VST Announces Full Line of New Macintosh Powerbook G3 Series Accessories; New VST Products Coincide With Apple Computer's Announcement Today of New Powerbook G3.ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999-- VST VST VLT (Very Large Telescope) Survey Telescope VST Vietnam Standard Time (Gmt+0700) VST Virtual Studio Technology (Midiware music production technology) Technologies, Inc. today announced a complete line of storage and power accessories for the new Macintosh(R) PowerBook(R) G3 Series from Apple(R) Computer, Inc.(Nasdaq: AAPL AAPL Apple Computer, Inc. (stock symbol) AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL Advance Audiovisual Presentation Limited AAPL Advocates for Arkansas Public Libraries ).
The new VST storage products include:
-- VST Zip(R)100 for Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series - employing the
popular Iomega Zip drive mechanism
--- VST Hard Drive series - including 6, 8 and 10 Gigabyte capacities
-- VST SuperDisk Drive - reads and writes both Imation 120MB
diskettes, as well as 1.4MB floppy diskettes.
VST's new power products include a two-position VST Smart-Charger, AC Power Adapter An external power supply for laptop computers and just about every portable or semi-portable electronic device on the market. Also called an "AC adapter," it contains a rectifier to convert AC current to DC and a transformer to convert voltage from 120 down to 9, 12, 15 or whatever is and a DC Automobile Adapter. VST will also bundle an Apple Lithium Ion A rechargeable battery technology introduced in 1991 that provides greater charge per pound than nickel metal hydride. In 1993, Toshiba introduced the first notebook in the U.S. with a Li-ion battery. (Li-Ion) battery together with the VST Charger and Apple AC adapter Same as power adapter. . "The new PowerBook G3 not only offers customers great performance in a sleek new design, but lots of expandability as well," said Greg Joswiak, director of Apple's PowerBook Product Marketing. "VST's new line of portable storage and power accessories greatly expand the capabilities of the new PowerBook G3. With products such as the VST Zip100 and VST SuperDisk expansion bay modules, PowerBook customers can take advantage of portable versions of the latest in removable storage technology." The VST Expansion Bay Hard Drives in 6, 8 and 10 Gigabyte sizes, combine greater capacity with hot-plug/unplug support and blazing transfer speeds, up to 10 MB/sec with DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. support. The VST Hard Drive series may also be used as the boot volume, offering users a means for full backup See backup types. of the internal drive, including a bootable operating system. The VST Zip100 is also bootable, and fully supports hot-plug/unplug. The VST SuperDisk Drive reads and writes standard 1.4MB floppies as well as 120MB Imation diskettes, and supports hot-plug/unplug. The PowerBook G3 notebook's hot-swappable expansion bay allows users to alternate from a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). to a VST Hard Drive, VST Zip Drive or VST SuperDisk without the need to shut down, sleep or restart the system. The VST Smart-Charger includes slots for two Apple Li-Ion batteries, and will ship with an Apple AC Adapter. In addition, VST will ship the Ultimate Mobility Bundle, which includes the VST Smart-Charger, an Apple AC Adapter and an Apple Li-Ion Battery. Pricing and Availability Product: Model: Pricing: Availability: VST Zip Drive 100 ZIPG32 $229.95 5/17/99 VST SuperDisk Drive LSG32 $229.95 5/17/99 VST 4GB Hard Drive EBHDG3240 $349.95 5/17/99 VST 6GB Hard Drive EBHDG3260 $449.95 NOW VST 8GB Hard Drive EBHDG3280 $649.95 5/17/99 VST 10GB Hard Drive EBHDG3210 $749.95 5/17/99 Charger and AC Adapter SCHG32 $179.95 June Ultimate Mobility Bundle SCHG3203 $329.95 June Auto Adapter AAPB $79.95 NOW AC Adapter ACPB $69.95 NOW About VST Technologies VST Technologies, Inc. is a market leader in the design, engineering and marketing of peripheral products for the notebook and desktop computer industries. VST peripheral products can be found as optional features or as after market add-ons from leading OEMs and from notebook manufacturers, including Apple Computer, Fujitsu, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , 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) . In addition to notebook Zip100 Drives, SuperDisk(TM) Drives, Hard Drives, AC/DC AC/DC adj. Slang Having a bisexual orientation. [From the likening of a bisexual person to an appliance that works on either alternating or direct current. Power Adapters, Battery Chargers and Auto Adapters, VST Technologies, Inc. manufactures FireWire(R) Hard Drives, see related press releases, as noted below. VST's products can be viewed and purchased through their web site at www.vsttech.com and from major distributors, resellers and catalog mail houses. Related Press Releases: (see our Web site: www.vsttech.com) April 28th, 1999 - VST Technologies First to market with FireWire(R) Drives May 10th, 1999 - New FireWire drives offer even more capacity, modularity, portability and FireWire connectivity across platforms |
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