GeeThree.com Announce Stealth Serial Port for
Blue PowerMac G3
April 1, 1999
GeeThree.com, a Silicon Valley start-up,
today announced its first product, the Stealth Serial Port for the Blue Power
Macintosh G3. A small, elegant device, the Stealth Serial Port adds a fully compatible
serial port to the Blue Power Mac. Customers of these new machines can now connect
serial peripherals that do not have a USB or FireWire connection. The Stealth
Serial Port will be available the first week of April.
"Interest in the new Power Macs is phenomenal", says Geoff Westerfield,
Director of Merchandising at ComputerWare. "Each day we talk to hundreds
of Macintosh customers. The Stealth Serial Port is an excellent addition that
will help us sell more G3 Power Macs to people that want to keep using their existing
printer, modem or other serial device."
"As the leading provider of MIDI solutions for the Macintosh, we are
truly excited about the Stealth Serial Port. Until now, our users, mainly amateur
and professional musicians, haven't had a way to connect to the latest Power Macintosh
systems," says Jonnie Gillham, Product Marketing Manager at Opcode Systems,
Inc. "With the Stealth Serial Port, their investment in their MIDI products
is protected as they move up to the more powerful G3 systems."
"You've got to love this kind of product: cool, simple, indispensable,
and timely", quipped Guy Kawasaki, CEO of garage.com, former chief Evangelist
at Apple Computer, Inc., and author of Rules for Revolutionaries. "The creativity
of Macintosh developers never ceases to amaze me".
The Stealth Serial Port connects to Macintosh serial devices via a standard
mini-DIN8 connector. It is compatible with PalmPilot® products, printers,
MIDI devices, LocalTalk devices, modems and digital cameras. It fully supports
Apple’s Communication Toolbox and externally clocked serial peripherals such
as MIDI devices and printers. Designed by an engineering team with decades of
Macintosh experience, the Stealth Serial Port integrates seamlessly with the Mac
OS, making it easy to set up and effortless to use.
Availability
The Stealth Serial Port, available the first week of April, is offered via the
Internet at www.geethree.com for an introductory
price of $39.95 plus shipping and handling. It is also available at ComputerWare
(www.macsource.com) stores throughout
the Bay Area. The Stealth Serial Port comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
System Requirements
The Stealth Serial Port is made up of a small interface card that plugs into the
modem slot on the G3 logic board and a mini-DIN8 connector that provides a connection
to a standard Macintosh serial cable. Installation takes a few minutes using a
screwdriver. It works with any Blue G3 Power Macintosh with an empty internal
modem slot. Users also need an Internet connection to download the Stealth Serial
Port extension.
For more information, visit GeeThree's web site at www.geethree.com.
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