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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Waldygo, PR Manager
Voice: 602/690-3215
FAX: 602/293-8065
MCI Mail: JWALDYGO
ARTISOFT'S AUI INTERFACETM KIT FOR THE ARTISOFTTM PEER-HUBTM
CONCENTRATOR NOW SHIPPING
When Combined with Artisoft's Peer-Hub Concentrator,
Provides Internal Bridge and Connection Between 10BASE-T
and Coax Ethernet Networks
(TUCSON, Ariz. -- October 16, 1991) -- Artisoft announced today
that it has begun shipping its new AUI Interface Kit which, when
combined with Artisoft's Peer-Hub Concentrator, provides an
internal bridge and connection between 10BASE-T and coax Ethernet
networks. The AUI Interface Kit is priced at $399.
According to Dave Hallmen, Artisoft's Vice President of Sales and
Marketing, "The AUI Interface Kit allows network users to take
advantage of the Peer-Hub concentrator's flexibility in combining
coax and 10BASE-T Ethernet cabling within a network."
The AUI Interface Kit includes two pulse transformer chips and a
modified Artisoft AE-3TM Ethernet adapter with an AUI Interface
cable attached. Installation is as easy as plugging the two
transformer chips and the AUI Interface cable into the Peer-Hub
concentrator. A complete thin or thick coax Ethernet segment can
then be connected to the AE-3 Ethernet adapter (which supports thin
and thick coax cabling in addition to 10BASE-T), and thus, to the
10BASE-T network.
The Peer-Hub concentrator is a complete 10BASE-T hub residing in a
host PC. It has five external 10BASE-T ports using modular RJ45
telephone-style jacks that can connect to any standard 10BASE-T
adapters. Its network management software allows the host PC to
view the status of all ports, as well as activate or disable each
port individually. Plus, onboard EEPROM saves the complete network
configuration to memory, guarding against power outage.
The Peer-Hub concentrator also has three special internal
connectors which have been designed to connect with other Artisoft
products. One provides an internal 10BASE-T connection to
Artisoft's AE-1/TTM, AE-2/TTM or AE-3 Ethernet adapters without
using one of the five external RJ45 ports. Another internal
connector is used to link multiple Peer-Hub concentrators together;
up to four per PC. The third option, which requires the AUI
Interface Kit, provides an internal coax connection between the
Peer-Hub concentrator and an AE-3 Ethernet adapter. Used in this
manner, the AUI Interface Kit creates a bridge between the 10BASE-T
network on the hub and the coax Ethernet segment attached to the
AE-3 Ethernet adapter.
Artisoft develops and manufactures a full line of hardware and
software for local area networks including the LANtastic« Local
Area Network. The LANtastic network is a peer-to-peer network that
allows users of IBM«-compatible computers to share programs, data
and peripheral devices such as printers, hard drives, tape backups
and CD-ROMs.
For more information about Artisoft or its product line, contact
Artisoft, Inc. at the Artisoft Campus, 691 E. River Road, Tucson,
AZ 85704. Telephone 602/293-6363. Fax 602/293-8065. # # #