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6/96 New Products: Scan Converters and
CPU Upgrades…In Brief

Listing of all June 1996 new product categories

Scan Converters

With the UMAX Maxmedia TV/Pro II scan converter, you can display computer images on your TV and control those images via remote control. The TV/Pro II's freeze-frame ability includes whole frame storage of up to 786KB of field memory, and it has zoom, overscan, underscan and custom setting memorization features. The TV/Pro II supports up to 800x600 true-color resolution for NTSC and PAL systems. It installs without drivers, weighs 5 pounds and measures 1.85 by 5.5 by 9 inches.

$399.95
UMAX Technologies
800-562-0311, 510-651-4000

The tiny Focus Enhancements PC Micro Presenter puts images from your PC onto a TV. The 7-ounce, audiocassette-size scan converter lets you control the computer image on the screen through four microtouch buttons. The converter connects to your computer's video port and is compatible with NTSC and PAL standards.

$149
Focus Enhancements
617-938-8088, fax 617-938-7741

CPU Upgrades

Pop out your 486 SX, DX or DX2 chip, pop in a Kingston TurboChip 133 and, according to Kingston, you'll give your computer 133MHz 5x86 power. To improve your PC's performance, the TurboChip 133 uses Advanced Micro Devices' Am5x86-P75 microprocessor, a 16Kb internal cache and an integrated floating-point unit.

$139
Kingston Technology Corp.
800-337-8410, 714-435-2600
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