capacity SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. and IDE minicartridge tape drive solutions. CTT8000 Compatibility: Tape Format Minicartridge Media Type Compressed Capacity(a) ----------- ------------------------- ---------------------- QIC-3095 3M Travan TR-4 8 GB QIC-3095 Sony QIC-Wide 6.4 GB QIC-3080 3M 1/4" 3.2 GB QIC-3080 Sony QIC-Wide 4 GB QIC-3020 3M Travan TR-3 3.2 GB QIC-3020 Sony QIC-Wide 1.7 GB QIC-3020 3M 1/4" 1.4 GB QIC-3010 3M Travan TR-2 1.6 GB QW-3010 Sony QIC-Wide 850 MB QIC-80 Sony QIC-Wide 420 MB QIC-80 3M Travan TR-1 800 MB QIC-80 3M 1/4" 250 MB Note (a): Assumes 2:1 compression Key Features -- The CTT8000 offers superior performance and capacity advantages at a much lower price. -- CTT8000 features an industry-leading MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) The average time a component works without failure. It is the number of failures divided by the hours under observation. MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures of greater than 200,000 hours -- A 1-inch high internal form factor enables the CTT8000 to fit in any standard 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch drive bay for maximum integration flexibility. -- A wide range of software environments compatible with the CTT8000 include Conner Backup Exec for DOS, Windows, OS/2, Novell, Microsoft NT, Windows 95, and others. -- Fast Sense, a unique Conner feature, allows the tape drive to automatically sense the host system's fastest available data transfer rate that can maintain streaming, and then logically selects the optimum tape speed to maximize backup performance. This process maximizes system throughput by eliminating tape repositioning which is typical when tape drives operate faster than host computers. -- Precision Burst, a Conner proprietary intelligent head positioning system, provides reliable operation at high speed. Price and Availability The CTT8000 is currently available to OEMs at quantity one pricing of under $400. A two-year repair or replace warranty is provided. The documentation package includes a technical reference manual for OEMs and a hardware installation guide. Based in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Conner Tape Products Group, formerly Archive Corp., offers a complete line of digital audio tape See DAT. (storage, music) Digital Audio Tape - (DAT) A format for storing music on magnetic tape, developed in the mid-1980s by Sony and Philips. As digital music was popularized by compact discs, the need for a digital recording format for the consumer existed. (DAT), minicartridge and data cartridge products for DOS, OS/2, Windows, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NetWare systems, plus DEC, 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) , Apple, Sun and other platforms. The group sells through the Conner worldwide sales force to qualified OEMs, system integrators, distributors, resellers, retailers and mass merchandisers. Founded in 1986, Conner sells, designs and builds a comprehensive line of information storage solutions, including disk drives, tape drives, storage management software and disk array storage systems products, for a wide range of computer applications. Conner's World Wide Web home page address is http://www.conner.com. -0- Note to Editors: All trademarks or registered trademarks are those of their respective owners. CONTACT: Conner Tape Products Pattie Adams, 408/456-3129 Internet: pattie.adams@conner.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Leslie Furuta, 310/822-4669 |
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