Jim - I'm posting the latest press release for all to read.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NORRIS ANNOUNCES INTEL MINIATURE CARD-COMPATIBLE OPERATING SYSTEM
San Diego, CA. July 9, 1996. Norris Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:NORRF),
announced today that a version of its Flash operating system, or Micro OS,
is available for use with the Intel Miniature Card. The Micro OSi is a
compact operating system whose logic is specifically designed to interface
with Intel's NOR Flash, the basis of the Miniature Card format.
Skip Matthews, Audio Market Development Manager of Intel Corporation's
Memory Components Division, stated, "Norris was the first company to
implement solid state audio recording using Intel Flash memory. We are
pleased that they plan to extend their technology base to support the use
of the Miniature Card format in the development of new business and
consumer products."
The Intel Miniature Card is a matchbook-sized memory card, approximately
one-fourth the size of standard PCMCIA cards. The Micro OSi provides a file
and storage structure to maintain, manipulate and distribute compressed
voice, video or data using a file manager API. The Micro OSi operating
system can be used to manipulate, edit, delete, and insert audio, video,
data, and/or text in a wide variety of Intel Miniature Card-based products
including digital voice recorders, digital cameras, solid-state data
recorders, and Flash cards.
Norris Communications is a pioneer in the digital voice recorder market,
introducing the first recorder with removable Flash memory modules, called
SoundClips, in 1994. The Flashback recorder stores up to 36 minutes of
recording time per SoundClip, and incorporates sophisticated data
management and editing techniques using Flash memory exclusively.
"Our engineers developed a highly compacted, but powerful 15K Micro OS and
microcontroller for use in our Flashback solid-state hand-held voice
recorder," said Bob Root, CEO of Norris Communications. "Future
generations of our audio recorders will use ATA interface drives, SanDisk's
CompactFlash, and Thin Spin micro hard drives. However, in our
recently-formed OEM division, there has been interest in supporting the
Miniature Card format. Our OEM division is now working with third parties
to support the Intel Miniature Card format, as well as CompactFlash',
NAND/NOR Flash, and IDE hard drives," he continued.
San Diego-based Norris Communications Corporation develops, manufactures,
and markets sophisticated electronic audio and data storage products.
Norris Communications' founder holds more than 100 patents for a wide
variety of electronic technologies. Product developers interested in the
Micro OSi should contact Roxanne Hoffert, OEM Technical Sales Manager. For
further information contact Norris Communications at 619-679-1504 or
norriscomm.com.
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For Further Information
Contact:
Sue Spiner
Set Marketing On
212-989-3131
Roxanne Hoffert, OEM
Technical Sales Manager
Norris Communications
619-679-1504 |
