Adaptec Power Storage(tm) Hard Drive Upgrade Kit --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to solve your data storage needs, enhance your PC's performance, and open the way to the hottest new peripheral devices...in One Easy Step. The Power Storage is the all-in-one external hard drive kit, so it's incredibly easy to add storage to your PC. And because it's external, you don't have to throw away your old internal drive that came with your PC. The Power Storage Hard Drive Kit can be used by you and the kids, in a home or small office, or for multimedia applications. One of the best things about the Power Storage Kit is that the hard drive is a SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface, pronounced "scuzzy") drive. SCSI peripherals and devices are known for their superior performance and compatibility. Expandability For Any PC! Today's computing requires more data storage than ever before -- for new Windows(reg) 95 applications, for multimedia and games, for video, graphics, and those large files you download off the Internet. Now there's an easy way to solve your storage needs and open your PC to today's hottest new peripherals. Adaptec Power Storage kit, gives you the high-speed, high-capacity hard drive you need for today's storage needs -- and, at the same time, provides a convenient external expansion platform that lets you add up to six more peripherals just by plugging in a cable. Power Up Your PC Adaptec Power Storage kit gives your PC a SCSI interface. With SCSI, you'll get the fastest disk access times available. You'll be able to take advantage of true multitasking under Windows 95. And you'll be able to add high-performance peripherals like Zip drives, tape drives, scanners, even recordable CD-R drives. Installation's A Snap Simply install the SCSI connections card in the ISA bus slot of your 386/486 PC, or the PCI slot of your Pentium PC. It takes less than 30 minutes, and requires no technical skill. Then plug in your new Power Storage hard drive and other SCSI peripherals, just like that. You'll never have to open your computer case to add peripherals again! SCSI: The Secret To Your PC's Future Inside every PC is an input/output (I/O) interface, which controls the flow of data between your computer and its peripheral devices (hard drives, printers, scanners, etc.). Most PCs come standard with an I/O technology called IDE or EIDE, a workable solution, but slow and very limited. Computer users today are finding it makes sense to upgrade their I/O technology to SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) for a lot of good reasons: * Only SCSI lets you use high-performance peripheral devices -- fast, high-capacity hard drives like your new Power Storage drive, recordable CD-R drives, and removable media devices like Zip drives or magneto-optical drives. * SCSI lets you add up to seven peripheral devices to a single expansion port, just by plugging in a cable. What could be simpler? * SCSI lets you add external peripherals, not just internal ones (as with IDE/EIDE). * SCSI moves data in and out of the system at a much faster rate - essential for today's demanding applications and peripherals. * It provides significantly faster disk * access and frees your computer's CPU to work faster at its own tasks. * Only SCSI supports true multitasking under Windows 95. So while you're scanning an image or backing up your hard disk, you can continue working (or playing) on other things. Take It Outside! The Advantages of External Expansion PC owners have traditionally been limited to internal expansion -- and limited is the word for it. With Adaptec Power Storage, you can expand externally, with all these advantages: * Once you've installed the Power Storage connections card, you can add additional peripherals just by plugging in a cable. You'll never have to open your PC's case to add a new SCSI device. * Take your SCSI peripherals with you when you're working at a different site -- or when you buy a new system. * You'll never run out of expansion bays. Add your new high-performance Power Storage hard drive and up to six additional SCSI peripherals to a single expansion point. * No need to trash your old drives -- you can save your existing hardware, and avoid the laborious floppy-by-floppy transfer of data and applications to your new drive. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptec Power Storage Key Features High Capacity: One gigabyte external SCSI hard drive. High Performance: Connections card -- SCSI connections card supports 10 MByte/sec Fast SCSI-2 burst rate on the SCSI bus; (32-bit bus mastering data transfer for Power Storage/PCI) Hard drive Power Storage hard drive provides 12 ms average seek time. Widest Compatibility: Adaptec is the industry standard in SCSI technology, the one that peripheral manufacturers design to. You can count on reliable performance and the widest possible compatibility. Easy Installation: SCSI connections card installs in minutes into the ISA slot of your 386/486 PC or the PCI slot of your Pentium PC -- no jumpers or switches to set. One-click software installation; supports Plug-and-Play under Windows 95. Multi-Platform Support: Works under Windows 95, Windows(reg) 3.1, MS-DOS, Windows NT(tm), OS/2, NetWare, UNIX. Includes Free Software: Adaptec EZ-SCSI(reg) Software -- suite of 32-bit applications for your Power Storage hard drive and other SCSI peripherals. Remove-It(reg) Software by Vertisoft(tm) -- Safely and easily lets you uninstall Windows and DOS applications and files you no longer need. Adaptec Product Selection Chart Computer bus type PCI Bus (common with ISA Bus (Intel 80486/386 Pentium computers) or compatible) SCSI connections Adaptec AHA(reg)-2940 Adaptec AHA-1540CP card host adapter host adapter If you're convinced that the Power Storage Hard Drive Kit will make your everyday computing better and easier, you can purchase it right now: Catalog: PC Connection 800-800-1111 CDW 800-400-4CDW Computability 800-554-2184 Insight 800-377-3000 MicroWarehouse 800-367-7080 Retail Outlets: Fry's Electronics Selected MicroCenter stores --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, California 95035 Adaptec Europe Belgium Tel: (32) 2-352-34-11 FAX: (32) 2-352-34-00 Adaptec Japan Tokyo Tel: (81-3)-5276-9882 FAX: (81-3)-5276-9884 Adaptec Singapore Tel: (65) 278-7300 FAX: (65) 273-0163 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Literature: 1-800-934-2766 (USA and Canada) (510) 732-3829 Ordering Software: 1-800-442-7274 (USA and Canada) (408) 957-7274 Interactive FAX : (408) 957-7150 Adaptec USA Bulletin Board: (408) 945-7727 (up to 28,800 baud, using 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity) CompuServe: GO ADAPTEC Microsoft Network: GO ADAPTEC Internet ftp server: ftp.adaptec.com World-Wide Web: http://www.adaptec.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1996 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec, the Adaptec logo, the IOware logo, Power Storage, AHA, and EZ-SCSI, are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc., which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Microsoft, Windows, the Windows logo, and Windows 95 are registered trademarks, and Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation used under license. Remove-IT is a registered trademark, and Vertisoft is a trademark of Vertisoft Corporation used under license. All other trademarks used are owned by their respective owners. Information supplied by Adaptec, Inc. is believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of printing, but Adaptec, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. Adaptec, Inc. reserves the right, without notice, to make changes in product design or specifications. Information is subject to change without notice. Part Number: W920097-011 3/96