Xircom mobile-networking solutions offer broad Windows 95 support; Windows 95 brings plug-and-play capabilities to mobile networking.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1995--Xircom Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :XIRC) Thursday announced support for Windows 95 across its entire line of wired and wireless PC Card (formerly PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. ) network adapters. The plug-and-play capabilities built into Windows 95 eliminate many of the configuration and setup challenges associated with using PC Cards. Users of portable PCs running Windows 95 and equipped with Xircom adapters will be able to establish network connections faster and more easily than ever before. Microsoft new Windows 95 software includes certified drivers for Xircom's CreditCard Ethernet Adapter The Ethernet hardware required to attach to an Ethernet network. It typically resides on an expansion board, but is sometimes built into the motherboard. An Ethernet adapter is required in each client and server. See Ethernet and network adapter. IIps, Pocket Ethernet Adapter III, CreditCard Ethernet+Modem II and CreditCard Token Ring Adapter A network adapter used in a Token Ring network. See network adapter. IIps. Other Xircom products, including Netwave wireless adapters, CreditCard Ethernet+Modem 28.8 and the soon-to-be-released CreditCard Modem 28.8, will ship with certified Windows 95 drivers. Xircom is committed to fully supporting Windows 95 and will continue to include certified drivers with all of its future products. Microsoft is using CreditCard Netwave adapters, Xircom's wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area solution, in the plug-and-play portion of Microsoft's Denver and Salt Lake City Windows 95 demonstration. To demonstrate the benefits of plug-and-play for mobile computer users, Microsoft is using Netwave adapters to set up a ``chat'' session between two notebooks onstage and a third located in the audience immediately after removing audio and disk storage cards. Plug-and-play capabilities automatically install and configure the adapters, allowing the notebook users to begin their wireless ``chat'' session without any additional setup. In Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Microsoft is also using Xircom products in its public launch event being held at the Pacific Design Center. Two hundred Xircom Pocket Ethernet Adapter IIIs will network computers being used for hands-on demonstrations of Windows 95 over a three- day period from Aug. 24 through Aug. 26. Xircom is presenting its own product demonstrations at Microsoft's main launch event in Redmond, Wash., and at regional launches in Atlanta, Denver and Salt Lake City. Windows 95 drivers for many Xircom adapters are included in the Windows Drivers Library (WDL WDL Windows Driver Library WDL World Definition Language (3D GameStudio programming language) WDL Winter Drumline WDL Wavelength Dependent Loss WDL Waveform Description Language ) on the Windows 95 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). . Certified drivers not included in the library can be downloaded from the Xircom BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. at 805/376-9130. During the four days following the launch of Windows 95, Xircom and CompUSA are offering product discounts on any Xircom product purchased with Windows 95. Xircom develops and manufactures a comprehensive set of network-access solutions for mobile and remote personal-computer users. These solutions provide mobile computer users operating within a fixed location both wired and wireless network connectivity. Additionally, Xircom's broad suite of analog and digital (ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. ) network-access products provides remote users with portable and desktop connectivity to corporate networks, the Internet and other on-line services from a wide variety of locations such as hotels, airports and home offices. Information about Xircom and its products is available at http://www.xircom.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Xircom is a registered trademark and CreditCard Ethernet, Pocket Ethernet, CreditCard Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. , CreditCard Ethernet+Modem, CreditCard Netwave, Netwave Access Point and CreditCard Modem are trademarks of Xircom Inc. Other company or product names have been used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. Xircom has headquarters in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and has regional offices in Mountain View, Calif.; Salem, N.H.; Washington, D.C.; Antwerp, Belgium; and Singapore. Sales: 800/438-4526; telephone: 805/376-9300; fax: 805/376-9311. CONTACT: Xircom Inc. Daphne Page, 805/376-6929 (media/industry analysts) dpage@xircom.com JoAnne Martz, 805/376-6911 (financial analysts) jmartz@xircom.com or Regis McKenna Inc. Kathie Fitzgerald, 203/454-1950 (media/industry analysts) kathleen_fitzgerald@regis.com |
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