HAS Service Announcement (fwd)

Marc Andreessen (marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Thu, 19 Aug 93 16:52:44 -0500


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
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> >
> > ---------- 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.