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- Contact: Wendy Keough
- Farallon Computing, Inc.
- 2000 Powell Street, Suite #600
- Emeryville, CA 94608
- (415) 596-9000
- AppleLink: FARALLON
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- FARALLON SHIPS PORTABLE PACK: LIVE FROM CAIRO, IT'S THE "SWISS ARMY NETWORK"
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- Emeryville, CA--February 15, 1990--Farallon Computing, Inc. today
- announced the company is shipping the Farallon Portable Pack™, a canvas
- portfolio containing a set of hardware and software for the Apple Macintosh®
- Portable with all the tools necessary to connect the Macintosh Portable to your
- office machine from home, from another office, or from a hotel in Egypt.
- “We were in the Cairo Hilton,” said Mike Cerre, executive producer and
- correspondent with GLOBE Tv. “We came in as an innocent television team trying
- to send information back to San Francisco. When we took out our little black
- bag from Farallon, they thought we were some type of secret service
- organization.”
- Cerre was in Cairo competing in the “Human Race,” a three-week scavenger hun
- and race around the world. Cerre had with him a camera crew, a Macintosh
- Portable and the Farallon Portable Pack.
- “I think we looked a little more sophisticated than we should have,” he
- said. After assuring the hotel staff they were well-intentioned reporters
- working on a tight deadline, they were allowed to continue. “Using the plugs
- and jacks in the Farallon Portable Pack, we were able to dial through and
- establish a link to San Francisco.
- “As a traveling correspondent, I need a direct interface with the producers
- back in San Francisco,” said Cerre. “To to sit in a telephone booth in Cairo
- or Luxor and be able to rewrite a script on the same screen with a writer in
- San Francisco, receive new information or update travel arrangements is
- essential for our speed and accuracy.”
- Farallon’s “Swiss Army network” is the ultimate Macintosh tool for executive
- sales people, accountants, reporters and others on the go. The Portable Pack
- allows Macintosh Portables equipped with modems to connect to a home office
- machine or another LAN. With Timbuktu/Remote™, Farallon’s screen sharing and
- file transfer software, users can control the home office machine, transfer
- files, or work together with another machine on a document.
- The Portable Pack comes complete with two copies each of Farallon’s Timbuktu
- and Timbuktu/Remote screen sharing and file transfer software, two PhoneNET®
- StarConnectors™ and necessary accessories, such as telephone cables, extra
- modular cable extenders, a screw driver and pocket knife. The Portable Pack
- fits conveniently in the Macintosh Portable carrying bag.
- “We designed the Portable Pack for today’s mobile executive who travels with
- his or her Mac. It gives you all the materials you need to stay in touch with
- your office when you’re on the road,” said Thomas P. Rielly, Farallon director
- of marketing. “We even include a bottle opener — something you can never seem
- to find in a hotel room.” Farallon’s Portable Pack is compatible with all
- Macintosh computers and recommended for use with the Macintosh Plus, SE, SE/30,
- IIcx models or any model that people transport. The Portable Pack also works
- with the DynaMac®, Colby WalkMac™, and Wallaby Systems’ Outbound™. A modem is
- required to use Timbuktu/Remote.
- The Portable Pack carries a suggested retail price of $495 and is available
- Farallon resellers. Individual pieces sold separately retail for more than
- $860. In the United States, Portable Pack is distributed by Ingram/MicroD,
- Softsel and MicroAmerica.
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- developer. Apple cannot warrant any third party’s product. Please consult the
- Apple Products & Ref Library, MENU/Software Library, or Redgate Buyer’s Guide
- Library on AppleLink, or contact the third-party company directly for more
- information.
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