Pacific CommWare Announces TurboCom 95 Pro and TurboExpress Port 920; Advanced Communication Drivers and Super High-Speed Serial Board Combine 921.6 Kbaud Performance with Plug and Play Convenience.ASHLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 1996--Pacific CommWare Inc. today announced TurboCom/95(r) Pro and the TurboExpress(tm) Port 920, the first family of Windows serial communications See serial transmission and serial. products to provide Plug and Play ease of use while supporting data transfers at rates up to 921.6 Kbaud. The TurboCom/95 accelerator drivers and the high-performance one and two-port serial I/O cards define a new baseline for speed, reliability, and convenience in Windows 95 communications. "TurboCom/95 Pro and the TurboExpress Port 920 are going to change what users expect from Windows communications. Now users can break through the 115.2 Kbaud-performance ceiling and eliminate configuration headaches. "We're offering leading-edge users a COM port A serial communications port on a PC. See COM1 and serial port. com port - communications port they won't outgrow outgrow verb To change the relationship with a condition or structure by dint of ↑ age or size; while children outgrow clothing, and certain behaviors, they rarely outgrow diseases–eg, asthma ," commented John Loram, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Pacific CommWare. "This new technology gets the serial port out of the way of the modem, so users can achieve all the throughput advanced systems can deliver. TurboCom/95 Pro and the TurboExpress Port 920 can handle baud rate A redundant reference to baud. Baud is a rate. baud rate - baud settings up to 921.6 Kbaud, eight times the current maximum. As a result, they let users take full advantage of V.34+ modems and ISDN terminal adapters with data compression data compression Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques. , because these next-generation resources demand DTE (Data Terminating Equipment) A communications device that is the source or destination of signals on a network. It is typically a terminal or computer. Contrast with DCE.  DTE - Data Terminal Equipment rates of 230.4 Kbaud and above." TurboExpress Port 920 Features The hardware component of the TurboExpress Port 920 is the ExpressCard 920, a series of one and two-port Plug and Play serial I/O cards. The software component is TurboCom/95 Pro, which comprises the TurboCom/95 drivers and the TurboCom Re:Ports(tm) monitoring utility for Windows 95. The Plug and Play ExpressCard 920 eliminates the frustration of manual COM port setup in Windows 95. Installation is quick and easy because the board is configured automatically. An installation and configuration utility is provided for use with Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups A version of Windows 3.1 introduced in 1992 that added peer-to-peer networking. See Windows. (operating system) Windows for Workgroups - (WFW, WFWG) A version of Windows 3.1 which works with a network. Although stand-alone 3. 3.11. The ExpressCard 920 opens up new performance possibilities because it incorporates the advanced 16750 UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) The electronic circuit that makes up the serial port. Also known as "universal serial asynchronous receiver transmitter" (USART), it converts parallel bytes from the CPU into serial bits for transmission, and vice and drives this chip at an accelerated clock speed. Introduced late in 1995 by Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , the 16750 represents a new generation of serial controllers. Running at eight times the clock speed of an ordinary serial device, the 16750 UART provides four times as much internal data storage as the familiar 16550 UART. Extra-deep, 64-byte FIFOed character buffers and innovative, UART-assisted hardware flow control provide nearly complete immunity from UART overrun A condition in which a UART cannot process the byte that just came in fast enough before the next one arrives. and queue overflow errors, even at a baud rate setting of 921.6 Kbaud. TurboCom/95 Pro Features The TurboCom/95 communications drivers work hand-in-glove with the ExpressCard to deliver remarkable performance. Designed specifically for Windows 95, these drivers provide dependable data transfers at the highest baud rates the system can sustain, whether they are servicing the ExpressCard 920, an internal modem, or another high-speed UART-based serial device. Versions of the TurboCom drivers with comparable performance are available for use in the Windows 3.1 and Windows 3.11 environments. The TurboCom/95 Pro and the TurboExpress Port 920 both provide an added bonus for Windows 95 users. Both products incorporate a new monitoring and access utility called TurboCom Re:Ports. Re:Ports provides real-time performance feedback and troubleshooting information for all serial and parallel communications devices that are installed in a Windows 95 system, no matter what drivers or applications are in use. Through its "Virtual Port" capability, Re:Ports also allows DOS applications like tele-games to access non-UART-based serial devices such as the Winmodem host-based modem. "TurboCom/95 and TurboExpress Port 920 do more than maximize throughput and reliability. They give you a consistent way to monitor performance, between applications and across ports. For example, with the Re:Ports Monitor you can see the bandwidth you're getting from your Internet provider, information that is otherwise shrouded in mystery. And troubleshooting becomes a lot less agonizing with the status indicators and error information from Re:Ports. Making connections more comprehensible and removing the serial port bottleneck helps people get better results for their telecommunications dollars," noted Loram. Pricing and Availability Available in May 1996, these products are priced at $79.95 for the one-port TurboExpress Port 920, and $109.95 for the two-port TurboExpress Port 920. The MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) for the TurboCom/95 Pro software is $29.95. Registered TurboCom/2 and TurboCommander users can upgrade to TurboCom/95 Pro for $14.95. About Pacific CommWare Since 1990, Pacific CommWare has been working to increase the capabilities and cost-effectiveness of Windows communications. Other Pacific CommWare products include the award-winning TurboCommander Pro COM port management and diagnostic utility for Windows 3.1 and 3.11 and the TurboCom/2 communications drivers. TurboCom/2 is currently bundled with a number of products including leading ISDN modems from Motorola (the BitSurfer), 3Com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. (the Impact), and 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) (the WaveRunner). Pacific CommWare products are marketed directly and though a number of national dealers such as Stream International and Egghead, as well as though local dealers in the U.S. and numerous foreign representatives. The company can be reached at: 541/482-2744 (voice), 541/482-2627 (fax), 541/482-2633 (BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. ), and pcwinfo@turbocom.com (Internet). The company's Web site is located at http://www.turbocom.com. -0- Editor's note: All trademarks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: McHenry & Associates Charles McHenry, 541/772-2382 FAX: 541/776-6909 Internet: cmchenry@mind.net NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email addresses noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between cmchenry and mind.net and between pcwinfo and turbocom.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. |
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