Conner unveils disk arrays for Power Macintosh; New product line for Apple computers features high capacity, high performance internal and external storage systems.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1994--Conner Peripherals Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNR See riser card. CNR - Communication and Network Riser ) Tuesday announced a new family of high performance, high capacity disk drive products for upgrading Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh, Quadra and Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. computers, including internal arrays that offer twice the performance of competing single-drive offerings. The latest additions to Conner's DiskStor product line include 1GB, 2GB and 4GB internal or external systems. The disk array products are designed to meet the storage requirements of data intensive applications typically run on Power Macintosh computers. "These new DiskStor products, the first from Conner designed specifically for the Apple aftermarket, provide exceptional performance and value for Apple users. This performance is especially important to those involved with post-production video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. , pre-press publishing, illustration and graphic design," said Don Massaro, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Conner. "Our internal arrays in particular are well designed for the Apple market, and they set a new standard for speed as well as low noise and low power." Conner internal disk arrays Conner's DiskStor array upgrade kits are designed for use with Apple's PowerMac 8100 and 8150. These self-cooled systems consist of a carrier with a pair of quiet, low power disk drives -- either the Conner Filepro Performance 1060 (providing a total of 2GB of storage capacity) or the Conner Filepro Performance 2105 (providing a total of 4GB of storage capacity). The arrays fit smoothly into the computer's existing 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 make use of the two Apple 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. ports. Conner's internal arrays solve heat and noise problems often associated with other high capacity disk drives while offering higher performance. Conner external disk arrays Conner's external arrays are shipped with the required cable to connect the two drives to Apple's A and B SCSI ports. The drives feature an acoustically mounted fan for cool, quiet operation, external termination and SCSI ID (hardware) SCSI ID - The unique address of a SCSI device. SCSI IDs range from 0 to 7 for 8-bit SCSI systems, 0 to 15 for 16-bit and 0 to 31 for 32-bit systems. The SCSI adaptor is usually assigned ID 7. A device's SCSI ID is often set by switches on the device. select switches, and twin SCSI-2 connectors that allow multiple drives to be easily daisy-chained together for more capacity. Conner's DiskStor arrays (internal and external) come with striping Interleaving or multiplexing data to increase speed. See disk striping. striping - data striping software that permits data from a single record to be written to and read from two drives simultaneously. Striping permits Conner's arrays to operate three times faster than factory installed drives, achieving sustained data transfers as high as 6.4MB per second and average seek times as low as 4.75 milliseconds. The arrays are available in both Fast SCSI-2 and Fast Wide SCSI-2 configurations. Arrays for Fast Wide SCSI-2 are shipped with a Nubus host adapter Also called a "controller" or "host bus adapter," it is a device that connects one or more peripheral units to a computer. It is typically an expansion card that plugs into the bus. IDE and SCSI are examples of peripheral interfaces that call their controllers host adapters. See host. that offers sustained transfer rates as high as 13.5MB per second. Conner single-drive solutions In addition to arrays, Conner's DiskStor line includes external 1GB and 2GB single-drive solutions that are compatible with most Macintosh computers. Internal single-drive versions offering 1GB or 2GB of storage are also available for Apple's Quadra 800 and 840av, as well as the PowerMac 8100 and 8150. The single-drive internal and external models are available with the Fast SCSI-2 interface. External versions feature external termination and SCSI ID select switches and twin SCSI-2 connectors to daisy-chain the drives. Conner's new disk drive products are SCSI Manager 4.3 compliant and compatible with the Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh System 7.5 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . They are shipped with SCSI utility software and device drivers. All the products are backed by a two-year warranty, a 48-hour turnaround on service (24-hour turnaround optional at extra cost), and an experienced support team accessible by a toll-free telephone number A toll-free, Freecall, Freephone, or 800 number is a special telephone number, in that the called party is charged the cost of the calls by the telephone carrier, instead of the calling party. or through CompuServe, America-on-Line and AppleLink. The products will be sold in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. by leading distributors and retailers. -0-
Pricing and availability
Product Capacity Interface Model MSRP Available
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Single internal
drives
DS1060Si 1GB Fast SCSI-2 Internal $ 689 Nov. 94
DS2105Si 2GB Fast SCSI-2 Internal $1,259 Dec. 94
Single external
drives
DS1060Se 1GB Fast SCSI-2 External $ 759 Nov. 94
DS2105Se 2GB Fast SCSI-2 External $1,329 Dec. 94
Two-drive internal
arrays
AS2120Si 2GB Fast SCSI-2 Internal $1,570 Nov. 94
AS2120Wi 2GB Fast Wide Internal $2,570 Nov. 94
SCSI-2
AS4210Si 4GB Fast SCSI-2 Internal $2,700 Dec. 94
AS4210Wi 4GB Fast Wide Internal $3,700 Dec. 94
SCSI-2
Two-drive external
arrays
AS2120Se 2GB Fast SCSI-2 External $1,690 Nov. 94
AS2120We 2GB Fast Wide External $2,690 Nov. 94
SCSI-2
AS4210Se 4GB Fast SCSI-2 External $2,825 Dec. 94
AS4210We 4GB Fast Wide External $3,825 Dec. 94
SCSI-2
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Founded in 1986, Conner sells, designs and builds a comprehensive line of information storage solutions products, including disk drives, tape drives, storage management software and disk array storage systems, for a wide range of computer applications. Conner had 1993 sales of $2.2 billion. CONTACT: Conner Corporate Communications
Kevin Burr or Mike Seither, 408/456-3134 or
408/456-3743
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