Winstation's 240-Mbyte SuperDisk Drive Announced Today for The O.E.M. and Consumer Market.Business Editors, Hi-Tech Writers MOSES LAKE Moses Lake, city (1990 pop. 11,235), Grant co., central Wash., on Moses Lake; settled 1897, inc. 1938. A distribution and shipping point for the Columbia basin project, it produces are sugar, potatoes, milk, paper, rocket propellant, silicon, chemicals, and frozen foods. , Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001 Winstation has seen overwhelming support for the use of SuperDisk Technology Winstation Systems Corporation today announced that its standard 1" high IDE (1) (Integrated Development Environment) A set of programs run from a single user interface. For example, programming languages often include a text editor, compiler and debugger, which are all activated and function from a common menu. SuperDisk drive, with LS-240 technology, is now offered to the O.E.M.s' that have long enjoyed the former 120-Mbyte version. The new LS-240 is a direct production line replacement for the LS-120, which has demonstrated increasingly large market acceptance since its introduction in 1997. The announcement reflects increasing market demand for the Winstation SuperDisk drive, an advanced removable storage technology that offers compatibility with 240-Mbyte and 120-Mbyte SuperDisk diskettes while being compatible with standard 1.44-Mbyte diskettes. "Winstation has seen overwhelming support for the use of SuperDisk technology in the PC, Server, Industrial and Medical industries," said Jill Colee, Marketing V. President for Winstation Systems. "This has been demonstrated to us in the form of sales, which goes to prove that the user always needs more storage on the removable side of business, it makes the LS-240 SuperDisk all the better." "We are very excited that Winstation is producing the 240-Mbyte standard IDE SuperDisk drive, this opens up an entire market that otherwise would have been left out of the new technology, said Richard Gadomski, Director of Marketing at Maxell America, a leading media manufacturer. "The LS-240 is ideal for those consumers who need expanded capacity yet still enjoy the utility and economy of legacy floppy 1. (programming, tool) Floppy - A Fortran coding convention checker. A later version can generate HTML. See also Flow. ffccc posted to comp.sources.misc volume 12. 2. floppy - floppy disk diskettes." Winstation SuperDisk The O.E.M. version, measuring in with standard form factor, fitting any 3.5-inch drive bay is 1.0-inch (height) x 4.0" (width) x 7.2-inch (depth) and weighing 1.1 pounds. Other features include an LED access indicator, manual or remote eject with motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. eject and emergency eject ability. Connectivity is accomplished with standard IDE / ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) The specification for ATA (IDE) tape drives and CD-ROMs. See IDE. ATAPI - AT Attachment Packet Interface 40 pin ribbon cable A thin, flat, multiconductor cable that is widely used for internal peripheral connections in electronic systems. In a PC, a 34-wire ribbon connects the floppy drive (if present) to the motherboard. located in the rear along with the 5 vdc power, and the Master / Slave Slave, river, c.310 mi (500 km) long, Northwest Territories, Canada. It comprises the middle sections of the Mackenzie River system. The river channels the waters of Lake Athabasca and the Peace River into Great Slave Lake at Fort Resolution. select. The Winstation LS-240 SuperDisk is compatible with Windows - 95/98/ME/NT/2000. The retail version of the Winstation LS-240 SuperDisk drive is the same as the O.E.M. version and comes complete with White Box package which will include one Winstation LS-240 SuperDisk Drive, One LS-240 diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk. diskette - floppy disk , One LS-120 diskette (while supplies last) and an installation manual. Winstation will also warranty the drive for 1 year and include two free calls to our 800 support to help the end user during installation when needed. About the Winstation SuperDisk LS-240 Drive and SuperDisk Technology SuperDisk drives are available in the standard 25.4-mm (one-inch) form factor produced by Winstation for desktop personal computers, as well as the standard 12.7-mm (half-inch) slimline version manufactured by Panasonic for notebooks PCs. All SuperDisk drives are backward-compatible, allowing users to read from and write to their existing 3.5-inch floppies. The SuperDisk diskette has the same shape and size as the standard 1.44-Mbyte 3.5-inch diskette, yet allows users to store up to 240 Mbytes of data. The SuperDisk technology is supported by major media, drive and computer manufacturers. For more information on the SuperDisk LS-240 drive, visit our site on the Web at: http://www.winstation.com. Availability and Pricing The Winstation SuperDisk drive is currently available to O.E.M.s' and consumers with O.E.M. pricing dependent on quantity. The retail package, standard 3.5-inch drive by Winstation and half high notebook version by Panasonic are currently available to the consumer from Winstation Direct (www.winstation.com) at a suggested retail price of $189.00 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . The LS-240 SuperDisk diskette in three packs is shipping with a suggested retail price at $26.99 USD. About Winstation Systems Corporation Winstation Systems Corporation is a leading full-line manufacturer and solution provider for unique and special data storage devices and interfaces for the 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 market. Product lines include the largest selection of Combination Drives, SCSI-IDE-PCMCIA SuperDisk Drives, SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. Floppy Drives See floppy disk. floppy drive - disk drive and SCSI Internal ZIP 250 Drives. Trademark Information Winstation is a registered trademark of Winstation Systems Corporation, all other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. |
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