Ositech Announces Price Reductions for Award Winning Multifunction PC Card
Jack of Diamonds Now Lowest Price/Best Value Multifunction Card On The Market
Guelph, Ontario (January, 1996)
Ositech Communication announces a significant price reduction for its Jack of Diamonds multifunction PC card that combines a high performance Ethernet network adapter and a cellular data/fax modem on a single Type II PC card. The decreased list price on the 14.4Kbps modem and Ethernet 10BaseT version to $369 is an especially good value for cost-conscious road warriors, as this is approximately $50 below the cost of two separate PC cards. For example, Megahertz's 14.4Kbps cellular-ready modem has a list price of $219 and the 3Com Ethernet 10BaseT card has a list price of $199 for a total of $418, compared to the Ositech solution at $369.
"Now price sensitive consumers can have premium quality at competitive prices," said Michael
Dodgson, Ositech's Product Manager. "The 14.4Kbps Jack of Diamonds'new price is significantly below competing brands and since Ositech provides the only multifunction 14.4 card with Direct Connect Cellular, it represents the 'Best Value' multifunction card."
Other versions of the Jack of Diamonds with price reductions include the Ethernet 10BaseT&2 with 14.4Kbps data/fax modem at $419, the Ethernet 10BaseT with 28.8Kbps data/fax modem at $549, and the Ethernet 10BaseT&2 with 28.8Kbps data/fax modem at $599.
The Jack of Diamonds is the first card of its kind to ship with Windows 95 drivers for increased network and modem performance. By incorporating hardware that enables cellular data or fax connections while on the road, Ositech's Jack of Diamonds actually provides the world's first and only triple function PC card.
The Jack of Diamonds also includes Rockwell's MNP10 or MNP10-EC (Enhanced Cellular), an enhanced error correction protocol that overcomes many of the signal distortions that interfere with data-over-cellular transmissions.
