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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
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."