OS/2 Support Announced for PCC Intelligent Serial Cards

February 1, 1993 -- I-Concepts, Inc., the U.S. distributor of the PCC
series of intelligent serial communications controllers, today announced
support for OS/2. The new software device drivers for the 8 and 16-port
models are available immediately.

Ron Moore, Vice President of Development for I-Concepts commented, "We are
pleased that OS/2 is now one of the operating environments we support
along with OS/2 derivatives such as Citrix. The PCC cards employ unique
'communications management' techniques by reducing host processor load,
thus providing an increase in overall multi-user system performance."

The PCC series incorporates "front-end processor" technology to greatly
increase data throughput by utilizing an on-board 16 MHz. 80186 processor
and 512 Kbytes of dual-ported memory. No host interrupts are used by the
PCC's, and multiple cards can be utilized within each multi-user PC. Surge
protection on each port is included to prevent damage to the circuit board
and attached peripherals. All ports are individually configurable to 76.8
Kbps, and serial connections are made via 9-pin "D" connectors on an
external distribution box.

The PCC series supports ISA, EISA and MCA bus standards. Other supported
operating systems include Unix System V, SCO Unix and Xenix, AIX,
Interactive Unix, DR Multi-user DOS, CDOS, OS-9000, and several others.
Software drivers are supplied with each card along with a user manual and
diagnostic software.

The PCC series cards are manufactured by Technology Concepts, Ltd., one of
Europe's leading suppliers of serial communications devices. I-Concepts,
Inc. of Dallas, Texas serves as the exclusive U.S. distributor of the
cards manufactured by TCL. The entire product line includes standard,
buffered, and intelligent asynchronous serial cards, along with several
models for synchronous communications.

The PCC/8 is priced at $1,295, while the PCC/16 is $1,795. For more
information, contact I-Concepts, Inc. at 2607 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX
75229 or (214) 956-7770.

I-Concepts, Inc. 2607 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75229 
(214) 956-7770

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