Ametron Technologies, Inc. Announces XDF

October 18, 1994

An OS/2 Warp V3 Floppy Disk Format That Permits IBM's 3.5" Disks To Hold 1.84M Bytes Of Formatted Data

TAMPA, Florida, October 11, 1994 - AMETRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. announces today that IBM has introduced a new media expansion software technology called XDF (eXtended Density Format) integrated into OS/2 WARP V3. XDF dramatically increases the amount of formatted space available on floppy disks by 28%. IBM's 3.5" floppy disk, which previously held 1.44 M Bytes of formatted data, will now hold 1.84 MBytes of formatted data. IBM is shipping XDF with OS/2 WARP V3 to simplify the installation process. In addition, a special copy routine is included to allow users to create back up copies of OS/2 WARP V3 using the XDF format.

AMETRON will make the XDF technology available to application software developers to reduce the number of disks required to create their programs. Software developers using XDF will benefit by reducing their manufacturing costs to produce their programs.

"AMETRON is pleased to provide IBM with a new high quality disk format solution as part of IBM's new advanced operating system known as OS/2 WARP V3" stated Jon Gordon, President of AMETRON.

AMETRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. is a privately held company located in Tampa, Florida. The principals of the company include Jon Gordon, who was previously President of Phoenix Computer Products, the BIOS and Publishing company and Roger Ivey, the original author of Fastback and a founder of Fifth Generation Computers.

For more information, contact AMETRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC, P.O. Box 4870, Palm Harbor, FL 34685; (813) 934-1920.

AMETRON TECHNOLOGIES is a member of IBM's Developer Assistance Program.

Contact:   Jon Gordon   (813) 934-1920


 * OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation
 * XDF is a registered trademark of AMETRON