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September 2003 Industrial Computer Hardware

Nagasaki IPC has entered the South African IPC market with a range of products for industrial applications. Distributed locally by Cape Town-based Africa Web, the Nagasaki IPC range includes panel PCs, data acquisition modules, industrial rack mount systems, PC/104 components, GPS components, full and half-size SBCs and thin client systems.

Euro Africa Web is spearheading its market entry with a special on its PPC-157-T Panel PC, which features solid aluminium-alloy construction, a 15" TFT display, resistive touch screen, 128 MB of SD-RAM and a 20 GB hard drive.

This system is designed to integrate with any application, through its multiple I/O options including a 10/100 Realtek 8139C Network Controller, two USB ports, four COM ports (One of which is dedicated to the touch screen) and a PCI expansion slot.

The system is built around Nagasaki IPC's NASA-6109VLA SBC, which features the VIA VT8601 and VIA686B chipsets and includes integrated 8MB VGA and DVD-MPEG2 support. This is complemented by comprehensive multimedia capacities in the form of integrated audio and a slimline DVD-ROM Drive. Processing power is provided by a low power VIA CPU running at 1 GHz, while the system is highly scalable with upgrade options available for both memory and hard disk capacities. The front panel is water resistant, conforming to IP65 standard.

For more information contact Euro Africa Web, 021 790 2711, www.euroafricaweb.com

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