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- Contact: Charles F. McConathy
- MicroNet Technology, Inc.
- 20 Mason
- Ivrine, CA 92718
- (714) 837-6033
- FAX: (714) 837-1164
- AppleLink: D1656
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- MICRONET INTRODUCES FIFTEEN HARD DISK DRIVES FOR THE NEW MACINTOSH IIfx
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- Irvine, CA--March 21, 1990--MicroNet Technology has released a series of
- internal and external hard disk drives that are compatible with the new
- Macintosh IIfx and System 6.0.5. The formatted capacities of these new systems
- range from 20 MBytes to 1,011 MBytes and come with an average access as fast as
- 10.7 ms.
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- A series of 3.5" internal systems are offered that are developed around
- Seagate, Maxtor and Conner hard disk drives with capacities of 20, 30, 40,
- 46,100 and 200 MBytes, with average access time as fast as 15 ms. The retail
- price of the 3.5" series range from $545.00 for the 20 MByte to $2,195.00 for
- the 200 MByte systems.
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- High performance, 5.25" internal and external half-height systems are offered
- that are based on MacWren V and VI hard disk drives, manufactured by
- Seagate/Imprimis Technology, with formatted capacities of 62, 80, 105, 173 and
- 423 MB and average access times as fast as 16 ms. The retail price of the
- 5.25" half-height series range from $895.00 for the 105 MByte to $4,195.00 for
- the 423 MByte storage system.
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- For the very best performance MicroNet offers 5.25" internal and external
- full-height MacWren hard disk drives with formatted capacities of 292, 321, 587
- and 1,011 MBytes with average access as fast as 10.7 ms. "MacWren hard disk
- drives are the very fastest hard disks to be found", said Charles McConathy,
- President of MicroNet Technology. "We are impressed with the performance of
- the MacWren drives, especially when coupled with a fast CPU like the Macintosh
- IIfx." "Efficient use of this new computer will require hard disk drives with
- very high high data transfer rates". "Our tests show that PageMaker opens
- twice as fast with one our full-height drives than with a 3.5" drive". "We at
- MicroNet see a trend of faster computers trying to be matched with 3.5" hard
- drives". The retail price for the full height drives range from $2795.00 for
- the 292 MByte to $8,295.00 for the 1,011 MByte system and are sold through a
- worldwide dealer and distributor network.
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- MicroNet specializes in mass storage systems for the Macintosh. For data
- sheets and dealer information please contact MicroNet Technology, Sales
- Department, 20 Mason, Irvine, CA 92718 (714) 837-6033.
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