Unicent Technologies offers Toshiba CD-ROM drives and U.S. Robotics modems as standard equipment for line of PCs

Business Wire, July 3, 1997

AURORA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 3, 1997--Unicent Technologies, an innovative direct marketer of personal computers which provides business and home users with the latest technology and leading edge systems for the best value, has specified 24X CD-ROM drives from Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and U.S. Robotics Sportster(R) modems upgradeable to X2 technology to offer customers higher performance systems.

"Our goal is to provide our customers with the highest quality components," stated Alex Bederman, CEO of Unicent Technologies. "Our customers expect and deserve the best systems available and that is what we plan on giving them." The 24X CD-ROM drives and Sportster modems will be available on Unicent Technologies' line of Titana II systems featuring Intel(R) Pentium II processors and the Titana XM line featuring Intel Pentium processors with MMX technology starting July 20th.

The new 24X-max XM-6102B CD-ROM drives from Toshiba, Irvine, Calif., sustain maximum data transfers of 3.6MB per second, supported by burst rates of 16.7MB per second in both PIO mode-4 or DMA transfer mode-2. The drive supports industry leading 85ms random seek and 90ms random access times for quick access to data. The drives also feature a 256KB buffer for higher performance.

U.S. Robotics Sportster modems, the world's No. 1 selling modem, are upgradeable to X2 technology, allowing Unicent Technologies to offer customers faster access to information. Sportster(R) modems put all the convenience of an answering machine, a speakerphone, a fax machine and a reliable U.S. Robotics modem in one compact unit -- and it's easy to use. The revolutionary X2 technology break-through is capable of downloading at speeds up to a blistering 115.2K.

Every system from Unicent Technologies comes with a 30-day unconditional, 100 percent money-back guarantee, a five-year parts and three-year labor warranty with one year on-site service. Unicent Technologies also offers toll-free technical support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For more information on Unicent Technologies' full line of personal computer systems, call 1-800/628-4888 or visit the company's web site at http://www.unicent.com .

Editor's Note: Please send inquiries to James Campbell, Unicent Technologies, 290 Lena Drive, Aurora, Ohio 44202. For more information call James Campbell at 1-800/731-6026 or Brian Bloom at 216/348-8520.

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