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- From: nicko@aleph1.co.uk
- Subject: Press Release: New Aleph One PC cards + IDE
- Date: 2 Mar 1994 16:13:16 -0000
-
- Improved PC cards offer increased capabilities & lower cost
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-
- The Aleph One 486PC Card has recently been updated to offer improved
- expansion capabilities, increase performance and allow a substantial
- price reduction of #152 off previous 486/4MB prices.
-
- From the end of March 1994 we will be able to supply PC Cards with the
- following enhancements:
-
- - 486SLC chips with clock speeds of 25MHz or 50MHz
- - Upgradeable SIMM memory through 2, 4, 8 or 16MB
- - A 'local' IDE hard disc interface on the PC Card
-
- We shall also offer as options a very-high-speed serial I/O chip
- (16550-compatible), and a second serial port, at #25 RRP each + VAT. The
- redesigned PC Card will be the same physical size as before (single-width
- Podule Eurocard) and will have the features above in addition to the usual
- PC Card capacities such as serial and parallel ports. It will also
- incorporate a custom ASIC handling the interface to the Archimedes.
-
- This combination of features will allow
-
- - Increased I/O speed, with very rapid disc access for 'local' IDE discs
-
- - Very high performance from the 50MHz cpu chip, at #52 below the present
- top price
-
- Our WINDOWS driver software now supports 800x600 pixel screens in 16
- colours, and it will be supplied at no extra charge with the new design of
- Card. We are developing the capacity to sup- port larger screens and more
- colours; our design which shares the load between the 486 cpu and the
- Archimedes cpu makes this team very powerful indeed.
-
- Our NETWORK driver software has been field-tested with Netware 3.11 and
- Windows for Workgroups 3.0 and shown to perform competently. This will
- continue to be offered as an option at #25 per card, with discounts and site
- licences for multiple cards.
-
- Prices for updated Cards with 4MB RAM and with no RAM are given below. The
- SIMM form RAM used in these Cards, 72 pin 70ns, x32 or x36, parity
- unimportant, is widely available, and we expect only to stock the 4MB form.
- We are willing to quote for other SIMMs on application.
-
- # Ex VAT Inc VAT
-
- Bare 486/50MHz 450.21 529.00
- Bare 486/25MHz 373.62 439.00
- 4 MB SIMM RAM 161.70 190.00
- 486/50MHz/4MB 611.91 719.00
- 486/25MHz/4MB 535.32 629.00
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- Carriage by letter post is free in the UK
- Other SIMMs typically #100 for 2MB, #300 for 8MB and #650 for 16MB.
-
- Fax (0223) 812 713
- EMail info@aleph1.co.uk
- RetlRel
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- Nicko van Someren - nicko@aleph1.co.uk - Aleph One Ltd. Cambridge, England
- Disclaimer: The opinions in this article are my own and are not necessarily
- those of Aleph One Ltd.'s directors or employees.
- "Corruption empowers, absolute corruption empowers absolutely."
-