Silicom adds 33.6 Kbps high-speed Modem LAN combos to their PC Card family.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1996--Silicom Connectivity Solutions, Inc., announced Wednesday the addition of two new multi-function PC Cards that will deliver 33.6 Kbps high modem speeds and a 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. connection. The new generation of PC Cards, EtherModem (SEM33) and TokenModem (STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. 33), will have street prices of $445 for the 10BaseT model, $475 for the 10BaseT and 10Base2 combination model, and $550 for the Token Ring model. Depending on the model, these new PC Cards allow for simultaneous data/fax modem capabilities and Ethernet or Token Ring LAN operations. These PC Cards allow users to connect their Notebooks to an Ethernet or Token Ring LAN and at the same time transfer data or send faxes using its data/fax modem capabilities. Silicom's multi-function LAN/Modem PC Cards have passed approval testing in the United States, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, UK, Sweden, and South Korea. These PC cards support V. 34 at 33.6 Kbps and 28.8 Kbps and up to 67.2 Kbps with V.42 and MNP 5 data compression. The cards can fax up to 14.4 Kbps and the modem supports V.42LAPM and MNP 2 - 4 error detection and correction (algorithm, storage) error detection and correction - (EDAC, or "error checking and correction", ECC) A collection of methods to detect errors in transmitted or stored data and to correct them. This is done in many ways, all of them involving some form of coding. . Additionally, the cards include MNP 10 data throughput enhancements and support CCITT See ITU. CCITT - Commite' Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique. (International consultative committee on telecommunications and Telegraphy). CCITT changed its name to ITU-T on 1 March 1993. V. 32bis, V.32, V.22bis, V22A/B, V.21, V.23 and Bell 212A and 103 data transmissions. For send and receive fax transmissions, the EtherModem supports Class I and II, CCITT, V.17, V.29, V.27ter and V.21 channel 2. The EtherModem includes ODI that supports Novell Netware, NDIS3 that supports Microsoft's Windows95, WindowsNT 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. , and NDIS2 that supports Microsoft's LAN Manager, Banyan Vines, and Artisoft's LANtastic. The TokenModem supports many types of network platforms so users can connect to LANs, mainframes and AS400 machines. The card conforms to IEEE 802.2 and 802.5 network standards. With support for IEEE 802.5, the TokenModem PCMCIA card provides users with access to ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. and SNA protocols and supports connections to mainframes including APPC/PC APPC/PC Advanced Program-To-Program Communications / Personal Computers , 3270 and AS400. Drivers included with the TokenModem33.6 include IBM PC Network Program, IBM OS/2 Extended Services, IBM LAN Server IBM LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 Extended Edition. The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default. , Novell NetWare (ODI, IPX), Novell OS/2 Requester, Microsoft LAN Manager (NDIS), Microsoft Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, 3Com 3+Open, Banyan Vines, and Artisoft LANtastic. For more information contact Silicom at 800-474-5426 or browse Silicom's World Wide Web home page at http://www.silicom.wa.com/silicom/. CONTACT: NetPR, Tucson, Ariz. Kimberly Maxwell, 520/297-0003 Kimberly@Silicom.wa.com 75140.3636@Compuserve.com or Silicom Connectivity Solutions, Inc., Redmond Stephanie Atchison, 800/474-5426 Press@Silicom.wa.com |
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