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- Enclosure: Ethernet price chart.PKG
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- TECHWORKS DROPS ETHERNET SRPS; SMASHES $200 PRICE POINT
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- Contact:
- TECHNOLOGY WORKS, INC.
- KIM WILSON, MARKETING COORDINATOR
- 4030 BRAKER LN. W. #350
- AUSTIN, TX 78759
- 512-794-8533
- TECHWKSKIM
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- AUSTIN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 12, 1992 - TechWorks announced today a series of price
- reductions on its line of Macintosh Ethernet cards . With new price points
- starting at $199, the company is positioning itself as the most competitively
- priced Macintosh Ethernet vendor on the market.
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- This announcement coincides with the release of several new Ethernet cards and
- a series of SCSI-to Ethernet devices for connecting PowerBooks and other Macs
- onto Ethernet networks externally via the Mac SCSI port. The Ethernet SC
- products let administrators connect Macs with no slot (or Macs whose slot is
- occupied) to Ethernet networks.
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- TechWorks cards offer support for Thin (BNC), Thick(AUI) and 10Base T (RJ-45)
- Ethernet. All important protocols are supported, including TCP/IP, DECnet and
- OSI. The cards work with all popular operating systems, including AppleShare,
- NetWare, TOPS, VINES, and A/UX. Each card comes with an installer disk ,
- installation guide and diagnostic software.
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- "Our goal is to offer a complete line of top-quality, aggressively priced
- Macintosh networking products, and to back them with the quality of support our
- customers have come to expect," said Mike Frost, TechWorks president.
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- "Networking is well on its way to being a commodity market. To be successful,
- you need to have a full line of products and be ready to fight the price war.
- We're prepared to do that," said Michael Rogers, Networking Product Manager.
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- TechWorks offers an unlimited warranty on all hardware products, as well as a
- 30-day money-back guarantee, 24-hour replacement policy and unlimited
- toll-free technical support (800-933-6113; international customers —
- 512-794-8533).
- TechWorks, supplier of Macintosh memory, accelerators, network hardware and
- software, has a corporate commitment to 100%customer satisfaction. Placed for
- three consecutive years in the top 50 of the Inc. 500, and winner of Austin
- Business of the Year and Austin Entrepreneur of the Year - 1991, TechWorks is
- one of the fastest growing high-tech companies in America.
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- This information is provided by the product's developer or distributor and
- constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Apple Computer,
- Inc.. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to selection, performance or
- use of this product. All understandings, agreements and warranties, if any,
- take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.
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- October 12, 1992
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