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PC Briefs 10/16/98
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1998 OCT 16 (NB) -- By Craig Menefee,
Newsbytes. This is a roundup of news involving desktop PCs, peripherals, software and
related
items, together with World Wide Web sources for more information when appropriate. In
today's
edition, QMS sets a new color laser printer price point, a market-analysis teacher program
makes it
into big-time retail channels, MIPS passes a hundred million, Rx2000 and MedSeek team to
fix
medical Y2K woes and Hitachi intros a second-generation archiving appliance.
QMS Drops Price On Color Laser Printer To $1,799
MOBILE, ALABAMA, U.S.A. QMS, Inc. has dropped the price for its multi- user-capable
Magicolor 2 DeskLaser printer 28 percent, from $2,499 to $1,799. The printer uses
document
compression, has an integrated Intel i960SA processor, both 10BaseT Ethernet and parallel
interfaces, and prints at 600 x 600 dpi (dots per inch). QMS says it is fully color-ready when
shipped. QMS has also lowered the price on service plans for the DeskLaser, which has a
hefty
20,000 copy duty cycle. The firm also offers other workgroup-oriented laser printer products.
It has
a site on the Web at qms.com .
Personal Market Analyst Now Shipping To Ingram Micro
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U.S.A. Personal Market Analyst, an educational
multimedia
software package by Ben Ezra, Weinstein and Company, is now available through Ingram
Micro
distribution channels. The software lets users perform a basic analysis on over 6,000 public
companies. The firm develops software for both individual and corporate users in the
personal
investment and finance arena. The firm is on the Web at benez.com .
MIPS Technology Passes One Hundred Millionth Shipping Milestone
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. MIPS Technologies, Inc. announced it has shipped
more than one hundred million processors with its advanced MIPS (million instructions per
second)
RISC (reduced instruction set computer) architecture. The firm says its instruction set
architectures
(ISAs) are being used in devices from high-end supercomputers to consumer- based digital
devices
and the embedded market, giving the firm a portfolio of over 60 products. MIPS
Technologies is on
the Web at mips.com .
Motorola's New M-Core M300 Processor Debuted
AUSTIN, TEXAS, U.S.A. Motorola unveiled its next-generation microprocessor core, the
M300
M-Core, at the Microprocessor Forum this week. Motorola says the processor continues the
line of
processors that uses floating point units to give enhanced core performance for numeric
acceleration.
This means a system can give faster calculation rates while using less power, an important
design
factor. The firm cites devices like portable games, DVD players, camcorders, engine control
and
servo- motor control applications as among those that will benefit. Motorola is on the Web at
motorola.com .
Rx2000 Joins MedSeek To Fix Y2K Woes
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S.A. Rx2000 Solutions Institute has enlisted Internet and
intranet specialist MedSeek to provide the Institute' s member healthcare companies with
additional
Year 2000 coping resources. The two firms will work together and, later this month, plan to
offer
Institute members free use of some powerful database tools, together with an opportunity to
share
inventory compliance testing results through a custom online system. Rx2000 is on the Web
at
rx2000.org .
Hitachi M2 Digital Audio-Video Archiving Appliance
BRISBANE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. Hitachi America Ltd. has introduced the M2, Hitachi's
second-generation multimedia appliance for compressing and storing data on a 260
megabyte
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) Type III hard drive.
The
device uses MPEG-1 technology to record full-motion video and audio while photos are
stored in
JPEG format. The specialized tool targets markets like real estate, law enforcement,
facilities
management, insurance, travel and photojournalism. It weighs 1.2 pounds and is available
now at a
price of $1499. Hitachi is on the Web at hitachi.co.jp .
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