Thomas-Conrad's new high-performance TC 4048 PCI adapter extends family of token ring price performance leaders.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1995--Thomas-Conrad Corp., a leading provider of high-performance network transport solutions for workgroup computing, announced today the availability of its TC4048 PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). token ring adapter A network adapter used in a Token Ring network. See network adapter. . The TC4048 is a high-performance 16/4Mbps token ring adapter that utilizes bus-master data transfer over a 32-bit PCI bus. Consistent with Thomas-Conrad's price/performance leadership goals, this new adapter offers very high throughput at the lowest CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization levels. Along with the addition of the TC4048 PCI token ring adapter, Thomas-Conrad has also redesigned its TC4145-C 16/Mbps Plug and Play ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. adapter to enhance reliability and deliver the industry's best price/performance. The TC4145-C utilizes a new chip from Texas Instruments that provides the same functionality previously required by two chips, thereby improving manufacturing efficiency and adapter reliability. According to Gail Daniels, vice president of sales and marketing at Thomas-Conrad, the company's token ring product line continues to thrive. "Thomas-Conrad is extending its price/performance leadership in the token ring marketplace and steadily gaining market share. No other vendor offers a comparable range of feature-rich, high-performance token ring adapters at our competitive prices." Esmeralda Silva, analyst at International Data Corp., agrees. "Thomas-Conrad offers an impressive range of high-performance token ring adapters and continues to add value to products to build market share. We continue to see growth of token ring within the existing installed base as customers try to get the most out of their legacy networks." TC4048 High-Performance Features The TC4048 features a 32-bit bus-master PCI interface and Plug and Play auto-configuration. Fully software upgradeable, it is capable of standard or full duplex operation. The TC4048 is fully compliant with the PCI local bus specification 2.0 and the PCI Plug and Play standard. Bus-mastering technology is used to maximize throughput and minimize CPU utilization. For increased performance, Thomas-Conrad's Scalable Clock Architecture lets users increase the frequency of the on-board clock to achieve higher data throughput. For manageability and maintenance, the TC4048 ships with an SNMP agent and TR Tools, Thomas-Conrad's diagnostic utility. The TC4048 provides a DB9 connector for Type 1 STP STP or standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions for measurement of the properties of matter. The standard temperature is the freezing point of pure water, 0°C; or 273.15°K;. (shielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) shielded twisted pair - (STP) A kind of cable used for most Ethernet cabling, especially fast ethernet connections such as 100 Mbps. Compare: unshielded twisted pair. ) cable, and an RJ45 connector and on-board media filter for Category 3,4 or 5 UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair (unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. ) media. The adapter auto-detects which connector is being used to speed installation. Pat Patteson, functional manager for information services at Southwestern Bell Telephone in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , is evaluating Thomas-Conrad's TC4048 for deployment in a five-state network encompassing more than 75 token ring subnets. Patteson is looking at the PCI bus to provide a performance boost that will allow numerous PCs using X-emulation to get data more quickly off of Unix-based servers. "With the Thomas-Conrad PCI token ring adapters in our PC X-servers, we expect to achieve a 25 to 30 percent improvement in performance over our current ISA adapters. We think that Thomas-Conrad's bus-mastering technology is the key to that performance increase." Full Driver Support Driver support is provided for all popular network operating systems, including NetWare, Windows NT, LAN Server and other ODI and NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) A network driver interface from Microsoft. See network driver interface. NDIS - Network Device Interface Specification environments. Logical Link Control (LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ) drivers provide compatibility with 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) applications. Pricing and Availability The TC4048 PCI token ring adapter is available now. The estimated selling price is $345 per unit and includes a limited lifetime warranty. Money-saving six-packs are available for $335 per unit and fifty-packs for $319 per unit. For a limited time, Thomas-Conrad is offering a special evaluation price of $175 for the United States and Canada (restrictions apply.) The TC4145-C, the industry's leading price/performance token ring ISA adapter, is priced aggressively at $249 per unit, $239 per unit in six-packs, and $229 per unit in fifty-packs. Thomas-Conrad Corp. Thomas-Conrad's mission is to provide its customers the best value in managed high-speed network transport products for workgroup environments. Thomas-Conrad's products are available through the company's worldwide distribution network and are backed by Thomas-Conrad's full suite of support services, including 24-hour, 7-day-a-week technical support; Thomas-Conrad's CompuServe forum (GO TCCFORUM); Thomas-Conrad's BBS (512)433-6156 or (512)433-6157; Thomas-Conrad's World Wide Web server (http://www.tci.com); and the Technical Support Alliance (TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). ) with Novell, Compaq, Dell and other TSA members. Scalable Clock Architecture and TR Tools are trademarks and the Thomas-Conrad logo are registered trademarks of Thomas-Conrad Corp. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. CONTACT: Thomas-Conrad Corp. Betty Eagan, 512/433-6520 or Neva Group Sarah Sherman/Jackie Lustig, 617/441-4000 x226/229 |
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