Yamaha signs Optical Laser to distribute CD Recorder products.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1995--In response to the growing demand for the Yamaha CD Recorder products, (the CD Expert Series), Yamaha Corporation of America has named Optical Laser, Inc., to handle its popular CD Recorder product line. Optical Laser provides direct marketing of brand name optical storage products to VARs and System Integrators. They support all optical storage technologies including CD recorders, magneto-optical disk drives and 12-inch WORM technology. Stand alone drives and jukeboxes are included. Software products include document imaging and data retrieval indexing. "Optical Laser's Optical Storage magazine provides access to our CD Expert products not previously available," said Daniel Baca, CD Expert Product Sales Manager for Yamaha. "Optical Laser's expertise in optical storage is among the best." Optical Laser "Optical Laser provides brand name systems and subsystems to VARs and systems integrators," said Mike Raab, president of Optical. "Because we specialize in optical storage, we believe the match with Yamaha's CD Expert products is perfect." The Agreement "This is a standard Yamaha distribution agreement," said Daniel Baca. "Yamaha demands a high level of expertise and a strong reputation for integrity in its distributors. Optical Laser fits our profile and provides a new distribution dimension." CD Recorder Products There are currently two Yamaha CD Recorder products in the CD Expert Series. They are the internal 5.25-inch CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. 100 and the external CDE (1) (Computer Desktop Encyclopedia) What you are reading at this very moment. See About this product. (2) (Common Desktop Environment) A user interface for desktop computing from The Open Group. 100. All CDR and CDE products record and read at 1X, 2X and 4X speeds. They are currently supported by 17 software designers on DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Sun, HP9000, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , 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. , SGI, Windows NT and Novell platforms. The CD Recorder products support all standard formats including 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). , CD-ROMXA CD-ROMXA Compact Disk-Read Only Memory Extended Architecture , CD-I (Compact Disc-Interactive) A compact disc format developed by Philips and Sony that held text, audio and animated graphics. It required a CD-I player that contained its own operating system. and CD-DA (Compact Disc-Digital Audio) The original compact disc format developed by Sony and Philips in the 1980s, which was designed for audio only. Since "CD" is used loosely for all Compact Disc formats, the CD-DA designation differentiates a music disc or player (digital audio). Disk-at-once, track-at-once and multisession modes are available. Yamaha has also developed standards for 4X media, manufactured by several manufacturers, to help assure error-free recording and playback. These media are identified with the 4X logo. Information recorded on the 4X certified media can be read on virtually all CD readers, not just Yamaha's. Optical Laser is located at 5862 Bolsa Ave. Suite 103, Huntington Beach, Calif. 92649, phone: 800/776-9215; fax: 714/379-4413. Yamaha Corporation of America, Systems Technology Division was founded to manufacture and market integrated circuits, board level products and complete systems to OEMs and VARs. The division's product line includes custom and semicustom ASICs, standard circuits for graphics, communications and audio applications, and CD Recorder products. CONTACT: Yamaha Corporation of America, San Jose Daniel Baca, 408/467-2353 or The Lekas Group Joyce Lekas, 415/948-8907 |
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