Multi-Tech Now Shipping Internal and Desktop V.34 DSVD Modems

Mounds View, MN--Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., a leading data communications
technology company, is now shipping internal and desktop 28.8K bps V.34
versions of its patent-pending MultiModemPCS Digital Simultaneous Voice
and Data (DSVD) modem. Equipped with Multi-Tech's "Talk Anytime" feature,
the new MT2834PCS's high speed technology makes it a natural for
telecommuting and desktop videoconferencing applications. The new
MultiModemPCSs operate with MultiExpressPCS answering machine software
with the patent-pending "Virtual Modem" driver, MultiExpress fax and data
communications software, and TALKShow document conferencing software from
Future Labs of Los Altos, California. The new MultiModemPCS costs $899
U.S. for the desktop modem and $499 for the internal version.

Multi-Tech introduced the world's first simultaneous voice and data modem
at the 1992 Fall COMDEX. This breakthrough technology has now been
perfected with the speed and performance of ITU standard V.34's 28.8K bps.
Over the past two years, there has been a growth of applications for
simultaneous voice and data communications. Two of the more promising are
desktop videoconferencing and telecommuting, because both can benefit by
V.34 speed in addition to simultaneous voice and data communications. In
the case of desktop videoconferencing, the amount of data necessary for
video is just too overwhelming for slower modems, and you typically need a
second phone call for the audio. When telecommuting using Windows, V.34
performance is a necessity, plus you still have the problem of voice
communications with a normal modem. With the MultiModemPCS, voice
communications with a main office contact is as simple as picking up your
telephone's handset. Providing the modem in an internal ISA bus design
eliminates the need for high speed serial ports on the PC, which reduces
the overall cost of a desktop videoconferencing system.

The MultiModemPCS and MultiExpressPCS software combine to make a complete
data, voice, and fax communications tool. Its V.34 data modem provides up
to 115K bps data speeds using V.42bis data compression, and its V.17/Group
3 fax modem can send and receive faxes at 14.4K and 9600/4800 bps. The
MultiModemPCS adds voice processing to a normal modem's functions in two
different ways. First, the PCS's patent-pending "Talk Anytime" feature
provides a Simultaneous Voice and Data mode (SVD) which means you can talk
to the person on the other end of the modem link while you are
sending/receiving data. Talk Anytime is a hardware feature that is
independent of the communications software, and will work with any
communications software running on any computer.

In addition to its SVD capability, the MultiModemPCS works with the bundled
MultiExpressPCS software to automatically receive data, fax, or voice
calls on a single phone line automatically. When a call comes in,
MultiExpressPCS determines the type of call and, depending on whether it's
a fax, data, or voice transfer, launches the appropriate software via its
Virtual Modem driver. For fax and data calls, any communications software
that works with the standard Windows communications driver can be used
(MultiExpress and MultiExpressFax are included), and for voice calls,
MultiExpressPCS turns the PC into an answering machine. The Virtual Modem
driver comes into play by letting the PC have up to seven communications
programs running in a "waiting for a call" condition. The applications act
as though they are all talking to their own modem (a virtual modem). When
a particular application is needed, a "ring" is generated by the virtual
modem to get the desired application to answer the call.

Multi-Tech Systems has been in business 25 years and is an ISO 9002
certified manufacturer. Multi-Tech is well-known for its MultiModem line
of dial-up communications products. Multi-Tech's family of products
includes a complete line of data/fax modems, MultiMux voice/data/fax
statistical multiplexors, DSUs, IBM 3270/3780/5250 emulation systems, X.25
PADS, communications software, LAN/WAN connectivity products, and the
MultiModemPCS, a voice/data/fax personal communications system with
simultaneous voice/data transmission capability. These products are sold
in over 70 countries through a worldwide network of distributors,
manufacturer's reps, system integrators, value-added resellers (VARs), and
retailers.

Multi-Tech Systems
2205 Woodale Drive
Mounds View, MN 55112
612/785-3500
800/328-9717
612/785-9874 fax
INTERNET:sales@multitech.com
 
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