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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 16, 1991
-
- Media Contact: Joe Waldygo, P.R. Manager
- Voice:602-690-3215
- Fax:602-293-8065
-
- ARTISOFT ANNOUNCES NEW AE-1/T ETHERNET ADAPTER Provides Low-Cost, 10Base-T
- Ethernet Solution
-
- TUCSON, Ariz.-- Artisoft announced today its new AE- 1/T(tm) 10Base-T
- Ethernet adapter which supports the use of unshielded twisted-pair Ethernet
- cabling. Designed to provide a low-cost Ethernet solution in compliance with
- the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard, the AE-1/T is scheduled to ship in
- September 1991 at a price of $199.
-
- "Its features, flexibility, and low price should make the AE-1/T one of the
- best 10Base-T values around," said Dave Hallmen, Artisoft's Vice President of
- Sales and Marketing.
-
- The AE-1/T is an eight-bit, ISA bus network adapter for use with IBM
- PC/XT/AT/386/486 computers and compatibles. It can be connected to any
- standard 10Base-T hub with unshielded twisted-pair cabling by its external
- RJ45 connector and has a link-integrity LED to show if proper connection to
- the hub has been made. The AE-1/T also has a special internal connector for
- linking internally to Artisoft's new 10Base-T Peer-Hub.
-
- The AE-1/T offers a 10Mbps data transfer rate, supports 8K of on-board RAM,
- and is software compatible with Novell's NE1000 adapter. However, it differs
- from the NE1000 in that it does not have DMA channels and it supports
- additional IRQs of 6,7,10, and 15 which the NE1000 adapter does not support.
- These additional IRQs can be used by AT class machines and above, leaving
- more free IRQs for other hardware devices.
-
- Artisoft develops and manufactures a full line of low- cost, award-winning
- hardware and software for local area networks including the LANtastic local
- area network. LANtastic is a peer-to-peer network which allows users of IBM
- compatible computers to connect and share information and peripheral devices
- such as printers, hard drives, CD ROMs and more.
-
- For more information about the Artisoft product line, contact :
-
- Artisoft, Inc.
- Artisoft Plaza
- 575 E. River Road
- Tucson, AZ 85704
- Telephone:602-293-6363
- Fax:602-293-8065