VST Technologies Offers iMac Owners USB Floppy Drive.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1999-- 1.44MB drive with Apple Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. interface available for under $100 VST VST VLT (Very Large Telescope) Survey Telescope VST Vietnam Standard Time (Gmt+0700) VST Virtual Studio Technology (Midiware music production technology) Technologies, Inc., peripheral specialists for both mobile and desktop users, today announced immediate availability of the VST iMac(r) USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Floppy Drive See floppy disk. floppy drive - disk drive , an external 1.44MB drive designed exclusively for use with any Universal Serial Bus (USB) equipped Macintosh. The announcement came today during MacWorld Expo in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . "Removable storage is a continual need among computer users worldwide to exchange data and information. By adding the VST USB Floppy Drive, iMac owners can use widely accepted 1.44MB diskettes for their storage needs," said Vince Fedele, chairman and founder of VST Technologies. "The explosion of new storage solutions for the iMac, such as today's announcement from VST, means that customers can choose the best media for saving, backing-up or transferring their data based on their needs," said Mike Shebanek, Apple Product Manager. "As a long-time solutions provider of the Apple PowerBook line, we're pleased to see VST bringing its peripheral expertise to the desktop, using an industry standard like USB." The VST iMac USB Floppy Drive supports the MacOS standard floppy drive formats, including MacOS, DOS and ProDOS. The VST drive began shipping January 1 and is available now from most major distributors, resellers and catalog mail houses, as well as directly from the company's web site - www.vsttech.com/. The VST iMac USB Floppy Drive carries a suggested retail price of $99.95. About VST Technologies, Inc. VST Technologies, Inc. is a market leader in the design, engineering and marketing of peripheral products for the notebook and desktop computer industries. VST's 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 the iMac Floppy Drive, VST Technologies, Inc. manufactures notebook Zip(r)100 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's products can be viewed and purchased through their web site at www.vsttech.com and from major distributors, resellers and catalog mail houses. Apple and iMac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. SuperDisk is a trademark of Imation Corp. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. |
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