January 1996 / International What's New Hardware

Simultaneous Access to Seven CD-ROM drives	CD-7000, a CD-ROM share array, lets you directly access, mount, and dismount CD-ROMs from your Windows workstation.
Voice-Switching Multiplexer for Small Offices	A "fast packet" voice-switching multiplexer for small offices, the RoadRunner integrates voice, fax, LAN, and VFLD data traffic over a single leased line.
PC Card Modem Encrypts Data Transmissions CryptaLine PC Card	The CryptaLine PC Card data and fax modem can encrypt data transmitted from a portable computer over insecure public access or X.25 networks.
Have a Multiuser Environment Without a LAN	The Lightstone NetPC is a hardware/software solution that allows up to six different PC monitors, keyboards, and mice to access one PC -- without using a network operating system.
Fast SCSI Controllers for RAID	Deploying multiprocessor and flash ROM technology, the model GDT6110 and GDT6120 Fast SCSI disk array controllers provide up to 20 MIPS for RAID 0 and 1 and data-striping applications.
STEbus Card with Fast 486SX CPU	The SCIM486SX STEbus card is based on the 50-MHz 486SXlc processor and comes with 10 MB of RAM and flash EPROM.
A4 Scanner with Twin-Lens Technology UMAX Gemini D-16 Flatbed Scanner	The twin-lens system of the UMAX Gemini D-16 flatbed scanner automatically senses the appropriate setting and achieves true color resolutions of 400 by 800 dpi for A4 and 800 by 1600 dpi for smaller documents.
DataPen Reads Text and Bar Codes	The I.R.I.S. DataPen is a small, pen-shaped scanner that reads single lines of text.
Multifunction Pentium Card for PCI	The PCA-6157, a Pentium plug-in CPU, can be used in a passive backplane or as an embedded controller.
RAID System Stores 17 GB	A cross-platform storage system for midrange computers, the StorageWare RAID device offers a fault-tolerant capacity of 17 GB.
Inverse Multiplexer for Video	The new IMX-6L, an inverse multiplexer for 64-Kbps leased lines, enables high-speed internetworking and videoconferencing applications requiring speeds between 128 Kbps and 384 Kbps.
Share a High-Speed Printer Model 25212 Printer Switch	The model 25212 printer switch allows two PCs to share one printer.
Large-Format Monitor for Multimedia Applications MultiSync 4PGplus XM29 Multimedia Monitor	Providing instant communications between the monitor and the CPU, the MultiSync 4PGplus XM29 is a 29-inch multimedia monitor with Plug and Play capabilities.
Programmable Monitor	A 17-inch color monitor for PCs, Macs, and Power Macs, the new Vertos 1700 is equipped with "on-screen-programmer" technology that allows you to configure the graphic subsystem.
Ethernet Switch Upgrades to ATM	The Xcellys-H Ethernet switch provides up to 96 Ethernet ports based on a protocol-transparent high-throughput switching fabric.
Multilingual ISDN for Windows NT Digital NT ISDN Solution	Digital NT, a new ISDN internetworking solution, offers access to corporate resources on a LAN via Windows NT Remote Access Service.
Device Sends Messages to Radio Pagers	A Windows-based supervisory control and data-acquisition system, the Scan1000 enables transmission of text messages to selected radio pagers.
Infrared Link for Fast Networking	The UWIN 1300 infrared link supports wireless building-to-building connectivity for campuses and crowded urban areas.
High-Speed Optical Mark Reader Kendata 3500 Series	Designed to eliminate the need for keyboard entry, the new 3500 Series optical mark reader has a reading rate of 5500 cards per hour, Kendata says.
Pen and Eraser Respond to Pressure ArtPad II with UltraPen Eraser	Wacom has two new devices for drawing on a Macintosh or PC.
Video and TV Board for PCI Systems TV7-Mirage Video TV	SPEA's new V7-Mirage Video TV is a PCI board for multimedia applications.

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