HAS Service Announcement (fwd)

marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 93 16:52:44 -0500
From: marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
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To: nholtz@civeng.carleton.ca (Neal Holtz)
Cc: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch
Subject: HAS Service Announcement (fwd)
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Neal Holtz writes:
> I just saw this announcement.  Is the Mosaic being referred to any relation
> to the one we know?

Yup, I'm almost positive that's us.

Cheers,
Marc

> Gleason Sackman writes:
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> > Forwarded by Gleason Sackman, InterNIC net-happenings moderator
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > ---------- Text of forwarded message ----------
> > Date: 18 Aug 1993 14:32:39 -0800
> > From: Craig Strachman <craig_strachman@docmacgw.hybrid.com>
> > Subject: HAS Service Announcement
> > 
> > REGARDING                HAS Service Announcement
> > Hybrid Networks, Inc.
> > 
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> > Contact: Craig Strachman (408) 725-3262, css@hybrid.com
> > 
> > 
> > Hybrid to Unveil Affordable High Speed Network Via Cable TV at Interop 
> > 
> >   Cupertino, CA-  August 18, 1993 - Following three years of development,
> > Hybrid Networks, Inc. (Hybrid) will announce the immediate availability of
> > the Hybrid Access System (HAS) at the Interop trade show being held August
> > 25-27 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA.  Using a cable feed
> > provided by San Francisco's Viacom Cable,  Hybrid will be demonstrating the
> > HAS, the first affordable networking system capable of delivering a broad
> > range of high speed services to homes, offices, or schools using the
> > existing communications infrastructure. 
> >    
> >   The HAS is unique because it takes advantage of today's existing cable and
> > phone technology.  Hybrid, using standard TV cable that already exists in the
> > home, delivers high speed information to remote sites at Ethernet speeds (10
> > Mbps).  The return channel makes use of the public phone lines that operate at
> > standard modem speeds (9600 bps to 64 Kbps).  The user at home requires only a
> > cable line, telephone line, and personal computer. 
> > 
> >   Because Hybrid supports an information discovery and retrieval tool called
> > Mosaic, the remote user has an easy-to-use "point and click" graphical
>   ^^^^^^
> > interface which makes surfing the Internet easier than ever.  
> > 
> >   Working with TCI Cablevision in San Jose and Cupertino, Hybrid is currently
> > testing its system in homes and local schools.  Cable in the Classroom, a
> > national program designed to provide educational material in the schools, is
> > one major application that is possible with the HAS.  The HAS can also be
> > utilized to extend the computer resources of corporations thereby creating a
> > Virtual Office in the home.
> > 
> >   Hybrid will be located at Booth #2742 in the South Hall of the Moscone
> > Center.