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- Contact: Joe Waldygo, PR Manager
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- ARTISOFT ANNOUNCES NEW LANTASTICĀ« 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 today its new
- LANtastic 10BASE-T Starter Kit, packaging the LANtastic Network Operating
- System software (for up to 300 users) with a Peer-HubTM 10BASE-T concentrator,
- two AE-1/TTM Ethernet adapters, cabling and documentation. Scheduled to ship
- in early October 1991, it is priced at $899. "The LANtastic 10BASE-T Starter
- Kit is designed to provide an integrated hardware/software solution and one-
- stop shop for end users and resellers," said Jack Schoof, Artisoft President
- and CEO.
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- 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 connect and share information and peripheral 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 adapter for use with
- IBM PC/XT/AT 386/486 computers and compatibles. It offers a 10Mbps data
- transfer rate, supports 8K of onboard RAM and is software-compatible with
- Novell's NE1000 adapter.
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- The AE-1/T Ethernet adapter's telephone-style RJ45 jack connects to the Peer-
- Hub concentrator, or any standard 10BASE-T hub, with unshielded twisted-pair
- cabling. The adapter includes a link-integrity LED to show if a proper
- connection to the hub has been made. The AE-1/T Ethernet adapter also has a
- special connector for linking internally to the Peer-Hub concentrator.
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- 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.
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- The Peer-Hub concentrator also has three special internal connectors which
- have been designed to connect with other ArtisoftTM products. One provides
- an internal 10BASE-T connection to Artisoft's AE-1/T, AE-2/TTM or AE-3TM
- 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, with the separate purchase of an Artisoft
- AUI Interface Kit, provides an internal coax connection between the Peer-Hub
- concentrator and an Artisoft AE-3 Ethernet adapter (which supports thin and
- thick coax in addition to 10BASE-T connections). Used in this manner, the AUI
- Interface Kit creates a bridge between the 10BASE-T network on the hub and a
- coax Ethernet segment attached to the AE-3 Ethernet adapter.
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- 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.
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