Phoenix Technologies' PCM+(tm) software now shipping with IBM(r) PC DOS 7.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 1995--Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PTEC PTEC Pinellas Technical Education Centers (Clearwater, FL) PTEC Pharmacy Technician Educators Council PTEC Psychiatric Technician PTEC Plastics Technical Evaluation Center PTEC Page Table Edit Control ), the world's leading supplier of system-level firmware, Monday announced that its industry leading 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. software, PCM (1) See phase change memory. (2) (Plug Compatible Manufacturer) An organization that makes a computer or electronic device that is compatible with an existing machine. + v3.01 (PhoenixCARD Manager Plus), is included in IBM's new PC DOS 7, which was also announced Monday. 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) has included Phoenix's PCMCIA enabling software in its last three major PC DOS releases. PCM+ v3.01 provides major functional enhancements over PCM+ in the previous PC DOS release. A major improvement is Phoenix's advanced PCM+ User Interface, available under both DOS and Windows. New ease-of-use features include: o The ability to launch associated applications upon insertion of a specified PC Card providing a seamless interface between PCMCIA and software applications; o Dynamic card configuration which reduces PC Card set up time; o Card event notification "pop up" messages and robust help messages; o Extended system battery life from a new power management feature which allows end-users to select acceptable idle time after which the system will "spin-down" their ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment type PC Card. Another enhancement is that PC DOS 7 now supports more PC platforms via expanded socket services support -- the low-level PCMCIA host controller software layer. PCM+ for PC DOS 7 now includes support for the industry's most popular controllers from Intel, Cirrus Logic, Databook, Ricoh and IBM. This added support enables PC DOS 7 to provide PCMCIA support to the majority of PC platforms on the market. Automatic detection of the PCMCIA host controller reduces the memory footprint by only loading the necessary drivers. In addition to supporting more PC platforms, 45% more PC Cards can now be used with PC DOS 7. Under the Phoenix Card Certification Program, launched last fall, more than 250 PC Cards are certified compatible with PCM+. A wide range of PC Cards are supported, including fax/modem, 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. , rotating storage (ATA), multimedia as well as global positioning (GPS) and wireless. "We want to provide the best utilies available in PC DOS," said Karl LaWall, PC DOS worldwide brand manager, IBM Personal Software Products. "With PCMCIA support from a leading company like Phoenix Technologies, we are able to offer PC DOS 7 users a high-quality product that is easy to use and provides the highest degree of compatibility." According to Howard Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , vice president portable systems at Phoenix Technologies, "Phoenix is committed to increasing PCMCIA capability for PC DOS users. We believe that by including PCM+ in PC DOS 7, we are able to further expand the market for PCMCIA technology." PCM+ v3.01 is only available with PC DOS 7. For more information, please contact your local PC DOS merchant. CONTACT: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Margaret Kahnke, 714/440-8052 or The Benjamin Group Gary Quackenbush/Elizabeth Deans, 408/559-6090 or 714/753-0755 |
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