Datalight Announces CardTrick Version 2.5 Provides Access to On Board Flash Memory and PCMCIA Memory Cards Through A Single Driver.ARLINGTON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1995--Datalight announces a new release of CardTrick, flash file system software used with PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. memory cards and "on board flash" memory commonly referred to as a Resident Flash Array. The software can be loaded as a device driver or as a BIOS extension to allow booting from flash memory and makes the flash memory appear to the system as a hard drive. CardTrick 2.5, the new version of the software, has several improvements over earlier versions. It now supports ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment devices so that large hard drives and ATA flash See flash memory. cards can be used automatically with no configuration. It has direct support for PCMCIA hardware to allow booting from a PCMCIA memory card, without using Card and Socket Services Low-level software that manages a PC Card controller. See PC Card. . The latest version also includes the ability to use a single copy of the software to support both PCMCIA devices and Resident Flash Array, avoiding a double footprint in memory. "This is something that more and more of our customers are requesting," remarked Tim Gillman, vice president of sales and marketing. "There are a lot of products where the designer uses a Resident Flash Array to hold the system software and applications, and a PCMCIA slot for data acquisition." Datalight's unique 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 layer allows easy customization of the software for a wide variety of types of flash memory and non-conventional embedded and mobile PC systems. "Even if the engineer needs to customize the software, the CardTrick examples and documentation make it simple," remarked Keith Garvin, software engineer. The latest version includes preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. OEM layers. There is an OEM layer that is used with Card and Socket Services that requires no modification. On embedded or handheld devices, where only memory cards are used, another CardTrick preconfigured OEM layer works directly with the Intel 365SL or compatible PCMCIA controller and socket hardware, saving the cost and disk space of Card and Socket Services. The CardTrick 2.5 Software Developer's Kit See SDK. will be available Aug. 25. The cost is $495 and includes a certificate for the first 50 copies when the OEM License Agreement is signed. Additional licences cost from $10 per copy for less than 100 to $3 per copy for 10,000. Datalight, founded in 1983, develops and distributes embedded and mobile systems software. Everyday, people throughout the world, come in contact with Datalight software through cellular and standard phones, handheld computers, medical equipment, scientific instrumentation, credit card terminals Several types of credit card terminals are available to merchants nowadays. Most have the same basic purpose and functions. They allow a merchant to swipe or key in required credit card information and transmit such data to the merchant service provider. and flight recorders. CONTACT: Datalight Tim Gillman, 360/435-8086 or 800/221-6630 Home, 206/367-3363 |
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