Samtack begins shipping this latest Mitsumi CDRW drive 3rd week June for the North American Channel. A higher capacity and a faster drive than the previous 52x24x52x launched 1st qtr '03, this drive is the latest yet from Mitsumi. Equipped with Exactlink for buffer underrun protection technology, this drive gives you the fastest and most reliable burns and optimum performance for archiving and data storage. Compatible with Win 95/98SE/ME/2000/NT4/XP.

This drive offers 54x write, 32x re-write and 54x read speeds and has enhanced ATAPI IDE interface that allows true plug & play. Comes in a very attractive trilingual box (English, French, Spanish) that has description of features, specifications and installation instructions.

Specifications:

• Transfer rate read: CAV 54x speed : 8,100 KB/sec (max)
• Transfer rate write: CD-R 54x speed: 8,100 KB/sec, CD-RW 32x speed:4,800 KB/sec (max)
• Buffer size: 2 Mb Exaclink for buffer underrun proof technology
• Access time: Random access - less than 100ms
• Host interface: E-IDE/ATAPI
• Supported formats: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD ROM XA, Enhanced CD, Photo CD (read only), CD Text, Video CD
• Recording methods: Disk at once, Session at once, Track at once, Packet Writing & Mount Rainier

Package comes with:
CD-Rewritable drive/ EIDE connector cable/ Installation guide/ Audio connector cable/ CD-RW software/ mounting screws

Minimum system requirements:

• Pentium II 300 or higher
• 32MB system RAM ( 64 MB recommended )
• Win 95/98SE/ME/2000/NT4/XP
• Open 5.25" drive bay
• 1GB hard drive free space or more
• CD ROM drive
• Direct X compatible sound card

NOTES TO EDITORS

Samtack Computer Inc. head quartered in Markham, has branches in Montreal and City of Industry ( California ) is a North American distributor since 1989. It distributes portable MP3 digital players, Dual format DVDR/ VD ROMs/CD-RW / CD-ROM drives and upgrade kits, DVD-R/CD-R / CD-RW media, USB card readers and storage devices, hard drives, desktop PCs, notebooks, motherboards,VGA, Sound cards, fax modems, monitors, network cards & hubs, printers and many more computer & internet related products.

It is a member of the international Pine Technology group, a global computer component and internet appliances manufacturer with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Australia, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Research and Development offices are in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.

For further sales & distribution information, please contact

Robert Chin
VP Marketing
Samtack
110A Cochrane Drive, Markham L3R 9S1
Tel: 905 940-1880 x 356
e-mail: robert@samtack.com