PACRIM LABS ANNOUNCES PORTABLE PCMCIA CD-ROM DRIVE

CyberManCD Offers The Only Wavetable Multimedia Solution To Portable
Computer Users

PC Expo, Booth #1033, June 20, 1995 -- PacRim Labs today announced
CyberManCD the first fully portable CD-ROM drive with 16-bit wavetable
sound to give portable computer users full multimedia capability.
CyberManCD is the first portable CD-ROM drive licensed to carry the
Multimedia PC Marketing Council (MPC) Level 2 certification mark,
signifying compliance with the strict MPC2 multimedia standards.

Using advanced PCMCIA technology, CyberManCD incorporates complete
multimedia -- text, wavetable sound, photo images and video, and overcomes
problems associated with slower parallel port CD-ROM drives designed to
read text-only CD disks.

With Type II PC Card interface, CyberManCD can achieve transfer rates of up
to 350 KB per second with an access time under 320 milliseconds, a level
fast enough for multimedia presentations.

"Finally, multimedia can go where the user goes," said George Everette,
product manager for CyberManCD.

"CyberManCD is the fully-portable multimedia solution that addresses the
needs of the growing number of portable computer users who are taking
their multimedia use beyond text-only applications," continued Everette.

To classify as a multimedia product, vendors must meet the rigid MPC2
requirements established by the MPC. CyberManCD exceeds these standards.

Until now, the only alternative to achieving full multimedia performance in
a portable CD-ROM has been to purchase a PCMCIA to SCSI card from one
manufacturer, a separate CD-ROM drive from another manufacturer, a sound
solution from yet another manufacturer, combine them all and hope that
they work.

Additional features of CyberManCD include Kodak Multisession Photo CD
compatibility, support for the Philips CD-i (compact disc-interactive)
standard and 16-bit wavetable sound system with volume control.
The drive also supports "hot-swapping," enabling users to unplug the drive
without powering down the system.

CyberManCD Model CM2-SB comes with an internal 16-bit wavetable soundcard
and retails for $499.95. Model CM2-SX, without soundcard, is for computers
with built-in sound, or for situations where sound is not required, and it
retails for $349.95. Both units carry a one-year limited warranty.
Expected ship date will be August, 1995.

CyberMan CD is the first product from PacRim Labs. Headquartered in
Chandler, Arizona, the company was formed in 1995 to market a line of
innovative products for the multimedia market. A joint venture of DataCal
Corporation and Pacific Rim Systems, PacRim Labs is a combination of two
successful, highly-respected and well-established companies, each
contributing significant strength to the operation.

PacRim Labs
602-813-3167

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