Viking Components Ships 56K PC Card WinModem; Viking Expands Its Award-winning Modem Line With Mobile, Low-Cost PC Card solution.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA Santa Margarita ("Saint Margaret") may refer to:
Viking Components, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing manufacturers of component technology, Tuesday announced the shipment of its new dual mode V.90/56K PC Card WinModem. Utilizing Lucent's analog modem A common device that converts the computer's digital pulses to tones that can be carried over analog telephone lines. See modem. technology, the Viking 56K PC Card WinModem supports the ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. V.90 and K56Flex communications standards and features a controllerless, high-performance design that reduces cost without sacrificing communications throughput or reliability. With true plug-and-play installation capabilities, the PC Card modem also offers enhanced low-power modes, using 5V technology to minimize power consumption and therefore increase PC battery life of mobile systems. "Viking's 56K PC Card WinModem rounds out our award-winning modem line of internal, external, 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. and PC Card solutions for both mobile and desktop users," said Shannon Biggs, executive vice president of manufacturing, Viking Components. "The popularity of our other PC Card modems prompted us to provide a controllerless version to satisfy our mobile customers who need a high-quality solution at an affordable price." Designed especially for the Windows operating environment, Viking's 56K PC Card WinModem is fully compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 at a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ) of $79.95. All Viking modems include a five-year warranty and are available through resellers and retailers nationwide. Viking is pleased to offer this new addition to our award-winning line of products, which includes Viking's 56K ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. Modem, PC World's Top 10 Internal Modem Award recipient, and Viking's 56K USB Modem, also included on the PC World Top 10 Modems list for excellent performance, support and value. About Viking Components Viking Components Inc. is best known for its leadership position in the computer memory, flash and communication product marketplaces. Viking offers more than 2,000 products to leading OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , VAR and retail businesses and markets its products through a broad network of worldwide distributors and reseller chains. Viking has 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. registered facilities in its Rancho Santa Margarita headquarters (ISO 9001) and its European facility based in Dublin, Ireland (ISO 9002). For more information about Viking Components, call 800/338-2361 in the United States, +353-1466-0090 in Europe or visit the Viking Web site at www.vikingcomponents.com. |
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