HOLLYWOOD, FL - Arco Computer Products, Inc., http://www.arcoide.com/, a leading provider of low cost IDE disk mirroring hardware, today announced the DupliDisk RAIDcase, a real-time backup device that offers PC users a simple and convenient way to maintain an exact, up-to-the-minute duplicate of their IDE hard drives.
Despite the widespread use of IDE disk drives, disk mirroring--writing data to two drives simultaneously--has been implemented almost exclusively with SCSI hardware. The complexity and high cost of SCSI systems has made mirroring (also known as RAID 1) impractical for most individual and small business users and even for many large companies.
With the DupliDisk RAIDcase, virtually any PC user can now have the security of a redundant drive that can take over instantly in the event of a disk crash. The RAIDcase is the latest addition to Arco's DupliDisk line of IDE disk mirroring devices and incorporates Arco's patented IDE RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) technology. It is designed to fit into two 5.25-inch drive bays and is capable of mirroring two IDE, E-IDE or U/DMA drives of any capacity. Two removable drive caddies provide easy front access to mirrored drives. (Photo: http://www.arcoide.com/RAIDcase.htm)
If a hardware failure disables one of the mirrored drives, the other takes over automatically. External LEDs change color to indicate a failed drive and an audible alarm alerts the user of the drive failure but there is no interruption of service. The system continues to function normally until the user can find a convenient time to power down and install a new drive. Caddies remove easily to facilitate replacement of failed drives. ARCO's ACP software provides a quick and easy way to rebuild the new drive.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The RAIDcase requires neither an ISA nor a PCI bus slot. IDE and power cables provided by Arco connect the RAIDcase to the computer's onboard IDE controller and power supply. Once installed, the RAIDcase operates transparently, providing continuous automatic hard disk backup and disk fault tolerance. All data sent from the PC to the primary drive is automatically duplicated (concurrently) to the mirroring drive but the system (and end user) sees only the primary drive.
The RAIDcase uses no jumper settings and requires no driver, TSR or IRQ. Because it requires no device drivers, the RAIDcase is essentially operating-system independent. It has been tested with systems running Windows 3.x, 95, 98 and NT, as well as OS/2, DOS, Unix, Linux, Solaris386, BSDI and Novell NetWare. Manufacturer's suggested retail $435
ABOUT ARCO
ARCO is an IDE technology company and offers ISA, PCI, Bay Mounted, Direct and POS versions of the DupliDisk in addition to the RAIDcase.
Contact ARCO in the U.S. at:
ARCO Computer Products, Inc.
2750 North 29th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33020
Tel: 954/925-2688
Fax: 954/925-2889
E-mail: arco@arcoide.com
WWW: http://www.arcoide.com/
The good news is that there is a downloadable version of TrueSpectra's PhotoGraphics Pro 2.02S at their support site - http://www.truespectra.com/support.html
The site states that "Photo>Graphics download available only until December 31st, 1999." which is when all support is scheduled to stop as well. It is an unregistered 30 Day trial copy, but if you send e-mail to support@truespectra.com they will send you a registration key to unlock it. From what I can see it just lacks the STI twain drivers from the commercial package. As sad as I am to lose yet another OS/2 ISV, this is certainly a demonstration of class on TrueSpectra's part and I have sent them a note saying so.
KidStuff for OS/2 combines music sounds, graphical images and animation to help kids learn spelling, math, and computer concepts in a pleasant learning environment.
AGOURA HILLS, CA (August 31, 1999 - Electronic Clearing House Inc. (NASDAQ:ECHO - news) announced the certification of WarpCharge software written by Theta Band Software LLC.
WarpCharge, a new online payment program for IBM OS/2 that works exclusively with ECHONLINE(SM) service, enables Web sites to securely process credit card transactions directly over the Internet. ECHO is the only processor that has certified WarpCharge to date.
WarpCharge uses SSL technology to securely transmit transactions to ECHO over the Internet, rather than requiring the use of a modem to establish a dial-up connection to a bank for each transaction. This yields a substantial improvement in processing time over the traditional dial-up approach.
"Several software houses have built NT-based and UNIX-based credit card processing interfaces for use on the Internet but WarpCharge is the first program ECHO has seen that has addressed the needs of the largely untapped IBM OS/2 marketplace of users," stated Larry Brown, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of ECHO. "We're pleased to be working with such technically accomplished people as we see at Theta Band Software LLC."
I'm pleased that Theta Band has introduced WarpCharge to the marketplace," said Timothy Sipples, senior technical specialist, IBM Network Computing Software. "WarpCharge should prove to be a popular revenue-generating tool for IBM's Web-savvy customers, particularly those enjoying the benefits of IBM's new OS/2 Warp Server for e-business."
Theta Band Software, with headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., was founded in 1997 and develops Internet and multimedia software products for IBM OS/2 Warp that are marketed and sold on the World Wide Web.
Electronic Clearing House is an electronic payment processor that serves more than 19,000 retail merchants and U-Haul dealers nationwide and processes all major credit cards; check conversion, truncation, verification and guarantee; inventory tracking; and Internet-based transactions.
ECHO is also a systems integrator and designer of both software and/or hardware systems that are presently being used as credit card processing terminals, inventory tracking devices, automated money order dispensers and casino cash advance systems.
To take advantage of the new "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, readers are hereby cautioned that this release contains forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual operations and results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements made by the company.
Contact:
Electronic Clearing House Inc., Agoura Hills
Donna Camras, 818/706-8999, ext. 3033
http://www.echo-inc.com/
corp@echo-inc.com
or
Theta Band Software LLC, Santa Clara
Julien Pierre
http://www.thetaband.com/
julien@thetaband.com
