I can't remember which was the prevailing side in the argument invoked by one of Toby's postings, on whether it is ok to post news releases to this group. Anyway, here comes another one.. ;-) Regular disclaimers apply..
Yuval
============================================================================ SUBJECT: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR ENTERS RETAIL MARKET WITH LOW-COST AUDIO/VOICE/DATA/FAX PC PRODUCT; NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS
BOARD WITH WINDOWS INTERFACE INTEGRATES BUSINESS AUDIO, VOICE
MAIL, DATA COMMUNICATIONS, AND FACSIMILE CAPABILITIES
SOURCE: Business Wire via First! by INDIVIDUAL, Inc.
DATE: October 26, 1992
INDEX: [2] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via First! -- National Semiconductor Monday introduced the first of a new generation of integrated PC communications products for the retail market: a PC-compatible add-in board with Windows software featuring business audio, data, fax, and voice capabilities for a suggested retail price of less than $300.
The new product, the TyIN 2000 card, not only replaces conventional modem
and fax boards, but also includes advanced facsimile compression and error correction; a full-featured voice messaging system with multiple voice mailboxes; and business audio capabilities that permit easy annotation of Windows files with audio -- all accessed by an easy-to-use Windows user interface.
"Conventional fax boards deliver limited fax capabilities with a modem
added for free. The TyIN 2000 card offers home and business users advanced voice mail and facsimile functions plus an entry into the multimedia world
of integrated business audio," said Dr. Demetris Paraskevopoulos, vice president of National Semiconductor's Retail Channel Operations.
The TyIN 2000 card combines five key functions that were never before integrated in one board-level product.
-- Business audio: The most innovative feature of the TyIN 2000 card can
be thought of as an audio Post-It. With this feature, users can append
spoken audio comments to memos, construct "talking" spreadsheets, or store voice messages with corresponding data files. Users can pass these combined data and audio files by floppy disk or network -- even transmit via data modem or by fax using document file transfer -- to another audio-equipped computer.
Audio can be input through telephone handset or external microphone
connected to the TyIN 2000 card and played back through the integrated loudspeaker, telephone handset or external speaker. Audio files are stored
in the standard Windows.
WAV format at 11KHz allowing playback on any Windows audio-capable system. The TyIN 2000 card can also playback. WAV files stored at 22KHz and 11KHz, which allows it to replace single-application audio cards such as SoundBlaster for practical business audio applications.
-- Digital answering machine with voice mail: This feature derives from National's line of digital answering machine chips and offers such performance benefits as a multiple-mailbox voice-mail system with message storage limited only by available disk space. Use of compression technology automatically helps save valuable disk space. Remote access to stored messages is also available using any touch-tone telephone.
-- Facsimile: The TyIN 2000 card offers 9,600 bps send and receive using three levels of facsimile compression -- MH, MR and MMR -- to speed transmissions, improve hard-disk space utilization and reduce telephone line charges. Previously, MMR was only found on state-of-the-art fax machines costing $3,000 or more and was not available on a board-level product.
MMR combined with CCITT-standard facsimile error correction mode (ECM) ensures that What-You-Send-Is-What-Is-Received (WYSIWIR). These features, plus simple print-to-fax transmission from Windows applications make the
TyIN 2000 card the highest quality board-level fax solution on the market.
-- Data modem: The Hayes AT command set-compatible modem operates at
2,400, 1,200 and 300 bps. The modem adheres to V.22bis, V.22, V.21, Bell
212A and Bell 103 communications standards with four-to-one data compression using V.42bis and MNP-5 and matching MNP2-4 and V.42 automatic error correction. The modem operates with all popular communications software packages.
-- Automatic call sensing: This identifies whether an incoming call is
voice, data, or fax and switches to the correct receive mode. This
eliminates the need for special services (such as a distinctive ring from
the telephone service provider) and makes it possible to use all of the TyIN 2000 card's communications features over a single telephone line using a single telephone number.
At the heart of the TyIN 2000 card is National's NS32FX16 embedded
processor. Since the NS32FX16 is a 32-bit processor, the TyIN 2000 card allows continuous use and full performance of the operator's PC. Chief among the card's features is a built-in DSP module that allows the processor -- as well as capabilities of the board itself -- to be upgraded through software enhancements without hardware reconfiguration.
Previously available to a limited degree on some high-end board-level devices, this unique feature opens the TyIN 2000 card to entirely new
feature sets offering new capabilities and improved performance supported by future software releases.
"The TyIN 2000 card is simply a software-programmable DSP platform,
meaning that today's applications and product value can only be enhanced by tomorrow's new capabilities and features," said Paraskevopoulos.
For example, subsequent software releases could potentially provide color facsimile support, more advanced error correction and compression technologies or other major feature enhancements -- all available through National or other third-party software vendors.
The user-intuitive Windows software interface integrates all aspects of
TyIN 2000 card operation.
-- Business audio features are accessed through a Windows' Media Player or Sound Recorder dialog boxes consisting of buttons similar to those of a cassette recorder with advanced, on-screen audio file editing.
-- Answering Machine and voice messaging functions include automatic time
and date stamping and permit messages to be easily retrieved, stored, or forwarded to one of the multiple password-protected voice mail boxes.
-- Facsimile functions permit true background send and receive; fax resend and reschedule; image zoom; phone books; activity logs; and CCITT document file transfer (DFT).
-- Data communications capabilities can be accessed by the Windows-
supplied Terminal application or any other major communications software package.
The TyIN 2000 card can be connected to a variety of input and output
devices including a Logitech ScanMan 256 hand-held scanner, loudspeaker, microphone, and a telephone handset.
The TyIN 2000 card requires an IBM-compatible AT system with 2 MB of RAM; EGA, VGA, XGA or any Windows-supported monitor; and one communications port (COM 1-4). The TyIN 2000 Windows interface requires 2 MB of hard disk space and Windows 3.0 or above (Windows 3.1 or above is required for audio). For typical applications, 2 to 8 MB of disk memory should be reserved for voice and fax messages.
The TyIN 2000 card and software has a recommended retail price of $279. Included are a five-year warranty against defects in parts and workmanship, and access to National's Customer Support Center. Registered customers will be notified of software enhancements.
The TyIN 2000 card will be available in late November 1992 from value-
added resellers, select retail distributors, and private-label
manufacturers.
National Semiconductor Corp. designs, manufactures, and markets high- performance semiconductor products. Headquartered in Santa Clara, the
company is a global leader in mixed analog and digital technologies.
Note To Editors: TyIN 2000, What-You-Send-Is-What-Is-Received and WYSIWIR
are trademarks of National Semiconductor. ScanMan 256 is a trademark of Logitech. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft. OS/2 is a trademark of IBM. Post-It is a trademark of 3M Corp. SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Labs. Hayes AT command set is a trademark of Hayes Microsystems.
CONTACT: National Semiconductor Corp., Santa Clara | Celeste Martino, 408/721-4210
[10-26-92 at 07:01 EST, Business Wire, File: b1026070.500]
I can't remember which was the prevailing side in the argument invoked by one of Toby's postings, on whether it is ok to post news releases to this group. Anyway, here comes another one.. ;-) Regular disclaimers apply..============================================================================ SUBJECT: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR ENTERS RETAIL MARKET WITH LOW-COST AUDIO/VOICE/DATA/FAX PC PRODUCT; NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS
Yuval
============================================================================ SUBJECT: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR ENTERS RETAIL MARKET WITH LOW-COST AUDIO/VOICE/DATA/FAX PC PRODUCT; NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS
BOARD WITH WINDOWS INTERFACE INTEGRATES BUSINESS AUDIO, VOICE
MAIL, DATA COMMUNICATIONS, AND FACSIMILE CAPABILITIES
SOURCE: Business Wire via First! by INDIVIDUAL, Inc.
DATE: October 26, 1992
INDEX: [2] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via First! -- National Semiconductor Monday introduced the first of a new generation of integrated PC communications products for the retail market: a PC-compatible add-in board with Windows software featuring business audio, data, fax, and voice capabilities for a suggested retail price of less than $300.
The new product, the TyIN 2000 card, not only replaces conventional modem
and fax boards, but also includes advanced facsimile compression and error correction; a full-featured voice messaging system with multiple voice mailboxes; and business audio capabilities that permit easy annotation of Windows files with audio -- all accessed by an easy-to-use Windows user interface.
"Conventional fax boards deliver limited fax capabilities with a modem
added for free. The TyIN 2000 card offers home and business users advanced voice mail and facsimile functions plus an entry into the multimedia world
of integrated business audio," said Dr. Demetris Paraskevopoulos, vice president of National Semiconductor's Retail Channel Operations.
The TyIN 2000 card combines five key functions that were never before integrated in one board-level product.
-- Business audio: The most innovative feature of the TyIN 2000 card can
be thought of as an audio Post-It. With this feature, users can append
spoken audio comments to memos, construct "talking" spreadsheets, or store voice messages with corresponding data files. Users can pass these combined data and audio files by floppy disk or network -- even transmit via data modem or by fax using document file transfer -- to another audio-equipped computer.
Audio can be input through telephone handset or external microphone
connected to the TyIN 2000 card and played back through the integrated loudspeaker, telephone handset or external speaker. Audio files are stored
in the standard Windows.
WAV format at 11KHz allowing playback on any Windows audio-capable system. The TyIN 2000 card can also playback. WAV files stored at 22KHz and 11KHz, which allows it to replace single-application audio cards such as SoundBlaster for practical business audio applications.
-- Digital answering machine with voice mail: This feature derives from National's line of digital answering machine chips and offers such performance benefits as a multiple-mailbox voice-mail system with message storage limited only by available disk space. Use of compression technology automatically helps save valuable disk space. Remote access to stored messages is also available using any touch-tone telephone.
-- Facsimile: The TyIN 2000 card offers 9,600 bps send and receive using three levels of facsimile compression -- MH, MR and MMR -- to speed transmissions, improve hard-disk space utilization and reduce telephone line charges. Previously, MMR was only found on state-of-the-art fax machines costing $3,000 or more and was not available on a board-level product.
MMR combined with CCITT-standard facsimile error correction mode (ECM) ensures that What-You-Send-Is-What-Is-Received (WYSIWIR). These features, plus simple print-to-fax transmission from Windows applications make the
TyIN 2000 card the highest quality board-level fax solution on the market.
-- Data modem: The Hayes AT command set-compatible modem operates at
2,400, 1,200 and 300 bps. The modem adheres to V.22bis, V.22, V.21, Bell
212A and Bell 103 communications standards with four-to-one data compression using V.42bis and MNP-5 and matching MNP2-4 and V.42 automatic error correction. The modem operates with all popular communications software packages.
-- Automatic call sensing: This identifies whether an incoming call is
voice, data, or fax and switches to the correct receive mode. This
eliminates the need for special services (such as a distinctive ring from
the telephone service provider) and makes it possible to use all of the TyIN 2000 card's communications features over a single telephone line using a single telephone number.
At the heart of the TyIN 2000 card is National's NS32FX16 embedded
processor. Since the NS32FX16 is a 32-bit processor, the TyIN 2000 card allows continuous use and full performance of the operator's PC. Chief among the card's features is a built-in DSP module that allows the processor -- as well as capabilities of the board itself -- to be upgraded through software enhancements without hardware reconfiguration.
Previously available to a limited degree on some high-end board-level devices, this unique feature opens the TyIN 2000 card to entirely new
feature sets offering new capabilities and improved performance supported by future software releases.
"The TyIN 2000 card is simply a software-programmable DSP platform,
meaning that today's applications and product value can only be enhanced by tomorrow's new capabilities and features," said Paraskevopoulos.
For example, subsequent software releases could potentially provide color facsimile support, more advanced error correction and compression technologies or other major feature enhancements -- all available through National or other third-party software vendors.
The user-intuitive Windows software interface integrates all aspects of
TyIN 2000 card operation.
-- Business audio features are accessed through a Windows' Media Player or Sound Recorder dialog boxes consisting of buttons similar to those of a cassette recorder with advanced, on-screen audio file editing.
-- Answering Machine and voice messaging functions include automatic time
and date stamping and permit messages to be easily retrieved, stored, or forwarded to one of the multiple password-protected voice mail boxes.
-- Facsimile functions permit true background send and receive; fax resend and reschedule; image zoom; phone books; activity logs; and CCITT document file transfer (DFT).
-- Data communications capabilities can be accessed by the Windows-
supplied Terminal application or any other major communications software package.
The TyIN 2000 card can be connected to a variety of input and output
devices including a Logitech ScanMan 256 hand-held scanner, loudspeaker, microphone, and a telephone handset.
The TyIN 2000 card requires an IBM-compatible AT system with 2 MB of RAM; EGA, VGA, XGA or any Windows-supported monitor; and one communications port (COM 1-4). The TyIN 2000 Windows interface requires 2 MB of hard disk space and Windows 3.0 or above (Windows 3.1 or above is required for audio). For typical applications, 2 to 8 MB of disk memory should be reserved for voice and fax messages.
The TyIN 2000 card and software has a recommended retail price of $279. Included are a five-year warranty against defects in parts and workmanship, and access to National's Customer Support Center. Registered customers will be notified of software enhancements.
The TyIN 2000 card will be available in late November 1992 from value-
added resellers, select retail distributors, and private-label
manufacturers.
National Semiconductor Corp. designs, manufactures, and markets high- performance semiconductor products. Headquartered in Santa Clara, the
company is a global leader in mixed analog and digital technologies.
Note To Editors: TyIN 2000, What-You-Send-Is-What-Is-Received and WYSIWIR
are trademarks of National Semiconductor. ScanMan 256 is a trademark of Logitech. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft. OS/2 is a trademark of IBM. Post-It is a trademark of 3M Corp. SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Labs. Hayes AT command set is a trademark of Hayes Microsystems.
CONTACT: National Semiconductor Corp., Santa Clara | Celeste Martino, 408/721-4210
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