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Sonnet Technologies announces the Allegro? FW800 adapter card, the latest addition to Sonnet?s line of FireWire PCI adapters. The Allegro FW800 installs into any available 64-bit or 32-bit PCI slot of a Power Mac or PC, and instantly adds FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) connections for utilizing high-speed digital peripherals. Each card has three 9-pin external FireWire 800 ports and can connect up to 63 devices. FireWire 800 is double the speed of FireWire 400 and almost twice the bandwidth of USB 2.0. It performs at the data transfer rate of up to 800 Mbits/s and has serial bus data rates of 100/200/400/800 Mb/s. This new Sonnet Allegro FW800 product joins the Sonnet Allegro FW400. Compatibility

The Allegro FW800 is compatible with the following Macintosh and Windows configurations: - Mac Operating System: Mac OS X Version 10.2.3 required for FireWire 800 operation; Version 10.2.5 or higher recommended. Will operate at FireWire 400 speed under Mac OS 9.x through Mac OS X Version 10.2.2. Compatible Models:

- Power Macintosh G3 All-in-one, Blue & White, Desktop, Minitower, Server (Encore G4 upgrade rcommended.)
- Power Mac G4 (all models except Cube) - Windows Operating System Requirements: Windows XP*
*Full Windows XP support pending release of driver announced by Microsoft. Current XP drivers support the Allegro FW800 at FireWire 400 speeds Current FireWire drivers for Windows 98SE, Me and 2000 will also support the Allegro FW800 at FireWire 400 speeds.