New TDK PCMCIA LAN Adapters.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1994-- TDK TDK Türk Dil Kurumu (Turkish Language Council) TDK The Dark Knights (gaming clan) TDK Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo KK (TDK Electronics Co. Ltd. Extends Laptop Performance -- TDK today announces two new Ethernet LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. products that meet the 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. standard, the LAC-CD021L and the LAC-CD023. Both new products are Type I PCMCIA release 3.0 compliant. The LAC-CD021L is an ultra-low power 3.3 volt 10BaseT adapter that draws a maximum of 50mA. The LAC-CD023 is a low power 5 volt 10BaseT and 10Base2 combination adapter with a maximum 45mA current draw when used with the internal 10BaseT transceiver. TDK Makes It Easy -- These new products join TDK's line of other Ethernet LAN adapters and come complete with everything needed to get up and running quickly. TDK provides ODI and NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) A network driver interface from Microsoft. See network driver interface. NDIS - Network Device Interface Specification LAN drivers that allow connection to all the popular network operating systems. Systems supported include Novell(R) NetWare(R), Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) for Workgroups, LAN Manager (1) A network operating system from Microsoft that runs as a server application under OS/2. It supports DOS, Windows and OS/2 clients. LAN Manager was superseded by Windows NT Server, and many parts of LAN Manager are used in Windows NT and 2000. See LAN Server. (TM), LANtastic(R) and they are Plug-and-Play compatible with the Beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of Windows95(TM). The LAN drivers provided with each LAC-CD021L and LAC-CD023 operate on PCMCIA Card service release 2.0 and later. Each card is certified to work with CardSoft(TM) by SystemSoft(R). For environments where Card service is not available, the LAC-CD021L and LAC-CD023 allow direct enabling of the PCMCIA controller. Also included with each card is a user friendly manual, the LAC-CD021L & LAC-CD023 include a female to female RJ45 connector and LAC-CD023 also includes a 10Base2 Media Access Unit. TDK Technology - TDK Corp. is the world's largest supplier of audio and video tape products, and a leading supplier of electronic components and systems. TDK was instrumental in founding and has chaired the modem technical subcommittee of the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (body, hardware, standard) Personal Computer Memory Card International Association - (PCMCIA, or "PC Card") An international trade association and the standards they have developed for devicies, such as modems and external hard disk drives, that can be plugged into notebook (PCMCIA), and has been a driving force behind this technical standard. You can be confident that TDK PCMCIA products are the most advanced, highest quality cards available today. CONTACT: Pat Carson 408/437-9585 ext. 230 |
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