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- CONTACT: JOE WALDYGO
- VOICE: 602/690/3215
- FAX: 602/293-8065
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- ARTISOFT ANNOUNCES NEW LANTASTIC 10BASE-T STARTER KIT
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- Offers Complete 10BASE-T Hardware/Software Networking
- Solution For Two PCs
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- (TUCSON, Ariz.--September 30, 1991)--Artisoft announced
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- today its new LANtastic 10BASE-T Starter Kit, packaging the
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- LANtastic Network Operating System software(for up to 300
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- users) with a Peer-Hub(TM) 10BASE-T concentrator, two AE-
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- 1/T(TM) Ethernet adapters, cabling and documentation.
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- Scheduled to ship in early October 1991, it is priced at
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- $899.
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- "The LANtastic 10BASE-T Starter Kit is designed to
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- provide an integrated hardware/software solution and one-stop
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- shop for end users and resellers," said Jack Schoof, Artisoft
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- President and CEO.
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- Artisoft develops and manufactures a full line of
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- hardware and software for local area networks including the
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- LANtastic Local Area Network. The LANtastic network is a
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- peer-to-peer network that allows users of IBM-compatible
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- computers to connect and share information and peripheral
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- devices such as printers, hard drives and CD-ROMs.
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- The AE-1/T Ethernet adapter is an 8-bit, ISA bus network
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- adapter for use with IBM PC/XT/AT 386/486 computers and
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- compatibles. It offers a 10Mbps data transfer rate, supports
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- 8K of onboard RAM and is software-compatible with Novell's
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- NE1000 adapter.
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- The AE-1/T Ethernet adapter's telephone-style RJ45 jack
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- connects to the Peer-Hub concentrator, or any standard
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- 10BASE-T hub, with unshielded twisted-pair cabling. The
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- adapter includes a link-integrity LED to show if a proper
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- connection to the hub has been made. The AE-1/T Ethernet
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- adapter also has a special connector for linking internally
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- to the Peer-Hub concentrator.
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- The Peer-Hub concentrator is a complete 10BASE-T hub
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- residing in a host PC. It has five external 10BASE-T ports
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- using modular RJ45 telephone-style jacks that can connect to
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- any standard 10BASE-T adapters. Its network management
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- software allows the host PC to view the status of all ports,
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- as well as activate or disable each port individually. Plus,
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- onboard EEPROM save the complete network configuration to
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- memory, guarding against power outage.
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- The Peer-Hub concentrator also has three special
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- internal connectors which have been designed to connect with
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- other Artisoft(TM) products. One provides an internal
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- 10BASE-T connection to Artisoft's AE-1/T, AE-2/T(TM) or AE-
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- 3(TM) Ethernet adapters without using one of the five
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- external RJ45 ports. Another internal connector is used to
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- link multiple Peer-Hub concentrators together; up to four per
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- PC. The third option, with the separate purchase of an
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- Artisoft AUI Interface Kit, provides an internal coax
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- connection between the Peer-Hub concentrator and an Artisoft
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- AE-3 Ethernet adapter(which supports thin and thick coax in
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- addition to 10BASE-T connections). Used in this manner, the
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- AUI Interface Kit creates a bridge between the 10BASE-T
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- network on the hub and a coax Ethernet segment attached to
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- the AE-3 Ethernet adapter.
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- For more information about Artisoft or its product line,
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- contact Artisoft, Inc. at the Artisoft Campus, 691 E. River
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- Road, Tucson, AZ 85704. Telephone 602/293-6363. Fax 602/293-
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- 8065.