CommPost: Prices increase Thirsday
Only a few days to go with our Easter sale. Prices will be increasing Thursday PM, so don't miss out. Our 120GB FireCube FW drive is just $269 (increasing to $299 Thursday night) - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=ZYT165 whilst the 250GB FireCube FW drive is $499 (increasing to $546) - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC Flash drives are also on the sale list we've listed the post-sale price in brackets - 32MB 10 pack $329 (post sale $390) 128MB $77 ($92 post sale) 512MB $219 (post sale $247) http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=FLASHD We have only a few 80GB FireStar 2.5 bus-powered combo FireWire USB 2.0 hard drives left at $542. The post sale price on this drive is $584. http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFS ... and we still have some Bluetooth portable hands-free car kits at $89 (reverting to $99 post sale). http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=BLUE Please understand that these specials run only whilst current stocks hold or until 8/4/04 (whichever occurs first) so it is strictly a case of getting in your orders early or missing out. You can order direct from the web or we're happy to receive education/government purchase orders. All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Last week!
As we see the $AUS crumple expect to see further price increases over the next 1-2 weeks. All our drives have now increased in price with the exception of - 120GB FireCube $275 160GB FireCube $317 200GB FireCube $418 200GB FireCube 800/400/USB2 $499 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC We expect to be replacing stock on these drives this week so you can expect price increases on these products in the order of 10% within the next week. Bluetooth products and Flash Drives are also likely to increase in price in about a week (depending on stock holding). We have a couple of USB2 clearances - 2.5 enclosures for $29, and 3.5 enclosures for $69 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ENC All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
ComPost: Price warning
As we mentioned last time, expect to see rising prices with hard drives. Over the last week our buy price on 120GB drives increased over 15%. Whilst some prices have already begun to increase we've held large stocks of 120 and 250GB drives so we are holding prices on these units while our original stock holds. As we replenish stock, we will in turn increase prices. Sorry but there are no time guarantees on this. This week's standouts are - 40GB FireStar bus-powered FW drive $299 !! 120GB FireCube FireWire drive $275 250GB FireCube FW800/400 USB 2.0 drive $579 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=EDRIVES Seagate/Hitachi 80GB hard drive $99.95 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=CLEAR 512MB USB 2.0 Flash Drive $239 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=FLASHD Bluetooth USB adapter 20m $39 Bluetooth portable hands-free car kit $99 Bluetooth headset $79 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=BLUE All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: 50% off
At this stage we've contained hard drive pricing but the 3-4% drop in the Aussie dollar already has drive vendors scrambling to lift prices. WD has already raised drive pricing across the board, brought on by demand outstripping supply of their drives so expect to see all drive pricing increase next week as we replenish stock. In the meantime you can still get a $375 FireCube FW drive - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC If you buy either a Bluetooth headset $99 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=BLUE or a USB 2.0 3.5 drive enclosure http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=ZYT079 this week, you'll be offered a Microsoft optical wheel mouse at a 50% discount (as you proceed to checkout). We've just dropped our $128MB Flash Drive to $89 and we have more stock due in from Taiwan of the SanDisk USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $129 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=FLASHD It appears Microsoft have changed the URL for their $9.95 upgrade offer for Office 2004 to - www.microsoft.com/australia/officemac/tg All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Virus Barrier ... free Flash Drive
There's all new pricing on our hard drives today including the following - 120GB 2MB cache $275 120GB 8MB cache $289 160GB 2MB cache $317 250GB 8MB cache $516 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC 40GB FireStar 2.5 $342 60GB FireStar 2.5 FW/USB2 7200 RPM 8MB cache $569 80GB FireStar 2.5 FW/USB2 8MB cache $579 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFS This week we are also debuting VirusBarrier which we consider to be the premiere Mac virus software. Macnn says this about VirusBarrier - VirusBarrier is without question the most ambitious attempt to date at creating a complete anti-virus solution that's unobtrusive and complete, which in essence is what every utility of this kind should be. While some users may question the need for a robust anti-virus solution given the limited number of viruses on the Mac, for those who don't VirusBarrier offers piece of mind in an attractive package. VirusBarrier is $129 and you can order it or read more about it at - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=SOFT Be one of the first 5 mail list readers to buy VirusBarrier AND any other item from our online store and we'll include a free 32MB Flash Drive (approx value $40). If you miss out on being one of the first 5, we'll provide a FREE flashing mobile phone holder (normally $18.99). DiskWarrior 3.01 has finally landed in Australia and we are shipping all our backorders this week apologies for the wait. Another nifty piece of software is MacDrive 5 for PC users. If you'd like to use a Mac formatted drive on your PC (without partitioning or reformatting) you can download a free trial of MacDrive 5 - http://www.media4.com/downloads/trial/md/ This is the SUPERIOR solution if you are sharing your drives (or any other media) cross platform. For Mac OS X users here's a handy Classic startup optimisation courtesy of Robin Belford to try out - Whilst running OS X, simply drag everything from your OS 9 Control Panels to the Control Panels Disabled folder. Do the same for Extensions. Start Classic and let it install the necessary files when it asks for them. OS 9 will only load those Extensions it needs and startup time for Classic will be reduced. If you've recently bought Microsoft Office X you may be entitled to a $9.95 upgrade to MS Office 2004. You can get all the info and applications at - http://www.microsoft.com/australia/office/mac/technologyguarantee.asp and we still have genuine Microsoft optical wheel mice at $29. Delivery on these units is $8.50 (total), whether you buy 1 or 50 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ACC All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: drive maintenance
If you'd like to build an external CD/DVD burner we have both our FireWire and combo FW/USB 2.0 enclosures on runout for $89.95 and $99.95 respectively at our Clearance Centre - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=CLEAR This month we''ve split our popular Bluetooth adapters by introducing a cheaper ($49) 20 metre range adapter whilst the 100m unit continues at $59 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=BLUE We have launched a new 160GB FireCube hard drive at just $339 and our mainstay 120GB drive is $287 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC At the same time, we are updating our Mac disk maintenance recommendations as follows - Whilst previously we've recommended Disk Utility combined with other utils such as Onyx, Mac Janitor and System Optimiser there is a nifty little utility available called Yasu that combines all of the following - daily/weekly/monthly cron tasks, clearing of system/user/browser caches. repairs permissions and updates prebindings. When it is finished carrying out these tasks it will restart your machine. The interface is very simple, and yes we still like those pretty ones like Onyx, but if you are chasing the easiest way to keep your drive in shape then this is it. After running Yasu, restart from another drive or CD and run DiskWarrior over the target drive. When this has finished, set the target drive as your startup disk and you can go back to work with your hard drive in tip-top condition. So very simply our advice is . run Yasu followed by DiskWarrior. DiskWarrior 3.01 is out and we will be shipping the new version starting next week. Though (supposedly) only an update for 10.3 compatibility, my first impressions are that it is actually much faster than before. If you don't have the update you can grab it from - http://www.alsoftinc.com/download.html DiskWarrior is $129 to buy - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=SOFT Yasu is available by download from - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21674 All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: 1TB drive, 512MB RAM $139.90
We have a number of new products this week as well as new clearance specials - First up, we are launching our 1TB (1000GB) hard drive, not cheap at $2199 but then it is BIG! http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=LAC RAM pricing for newer chips has fallen over the past couple of weeks whilst the US Grand Jury investigates price fixing amongst the leading fabricators. Micron Exec, Alfred Censullo, has already agreed to plead guilty for obstructing their investigations and Micron are busy doing a deal to give them amnesty for spilling the beans on the other companies involved. You can take a look at this little scandal on most of the major business and IT news pages or there's a pretty straightforward summary at - http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/031217224135.hk20rqsn.html Seems like a good enough reason to offer a couple of RAM specials - 512MB G5 1.6GHz, G4 1/1.25GHz $139.90 256MB G4 867DP $71 We have 256MB SanDisk Cruzer (Flash Drives) arriving this week - price is just $129 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=FLASHD Bluetooth products have been rushing out the door all of January - seems like lots of people bought Bluetooth phones for Christmas. New and neat Bluetooth products include laser pointers ($19) for Sony Ericsson phones plus we now have 100 metre USB Bluetooth adapters at $59 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=BLUE At the clearance centre there's - 80GB hard drives $119 6-in-1 USB 2.0 card readers $39.90 5.25 FireWire enclosures $99.90 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=CLEAR and some new FireWire drive pricing - 120GB (2MB cache) $287 160GB (8MB cache) $365 200GB (FW800 combo, 8MB) $491 250GB (FW800 combo, 8MB) $644 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC From Norm Leslie (Scotland via Canada which still didn't do him any good in the World Cup) an interesting piece on credit card fraud - We all receive emails all the time regarding one scam or another; but last week I [one of Norm's fiends in Canada] REALLY DID get scammed! Both VISA and MasterCard told me that this scam is currently being worked throughout theMidwest, with some variance as to the product or amount, and if you are called, just hang up. My husband was called on Wednesday from VISA and I was called in Thursday from MasterCard. It worked like this: Person calling says, This is Carl Patterson (any name) and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card issued by 5/3 bank. Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a marketing company based inArizona? When you say No.The caller continues with, Then we will be issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from $297 to $497, just under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address), is that correct? You say, Yes. The caller continues . . . I will be starting a fraud investigation. If you have any questions, you should call the 800 number listed on your card 1-800-VISA and ask for Security. you will need to refer to this Control _. Then gives you a 6 digit number. Do you need me to read it again? Caller then says he needs to verify you are in possession of your card. Turn the card over. There are 7 numbers; first 4 are 1234 (whatever) the next 3 are the security numbers that verify you are in possession of the card. These are the numbers you use to make internet purchases to prove you have the card. Read me the 3 numbers. Then he says That is correct. I just needed to verify that the card has not been lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions? Don't hesitate to call back if you do. You actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell you the card number. But after we were called on Wednesday, we called back within 20 minutes to ask a question. Are we glad we did! The REAL VISA security dept. told us it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of $497.99 WAS put on our card. Long story made short . . we made a real fraud report and closed the VISA card and they are reissuing as a new number. What the scam wants is the 3 digit number and that once the charge goes through, they keep charging every few days. By the time you get your statement, you think the credit is coming, and then its harder to actually file a fraud report. The real VISA reinforced that they will never ask for anything on the card (they already know). What makes this more remarkable is that on Thursday, I got a call from Jason Richardson of MasterCard with a word for word repeat of the VISA Scam. This time I didn't let him finish. I hung up. We filed a police report (as
CommPost: New Year specials
Just a few quick new year specials - 120GB FireCube FireWire drive $299.90 200GB FireCube FW800/400 USB2 drive $499.90 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC Bluetooth car kit $119 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=ZYT306 Over at the Cearance Centre - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=CLEAR we have the following Apple iBook $1199 Netgear Cable/DSL Prosafe $325 80GB hard drives $129 FireWire CD-ROM burner $149 6-in-1 card readers $29 Sony Ericsson P800 mobile phone $765 Dymo LabelWriter Turbo 330 $398 and watch our website for the new 1TB FireWire drive more next week. All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: 120GB FW drive $299.90
Hard Drive specials this week - First up, our ever-popular 120GB FireCube is going for $299.90 and the 250GB FireCube at $599 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFC Both specials ABSOLUTELY finish close of business Friday 19/12/2003. We have the super-fast, super-quiet 60GB 7200 RPM 8MB cache Travelstar drive on special for $499 or you can buy it in a FireStar case for just $599 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=TRAVEL http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=ZYFS The Sony Ericsson Bluetooth CAR in stock and while you are on the Zytech site, we have a number of Clearance Items at - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=CLEAR Going out are Sony Ericsson (P800) and LG phones, Netgear wireless router/hub/firewall, 6-in-1 USB card reader and a Dymo Turbo 330 LabelWriter. This year, we're taking a break from 23 December - 6 January. You can still lodge your orders online but please be aware that orders placed from 23/12/03 will not be shipped until early January. Best wishes to everybody; thanks for your support, feedback and good humour during 2003 and have a great (and safe) Christmas and New Year. All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Runout specials
We have secured a final batch of 80GB hard drives (if you missed out last time) and have these on runout at $269 as an external FireCube or $135 as a bare drive. These are premium Hitachi (IBM) drives in the premium FireCube case, so don't miss out - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=CLEAR We've also reduced pricing on the super-fast 7200 RPM 2.5 60GB Travelstar and FireStar drives. A bare 60GB is $499 and a portable Firestar FireWire drive is $599. This is the ultimate mobile computing upgrade! For the ultimate Bluetooth Christmas toy, take a look at Sony Ericsson's CAR-100 we won't try to describe it, just take a peek - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SE-CAR We now also have laser pointers, blue torches, game pads (YES take a look) and other neat accessories for mobile phones on our Zytech site. If you have a Bluetooth phone but don't want to lash out for a full-blown Bluetooth car kit, why not take a look at our Bluetooth hands-free car kit - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=BLUE they're only $99 and we have ample units in stock. I've bought one of the sensational 44 LG DLP (Digital Light Processing) TV/monitors - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=PLAS If you'd like to know more about DLP and out there technology, there is an excellent multimedia website at - http://www.dlp.com and if you'd like to see any other LG video/audio products on the site, please let us know. Remember we have 42 Plasma screens from under $5000 as well as widescreen LCD displays on the new Zytech site. and for those chasing the much-awaited DiskWarrior 3.1 update - it is due within the next 24 hours. You can download from the Alsoft site. If you buy any product mentioned in this week's mailer, you'll also be offered a Mobile Phone Hand Flasher/Holder at checkout for just $4.95 All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost $29 USB 6-in-1 card reader
We have our Fuji FinePix A205 2MP camera with 3x optical zoom on special at the moment for $299. As an added bonus, you can buy a genuine FujiFilm 32MB xD Picture Card for 50% off the normal $58 price. Just go to the checkout and you'll be automatically offered the 32MB xD card for $29 - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=ZYT082 We are running out 80GB FireCube drives at just $279, 1 year warranty ... first in, first served - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=ZYT139 At just $29 we have limited stock of 6-in-1 USB card readers again first in - http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=SPECIAL1211 Just in case you haven't been watching the news, Apple have released an update for 10.3 which addresses the combo FireWire issue (via Software Update or Version Tracker). If you want the latest info (including firmware updates) from MacPower, manufacturer of our enclosures see - http://www.macpower.com.tw/news/2003/10/30/112 All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: New Zytech Store
We can now welcome you to the NEW Zytech online store. There's still quite a lot to be added to the site and a number of cosmetic changes and additions but it is live and there are a number of opening specials - Special # 1 - 200GB Combo FW 800/400 USB 2.0 hard drive $559 Special # 2 - 10,000 RPM Serial ATA 32GB hard drive - $294 Special # 3 - FireWire CD-ROM burner 52/32/52 - $189 Special # 4 - 120GB FireCube ext FW drive - $349 Special # 5 - 7200 RPM 2.5 Hitachi Travelstar 60GB drive - $566 Go to - http://www.zytech.com.au to check out the new site We welcome your feedback and comments . and thankyou for shopping Zytech. --- You'll notice Specials 2 5 are for the super high-performance new drives from Hitachi and Western Digital. All our new Serial ATA drives are from Western Digital. There are cheaper brands about but simply they are no match for the WD drives in either performance or reliability. If you'd like to really tweek the power of your G5 then take a very close look at the 10,000 RPM 36GB SATA - http://westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=40 http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=SATA And for PowerBook or laptop users the ultimate upgrade is the 7200 RPM 60GB Travelstar. In real world tests this drive is over twice as fast as a standard 4200 RPM drive 2.5 drive - http://www.hgst.com/hdd/travel/tre7k60.htm http://zytech.com.au/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code=TRAVEL --- The Panther FireWire issue: If you haven't seen our note on this already please read on - At this stage it looks like the problem only exists with some of the earlier Oxford 922 chips (with 1.02 firmware). The 922 chip is used in all combo (FW/USB 2.0 FW800/USB 2.0) configurations. If anyone on the list has a combo FireCube or IceCube drive or enclosure you can check your firmware version per the webpage below. You can also download the latest (1.05) firmware from the same page but please read the WARNINGS first. Our advice is that you make sure you have a backup of your external drive data and then just simply try it out with Panther. If there isn't a problem and you have firmware 1.03 or later I'd recommend that you proceed as normal. Remember the problem only occurs if you boot from Panther with the external combo drive connected so you can connect your drive after booting up your machine to copy data and check the firmware. http://www.macpower.com.tw/news/2003/10/30/112 - If you unsubscribed last week and have received this email today, please can you unsubscribe again as we have been changing mail servers. Thanks for your understanding. - All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: $499 200GB FireWire/USB 2.0
We're in the dying stages of the Zytech RED website but before we move to the new site we have one last SUPER special - 200GB FireCube combo FW/USB 2.0 hard drive $499 http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html This uses a premium 7200 RPM Western Digital drive first in, first served ABSOLUTELY current stocks only. and by the way, we expect to see significant price hikes in SDRAM (for G3/G4 pre 2003 Macs) next week. These price increases look to be long-term as production for this RAM continues to be scaled down ... so be warned! In the meantime watch out for the new Zytech BLUE website, coming your way real soon. Prices includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: FireWire specials
Our brand new website is due next week and we'll be running our Fuji camera specials to coincide with the launch of the totally new Zytech site. Three great FireWire drive specials this week, while we are waiting on the new site - 80GB FireCube external hard drive $299 180GB FireCube external hard drive $469 200GB FireCube external hard drive $571 http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html These units all feature the latest Western Digital drives and the special pricing is based on a bulk order we made with WD, so these prices are limited to current stock only . first in, first served. The 80GB 180GB drives are 2MB cache with 1 year warranty, whilst the 200GB drive is our HP (High Performance) model featuring 8MB cache and 3 year warranty. All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: FREE shipping FW800 drive package
FireWire 800 PCI cards have been reduced to $99 I don't think you'll find these cheaper anywhere, including the USA - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/pci/3port/index.html But the big, mail list exclusive, special this week is for FireWire 800 drives - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html Buy any model FireCube 800 drive plus a FireWire 800 PCI card and we'll ship the entire order to you with AustAirX freight FREE. (Normal deal, just type in WAMUG special at checkout and we'll delete all freight charges at invoicing.) Remember, our FireCube 800 drives also have both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 ports on the drive so these can connect to just about any computer. If you are looking at buying a digital camera this week . don't. We are putting the final touches to a deal with Fuji to list their new A205 2 megapixel, 3x optical zoom camera at under $300. We'll also be debuting the S5000 Fuji with 20x zoom (I'm grabbing one of these) and their 6mp F700. The Fuji FinePix are superb cameras; we sell them because their quality is brilliant and their after sales service top notch, plus they work seamlessly with either Mac or PC. Want the ultimate notebook upgrade? We now have available the new 7200 RPM Travelstar 2.5 drives. http://www.zytech.com.au/other/drives/ibm.html internal http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestar/firestar.html external I have one already stashed away for my new PowerBook that arrives Tuesday. These drives effectively equate to 10,000 RPM 3.5 drives and all our HP (High Performance) 2.5 drives now feature 8MB cache. Oh and just one last thing speaking of 10,000 RPM drives . you'll see super-fast 10,000 RPM internal AND external drives on our brand new website that is due real soon (did you hear that Russell). All pricing includes GST Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Free Shipping
We have another FREE shipping offer this week on the following items - 120GB FireCube HP FireWire drive $399 120GB FireCube 800 FireWire 800/400 USB 2.0 drive $487 http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html Both drives feature the ultra-premium IBM/Hitachi 8MB cache hard drive. 256MB Flash Drive $164 http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html These are exclusive offers to our mail list. Just type WAMUG special in the special comments section at checkout and we won't bill you for delivery of these items. You can order as many of these items as you like but this special runs ONLY until Saturday 20 September. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Free Shipping Offer
Short and sweet this week we've been able to make some great bulk drive purchases and there are some big reductions, especially on 3.5 FireWire drives. As an added bonus, we are offering FREE shipping on the following products - 64MB Flash Drives $59 http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html 60GB FireCube FireWire drive $299 (2Mb cache) 200GB FireCube FireWire drive $617 (8MB cache) 200GB FireCube 800 drive $672 (8MB cache) http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html 60GB FireStar (bus powered) FireWire/USB 2.0 2.5 drive $554 http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestar/firestar.html --- Thanks for the loads of positive feedback on computer maintenance from last week and yes Disk Warrior is on the FireCube page (per above), just under the 250GB FireCube and it is in stock. Offer expires Saturday 6 September. To take advantage of the FREE shipping offer just order as normal and we'll deduct the freight charge at invoicing. And some interesting feedback last month we had 27,865 OSX users access our site which represents 16.8% of all hits. The good news is that FireWire is also very popular with Windows XP users who visited the Zytech website 53,557 times in August. If you are in the market for a Sony Ericsson Bluetooth T68i, Scott is selling his - phone him direct on 0418 946 387 or contact him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Free shipping on FireWire 800
If you feel the need for speed we have been able to reduce the price of our FireWire 800 to just $139 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/pci/3port/index.html As a further bonus, exclusive to our mail list, we are offering FREE SHIPPING on FireWire 800 cards all this week. AND if you want to buy either a 200GB ($699) or 250GB FireCube 800 ($899) combo drive on the same order we'll ship this FREE of charge as well - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html Our FireCube 800 has ports for both FireWire 800 and FireWire 400 (as well as USB 12) both drives are in stock, ready to ship. In response to reader demand, we've also added short 30cm FireWire 400 6-6 pin cables ($15 in stock) for daisy-chaining of FireWire devices and we're also about to add FireWire 800 cables and FireWire 800/400 converters if you find yourself in a situation where you have a FireWire 800 (only) device and only a FireWire 400 connector to plug into (or vice-versa) - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cables/index.html - $299 FireWire drive We have done a bulk order with IBM/Hitachi and are offering 60GB FireCube drives for just $299. This special will run only while stock lasts so if you want a low-cost external or backup drive - grab these while they are still about - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html -- Scott is going to sell his G4 Dual Processor 867MHz 1.25GB RAM DVDRW SuperDrive included. This machine is under warranty until 4/9/05 - The G4 comes with 160GB of HD storage. The main drive is an 80GB RAID (2x40GB ATA-5 Seagate Barracudas) running on the ATA-100 Bus. It also comes with the upgraded 64MB ATI Radeon 9000 Pro video card. It cost around $5000+ when I bought it because the video card and superdrive were optional extras. The G4 is in exceptional condition and still has the protective plastic coverings on the front to protect the chrome inserts. I have never had any problems with it. Please give me a call on 0418 946 387 if you would like to know more. - Scott Palmer If you need a top flight machine at reasonable cost, especially if you are into video/multimedia give Scott a shout. It looks like only a matter of days before Apple releases their Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. We've previously tested the Microsoft keyboard and mouse but found both to be terribly frustrating - hopefully Apple will do a better job! Very often we'd need to reseat the battery in both the mouse or keyboard otherwise nothing worked - this is not what you want from either a keyboard or mouse. We are importing both Bluetooth keyboards and mouse on trial directly from Taiwan so if these are reliable and solid products, that we can price well below the Apple or Microsoft product, we will be releasing both of these in the near future stay tuned. Bluetooth modules are now capable of a range of 100m but these particular modules are still quite expensive so we are sticking with the 40m range modules for the present - just a reminder these are in stock at $69 - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/usb/index.html Oh and yes we still have $29 MS optical wheel mice in stock - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/mouse/index.html -- There's been a lot of talk just recently on several of the lists with people having drive and speed issues on their various machines. If you are using a Mac .. please, PLEASE go out and get a copy of DiskWarrior 3. You don't have to buy it from us, but please use grab a copy and run it regularly every week if you can. We wouldn't see 90% of the problems people post if you use this piece of software in combination with other good maintenance practices. On a regular basis run one of the several utilities that execute cron tasks in OS X. We use MacJanitor but there are a number about and you can just do a search on VersionTracker or MacUpdate. Next go to Apple Disk Utility and select the FirstAid tab and click on repair permissions. If you really want to get finicky you can also run software like System Optimiser which updates all the Unix prebindings, cleans out cache files and other tasks but this is only an optional extra - again go to VersionTracker, etc as there are several utilities that perform these tasks. Then after you have performed these 2 or 3 maintenance routines, reboot either from your DiskWarrior CD-ROM or another drive/volume with DiskWarrior 3 installed and run DiskWarrior over your boot volume. First of all you'll be amazed (and horrified) at how many minor (or even major) errors it will find on your drive and when you reboot you'll be amazed (and happy) at just how fast your System loads and continue to be happy when you don't need to post to your favourite group seeking help on remedying the terrible problems you have with your computer. DiskWarrior is truly a brilliant piece of software that will keep both you and your Mac happy.
CommPost: New pricing
Hard drive specials - 40GB FireStar (2.5) $385 http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestar/firestar.html 120GB FireCube $399 200GB FireCube FireWire 800 $762 http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html We also have 64MB Flash Drives at $55 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html and our 52/32/52 FireWire burner is now just $239 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/24.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: July specials
Hard drive pricing is on the increase, with IBM/Hitachi already raising prices significantly and with other vendors ready to follow suit. While current stock remains, we have our 80GB FireCube on exclusive mail list special for $339 and our 120GB FireCube out for just $399. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html As this is a mail list exclusive offer you'll need to type WAMUG special in the special comments field at checkout and we'll bill you the prices above. This offer will expire Saturday 19 July or as current stock runs out. We have FireWIre 800 PCI cards in stock and if you order one of these with any other Zytech item, we'll send your entire order freight free - offer expires 19/7/03 same drill WAMUG Special. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/pci/3port/index.html You may have heard a lot about Serial ATA recently so we've decided to pass on a backgrounder courtesy of one of our main Taiwanese suppliers. It is quite a good summary and the grammar is almost there as well - Why Serial ATA Serial ATA (SATA), an evolutionary high-performance interface for storage devices to replace the Parallel ATA, is used to connect ATA and ATAPI devices, including CDs, DVDs, tapes devices, high capacity removeable devices, zip drives, and CD-RWs. Compare with parallel ATA interface, Serial ATA addresses some shortcomings and provides a scalable platform to support several generations of future storage devices. Serial ATA is a drop-in solution that is compatible with today's software, which runs on the new architecture without modification. It provides for systems which are easier to design, with cables that are simple to route and install, smaller cable connectors, improve silicon design, and lower voltages which alleviate current design requirements in Parallel ATA. Lower Voltage. Parallel ATA requires integrated circuits to tolerate input signals as high as 5 volts. Serial ATA reduces the signaling voltages to approximately 250 millivolts (¼ volt). Pin Efficiency. The parallel ATA interface has 26 signal pins going into the interface chip. Serial ATA uses only 4 signal pins, improving the pin efficiency and accommodating a highly integrated chip implementation. Improved Cable and Connector Plant. The parallel ATA cable and connector plant is a bulky cable made up of unwieldy 80 conductor ribbon cables and 40 pin header connectors. Serial ATA uses a much smaller serial cable similar in appearance to modern telephone cables. Eliminating the cable nest improves the system's airflow and cooling, and offers greater freedom in chassis design. Master-Slave Interaction. With today's parallel ATA implementation, pairs of devices share a common cable in a master-slave relationship. This interaction between devices results in the available bandwidth being shared between the devices. Additionally, since the devices on the cable interact, they must be jointly qualified, resulting in the substantial expansion of the system integrators' qualification matrix in order to comprehend all possible combinations of devices. Serial ATA is a point-to-point interface where each device is directly connected to the host via a dedicated link. Each device, therefore, has the entire interface bandwidth dedicated to it, and there is no interaction between devices. This means software can be streamlined, eliminating the overhead associated with coordinating accesses between the master and slave device sharing the same cable. Serial ATA is compatible at the register level with parallel ATA. This means Serial ATA requires no changes to existing software and operating systems in order to function, and it provides backward compatibility with existing operating environments. It has already been demonstrated to run with Microsoft Windows* 98, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Linux operating systems without the need for any special software drivers. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Free shipping offer
We're terribly overstocked on 512MB RAM modules so purchase any 512MB RAM on the site by 30/6/03 and shipping is FREE. As an example, 512MB RAM for Mac desktop models is $145 - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html You'll need to cite WAMUG SPECIAL at checkout and we'll delete the delivery cost as we invoice your selection. The free shipping offer is for 512MB RAM only. Remember, all Zytech RAM is First Grade only with a lifetime warranty. We've reduced our 40 metre range USB Bluetooth adapter to $69 - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/usb/index.html Our FireWire 800 250GB hard drive (8MB cache) is now $899 and we've reduced the price of a number of drives including our 120GB FireCube now $425 full details of all drives at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html And finally Flash Drive wholesale prices have been rising slowly but steadily over the last few weeks so expect to see retail price rises very soon. Current pricing is at - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: $689 combo DVD burner
We have a super-special this week on our LaCie FireWire/USB 2.0 DVD burner for just $689 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/dvdrw.html These are in stock and the special runs ONLY while stock is available. 200GB FireCube external FireWire drive ... we have our HP (8MB cache) model on special for just $655 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html We have several RAM specials this week including $99 256MB RAM for Titanium PowerBooks, G3 Pismo and iBooks; also 512MB RAM for G4 desktops iMacs from $151 to $157 for full details go to - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html We've had a tremendous response to our introductory offer on Dymo LabelWriters so we are extending the $399 offer on the Turbo 330 model for one extra week. If you want one just email us. The LabelWriters come with their own labelling software for Mac OS X, Classic and Windows but if you are interested in label software and don't want to buy a LabelWriter, take a look at either - Desktop Labels Deluxe http://www.metisinternational.com/Desktop1.html or Imprint http://www.ampersandbox.com/imprint/ Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: It's a longie!
We are about to introduce Dymo LabelWriters and are offering introductory pricing, exclusive to our mail list - LabelWriter 310 $299 LabelWriter 330 Turbo $399 Both units require a USB port and now have enhanced driver software for Mac OS X, OS 8/9 and Windows . The LW310 is the entry level machine and prints 8 labels per minute (and is silver blue). The LW330 Turbo is the top-of-the-line model and prints 32 labels per minute ... up to 56mm wide including address, shipping, floppy disk, CD/DVD, video, file folder, name badge and more. The LW 330 is red and silver. Expect to pay around $559 to $599 elsewhere! Yes, our price is $160 - $200 less. For more info, go to - http://www.dymo.com/media or to see a review - http://www.it-enquirer.com/io/dymo-labelwriter.html If you'd like to order just reply by email. Remember this is a special offer exclusive to our mail list ONLY!! Two other specials (there are some others in the FireWire section below) this week . both on FireWire FireWire/USB cases - Special 1 - FireStorm 2.5 FireWire enclosure $79 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/enclosures/firestorm/index.html Special 2 - FireWire/USB 2.0 Combo 5.25 enclosure $149 http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/enclosures/enc5.5.html All specials are for current stock only, so it's first in, first served. If they haven't all disappeared already all specials expire Saturday 14 June. -- One quick item Many mail list readers have asked about connecting the same FireWire drive to both Windows and Mac computers. The best, most simple way we've seen for doing this is to grab a copy of MacDrive 5 - http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/ This runs on your Windows Me, 98, 95, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP machine with the (Mac formatted) hard drive simply appearing as a Windows formatted drive. When you've finished on your PC the drive is still plug'n'play back on your Mac. Download cost is US$49.95. - We've had several readers ask for an explanation of FireWire 800 and its uses so here's a brief primer with some links to further, useful reading. The latest Macs (and soon PC's) feature one of the fastest peripheral standards ever developed - FireWire 800 (800Mbps - megabits per second) or officially IEEE 1394b. The immediate use for this high speed bus is in transferring large data files and for working with video and audio production. It doubles the speed of the original FireWire standard (IEEE 1394 or now FireWire 400) and the cable length can go out as far as 4.5 metres with bog standard FW 800 cables in further releases of FireWire this will increase to 100 metres (sustaining 3200Mbps using glass fibre cables) . and here's the tip. While initially this high-speed data bus is going to be embraced by studio professionals for video and audio work, the mainstream use of FireWire will likely come in the form of very wide/high speed networks or non-traditional data connections . IEEE 1394b's [FireWire 800's] road to success will probably not reach its end soon. Despite the attempts of the USB Special Interest Group to downplay Firewire's importance as being only a niche technology suited for home-use and video-editing professionals, IEEE 1394b is far more than a home network technology. Industries that need flexible and powerful connection technology are very interested in IEEE 1394b. Airplanes will be equipped with it, the automotive industry has already shown an interest, and more and more computers will be equipped with a 1394b port. (http://it-enquirer.com/storage/ieee1394b.html) Unlike the Intel attempts at high-speed data buses, the FireWire standard allows for full compatibility for all FireWire versions and products on the FireWire bus. Put simply, If you have a Mac or PC with FireWire 800 you can connect this directly to your computer and then daisy-chain several (that's actually a total of 63) existing FireWire (400) devices to this FireWire 800 hard drive and all peripherals will operate at their maximum throughput. As many people have discovered connecting a USB 1.0/1.1 peripheral onto a bus running USB 2.0 slows every device connected to USB 1.1 speeds. Also FireWire allows individual devices to talk directly to each other whereas with USB all communication is arbitrated by the CPU, robbing both processing power and bandwidth. For all Intel's attempts to present USB 2.0 as an answer to FireWire, basically USB 2.0 is never going to play on the same court as FireWire. Already you can simultaneously connect one FireWire video camera to two FireWire enabled computers, so expect to see FireWire becoming a networking standard more than our traditional idea of a way to connect peripherals. In the future, we'll think of peripherals (such as external hard drives) as just being network devices just like other computers, video cameras, TV's,
[CommPost]: FireWire 800 FREE upgrade
We are pleased to introduce our new range of FireWire 800 high speed hard drives - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html All our FireWire 800 drives feature ONLY 8MB cache hard drives for premium performance. Our new 250GB FireWire 800 drive is available now at $. If life is a little more mundane than the brutish power of a 250GB FW 800 drive, we have a special offer for our mail list . buy a 120GB FireWire HP (8MB cache) drive for $484 and we'll upgrade this for FREE to a Combo FireWire/USB 2.0 drive - you'll save $52 on our regular pricing. Just add WAMUG May Special in the special comments field at checkout and we'll automatically apply the FREE upgrade. Our Flash Drives continue to sell in droves and we have 128MB Flash Drives for $87 in stock. Schools and uni's especially are migrating very quickly from floppies and other portable media to the much faster, more reliable Flash Drives just recently we've sent an order for over 140 Flash Drives to the Port Moresby International School so the word is spreading both quickly . and widely. http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: FireWire 800 Runout Specials
This week we debut FireWire 800 drives. These 800Mb/sec drives come in capacities from 200-500MB, feature both USB 2.0 and standard FireWire connectors in addition to FW800 and are priced from $985 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/lacie/lacie.html We also debut our new Manta drives. These use the same super-fast Oxford 911 ATA-6 FireWire bridge as our Ice/FireCube drives but we've paired the Mantas with cheaper 2MB cache 7200 RPM drives so as to create a budget FireWire series. Our FireCube drives continue on as the premium product using only 8MB cache drives. Manta drive prices start at just $339 yes, for an external FireWire drive - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html We have a number of items to clear out this week 8 port ethernet switch $59 Sony Ericsson T68m Bluetooth phone $499 (demo unit - full warranty) Sony Ericsson T68 camera $59 Phillips Fisio 120 mobile phone (new - full warranty) $99 FireWire card readers $79 FireWire PC slot (PCMCIA) 2 port for PC laptops $59 PC slot Smart Media adapter $39 PC slot Memory Stick adapter $39 64MB Smart Media card $65 32MB Compact Flash card $30 256MB Compact Flash card $178 First in on these items. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: FREE shipping
A very quick one this week We've just reduced the price of our 64MB Flash Drives to $69 and until 31 March we are including FREE delivery. http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html Remember there is also an additional discount for bulk orders (this applies to all capacities) and our new Flash Drives are bootable, totally cross platform and are IN STOCK right now. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: $599 160GB FireWire drive
This week's super special is a 160GB external FireWire drive for $599. We are test marketing MacPower's new MantaRay case design that features an internal power supply and cooling fan. This 160GB drive spins at 7200RPM and features an 8MB cache. Because this is a trial product please order the 160GB FireCube and simply note $599 WAMUG MantaRay in the special comments field at checkout. We'll alter your order accordingly. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firecube/firecube.html We are also doing a trial on USB 2.0 2.5 drive enclosures. We have very neat aluminium USB 2.0 cases in stock for just $69. This offer is exclusive to our mail list - you'll need to order by return email. 256MB DDR RAM modules are down as low as $77 and 256MB RAM for G4 iMacs is from $95 check all the latest memory prices at - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html (Our RAM is first grade, lifetime warranty; freight for RAM only orders is $6 Australia-wide.) We still have some 80GB Barracuda V hard drives that we are clearing for $199 each. They are brand new, include a full Seagate 1 year warranty and yes that includes GST! We have good stocks but once they have gone, that's it - http://www.zytech.com.au/other/drives/segate/segate.html A reminder that we still are stocking our $29 Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse ... order online at - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/mouse/index.html Last week our mail software fell over and 90% of the list was undelivered so we are repeating information on the Flash Drive offer that we will run until the end of March - We've had calls from some people on the list working in schools and universities that they missed out on our bulk purchase offer for Flash Drives that we made available to the maced newsgroup last week. In that there are many educators on our list that don't subscribe to the maced list we've decided it is fairest to throw this offer open to everyone. In a nutshell, we are offering FREE delivery and up to 20% discount on Flash Drives purchased in bulk ... the full details are below - Please excuse the intrusion but we are keen to widen the exposure for our Flash Drive disks/memory. As such we are going to make a special offer to the maced mail list ... here it goes - Zytech will deliver freight FREE provide the following discounts for Flash Drives in the following volumes - 5-9 pieces - 5% 10-19 pieces - 7.5% 20-49 pieces - 10% 50-99 pieces - 15% 100+ pieces - 20% We have several schools and universities already ordering in quantity and this will help to firm up our discount policy. Your school/department or even bookshop can purchase these goods on normal credit terms, our aim is to rapidly have this technology replace floppy and Zip disks. At maximum discount a 32MB drive will be $44, a 64MB Flash Drive will cost $60 and a 256MB unit $159.20 and there is no delivery charge. It is fine to mix and match in any combination and as of this week all units will be aluminium. Flash Drives use solid state memory to store data in capacities from 32MB to 2GB and are a logical and highly reliable successor to floppy and Zip disks. They measure just 70x18x11mm (with the lid on) and the new aluminium models include a USB extender cable and pendant/key chain. These drives plug into a computer's USB port and are 100% cross platform with PC's and Macs. On most machines no extra software is required. You can copy and erase your data just as you would on a floppy or Zip disk . but this is much, much faster and the data is infinitely less likely to be lost or damaged as so often happens with magnetic disks. For more details please give us a call or email or simply just check current pricing and details on our website by clicking - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html Thanks for the audience. I hope you agree this is a VERY attractive offer so we look forward to receiving your comments and feedback. And best of all . you don't need any hardware device at the other end to copy/exchange data no floppy drive, no Zip drive, no worries - just plug your Flash Drive into the USB port and you're away. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: FREE shipping offer
3 x FREE delivery specials this week - First, we have 128MB Flash Disks (aka pen drive, thumb drive, RAMdrive) at $125 including free delivery. These are totally cross platform and if you are still relying on floppy or Zip disks, think about changing now - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html Our $289 48/24/48 FireWire CD-ROM burner is also free delivery - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/24.html ... as is our $399 40GB FireStorm FireWire portable hard drive. These drives are bootable and require no external power source - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/24.html Just order online or fax/email a PO - our shopping cart will show a delivery charge but this will not be billed to you, provided you order prior to 1/3/02. This offer does not extend past 1/3/02. We have one only white (Snow) Airport left over from a recent upgrade - price is $300. Reply by email if you'd like it. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: Free shipping FireCube Flash Drives
We've had quite a few questions about our Flash Drives (also known as pen drives, thumb drives, RAMdrives, etc) so here's a brief roundup. These drives use solid state memory as opposed to a magnetic disk as is the case in both floppy disks or say a Zip disk. As a result they are infinitely more reliable. Flash Drives come formatted so they can be read on either a PC or a Mac and like a normal hard drive these can be reformatted as a Mac only disk. They plug into the USB port and under most OS's mount automatically. They can be hung around your neck or attached to your keyring and don't mind being treated relatively roughly. We now have a number of schools selling or providing these solid state drives to their students (in preference to floppy disks or other medium) and we can offer a further discount if anyone wants to buy these in bulk. Capacities range from 32MB right through to 2GB and because some of you have had to put up with our pander on this topic our lead special this week is ... we will ship ANY Flash Drive freight free ... this week ONLY. Prices are 32MB $55, 64MB $74, 128MB $128, 256MB $218 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html Our second special is our premium FireCube 80GB FireWire drive. We've just reduced the price to $429 and as an added, exclusive mail list bonus we are shipping this drive FREIGHT free this week only - http://www.zytech.com.au/special.html Just insert WAMUG special at checkout and you won't be billed freight on either the 80GB FireCube or your Flash Drive order. We've also had several requests for information on the Fuji Slimshot camera . special mail list price of $199 (expect to pay up to $299 elsewhere !!). The camera is so small it will happily fit into a normal sized wallet; it has 8MB internal memory, it uses an inbuilt Lithium-Ion battery (charged via the USB port) and ships with SlimShot Photo Albulm and PhotoImpression software for BOTH Windows and Mac OS 8.6-9.x. These are absolutely ideal for schools or even as a second camera that you can always have with you. An absolutely superb product - if you want one ... or two just reply by email. http://www.fujifilm.com.au/digital/cameras/camera_largeimage.asp?id=9 All offers expire Saturday 15 February. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: $49 Flash Drives, $9.99 FireWire
We have just a few of the old model 32MB FlashDrives that we are going to clear for just $49 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html Just insert WAMUG special in the Special Comments field at checkout and we'll bill you the special mail list price. Some Flash Drives are now all-aluminium and ship with a USB extender cable plus a neck/key tie and are bootable. The big news is that Flash Drives are now available in capacities up to 2GB !! We are also overstocked on 1.8m FireWire cables. As a mail list exclusive, you can buy either 6-6 or 4-6 pin FireWire cables for just $9.99 each - there is no limit to the number you order and we'll deliver for $5 per order (regardless of the number of cables you order). Just insert WAMUG special at checkout. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cables/index.html Our third special is a FireWire PC slot (PCMCIA) card for $69 (normally $89) - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pccard/index.html same drill, WAMUG special at checkout This week we are releasing both USB 2.0 and Combo (FireWire/USB 2.0) hard drives on the site. Check back for the latest pricing. We are repeating our Fuji SlimShot offer this great little camera (officially the smallest camera in the world) is in stock and we are selling it exclusively to the mail list for $199. http://www.fujifilm.com.au/digital/cameras/camera_largeimage.asp?id=9 It is the size of a credit card and not much fatter and comes with a USB connection and Mac (OS 9) and PC software. If you want one please just respond by email. And last the big announcement ordering for the Sony Ericsson P800 SuperPhone is now live on our site. Price is $1569 and we will have stock in 4 weeks - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/sony/p800/index.html We already have pre-orders for over 80 phones and we will be shipping P800's in accordance with time/date order as a final order is received. This means, if you have placed a pre-order, you must now lodge a firm order on the Zytech website to secure your P800. (Please Note - All special offers expire Saturday 8 February or as stock runs out.) Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: Update
We are down to the last few 80GB Pyro hard drives. These are on the website for $415 but we'll extend the $399 offer to our mail list ... just add WAMUG special in the special comments field at checkout and we'll invoice these for you at $399 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/pyro/index.html Fuji SlimShot this great little camera (officially the smallest camera in the world) is in stock and we are selling it exclusively to the mail list for $199. http://www.fujifilm.com.au/digital/cameras/camera_largeimage.asp?id=9 It is the size of a credit card and not much fatter and comes with a USB connection and Mac (OS 9) and PC software. We believe iPhoto 2 will offer native support for OS X users. If you want one please just respond by email. A reminder that we have genuine Microsoft Optical Wheel mice in stock for $29 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/mouse/index.html Another mail list exclusive this week is a Hyundai 17 flatscreen LCD monitor for Mac or PC at just $999 - http://www.hyundaiq.com/pro_img_l70b.asp Return email if you'd like one. We also have our $99 FireWire Compact Flash card reader/writers back in stock - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/firewire/index.html If you are chasing a cheap backup solution and you own a FireWire camcorder then take a look at this - http://www.geocities.com/timhewett/macdownloads.htm The software is free and all you need are some blank tapes for your camcorder. Last week our site was severely affected by the SQL Slammer worm that closed ATM's and grounded flights across the USA (our site is hosted on servers in Boston). If you'd like to find out more about what was dubbed the worst internet attack in 18 months go to - http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack/index.html ... and of course, our apologies to anyone affected - but we are now back at full speed with loads of updates and new products to debut next week see you then. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: $218 FlashDrive $256MB
This week we have reduced the price of our new 256MB USB FlashDrive to just $218 - these are in stock and you can order at - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html We are looking to introduce FireWire 800 hard drives in the second half of February ... stay tuned for more details and pricing. At the same time we will be reducing our standard range of FireWire (400) hard drives back to a single main line. This means that we will be deleting our Pyro hard drive range and moving across to FireCubes as being the major drive range that we carry. As FireCube cases cost us more than the Pyro case you can expect to see entry point pricing increase throughout most capacities . so the bottom line is if you want a $399 80GB Pyro FireWire drive you had better hurry! http://www.zytech.com.au/special.html The other hard drive news is that Hitachi have purchased a controlling interest in IBM's storage division and shortly IBM hard drives will become Hitachi hard drives (as will 100% of the company over the next 2 years). There is no impact on pricing at this stage but clearly Hitachi are keen to use hard drives in consumer equipment which will likely see shortages in the traditional 2.5 storage markets. I'm not sure we are celebrating, but we are offering a 40GB FireStorm portable FireWire hard drive exclusively on the mail list this week for $399. This drive only requires a FireWire cable, using bus power - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestorm/index.html Just insert WAMUG special in the special instructions field at checkout and you will be billed the $399 price. Standard RAM pricing is likely to continue to rise as suppliers ramp up their DDR output (the price of which is generally falling) but is creating a shortage in the SDRAM market. We expect to see DDR SDRAM pricing meet somewhere between their current prices. That means expect to see 512MB PC-133 (first-grade) RAM back to a low $200's price tag. For those lucky enough to have a 17 PowerBook (or 12 for those with small briefcases) we now have aluminium PowerBook RAM upgrades on our web page. However, when you see the price you won't feel so lucky! http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html We are also introducing new aluminium 6-in-1 card readers and we have just a few of the previous (plastic) model that we are quitting at $49 including free delivery - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/usb/5in1/index.html Same drill, just insert WAMUG special in the special instructions field at checkout. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: $218 FlashDrive $256MB
This week we have reduced the price of our new 256MB USB FlashDrive to just $218 - these are in stock and you can order at - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html We are looking to introduce FireWire 800 hard drives in the second half of February ... stay tuned for more details and pricing. At the same time we will be reducing our standard range of FireWire (400) hard drives back to a single main line. This means that we will be deleting our Pyro hard drive range and moving across to FireCubes as being the major drive range that we carry. As FireCube cases cost us more than the Pyro case you can expect to see entry point pricing increase throughout most capacities . so the bottom line is if you want a $399 80GB Pyro FireWire drive you had better hurry! http://www.zytech.com.au/special.html The other hard drive news is that Hitachi have purchased a controlling interest in IBM's storage division and shortly IBM hard drives will become Hitachi hard drives (as will 100% of the company over the next 2 years). There is no impact on pricing at this stage but clearly Hitachi are keen to use hard drives in consumer equipment which will likely see shortages in the traditional 2.5 storage markets. I'm not sure we are celebrating, but we are offering a 40GB FireStorm portable FireWire hard drive exclusively on the mail list this week for $399. This drive only requires a FireWire cable, using bus power - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestorm/index.html Just insert WAMUG special in the special instructions field at checkout and you will be billed the $399 price. Standard RAM pricing is likely to continue to rise as suppliers ramp up their DDR output (the price of which is generally falling) but is creating a shortage in the SDRAM market. We expect to see DDR SDRAM pricing meet somewhere between their current prices. That means expect to see 512MB PC-133 (first-grade) RAM back to a low $200's price tag. For those lucky enough to have a 17 PowerBook (or 12 for those with small briefcases) we now have aluminium PowerBook RAM upgrades on our web page. However, when you see the price you won't feel so lucky! http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html We are also introducing new aluminium 6-in-1 card readers and we have just a few of the previous (plastic) model that we are quitting at $49 including free delivery - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/usb/5in1/index.html Same drill, just insert WAMUG special in the special instructions field at checkout. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
Sony Ericsson P800
Sony Ericsson have advised that the first P800 phones will be with us in approximately 7-8 weeks. They are yet to finalise pricing details but as soon as we have some firm information we will notify you and begin taking live orders on our website - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/sony/p800/index.html We'll be in touch soon. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: $289 FireWire 48/24/48 burner
We'll keep our first mailer for 2003 pretty brief but be aware (as we warned in early December) RAM pricing is moving steadily upwards again. Four quick specials - USB Bluetooth adapter $85 and FREE delivery - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/usb/index.html 128MB USB FlashDrive ($1 per MB) $128 and FREE delivery - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html 48/24/48 FireWire CD-ROM burner $289 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/24.html For the free delivery offer, just insert WAMUG SPECIAL in the special comments section at checkout. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: $69 printer
A few quick specials - 40GB FireStorm 2.5 FireWire portable hard drive $429 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestorm/index.html 8 port ethernet switch $79 !!! order by return email 6-in-1 card reader/writer $49 - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/usb/5in1/index.html HP DeskJet 3325 inkjet printer for Mac PC $69 order by return email To receive this special pricing, just insert WAMUG special at checkout and we will bill you the discounted price. All special prices are for current stock only or until Saturday 21/12/02. RAM update: PC-133 RAM has been increasing steadily over the last 2 weeks (as we predicted) and looks like it will increase further. All RAM is in stock - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/index.html
CommPost: Pyro II launch/specials
Today we launch our brand new Pyro II 3.5 FireWire hard drives Not only are these a genuine brushed aluminium case but they have the fastest Oxford 911 chipset that we have tested - even faster than our FireCube product that was rated by US MacWorld as one of the 3 fastest FireWire enclosures available (the other two being LaCie and Granite Digital). Combined with a low-noise fan, the Pyro II's solid aluminium casing affords the highest level of heat dissipation available for the new, big (read hot !) hard drives. As an introductory offer, EXCLUSIVE to our mail/news list, we will supply an 80GB Pyro II drive for $399, or a 120GB Pyro II drive for $499 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/pyro/index.html or a Pyro II FireWire enclosure for $159 (normally $175) http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/enclosures/pyro/index.html The offer expires Friday 6/12 - please write WAMUG special in the comments field at checkout so you are billed the exclusive mail list price. The 80Gb is a Seagate Barracuda iV the 120GB a Barracuda V. The Pyro II is the big brother of our 2.5 FireStorm which we've also put on special this week. A 40GB FireStorm is $449 (normally $459) - again type WAMUG special at checkout to be invoiced the special price. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestorm/index.html We've pushed the Taiwanese manufacturer to provide promotional pricing to help support the launch of this great new product which they have also extended to our FireStorm product. Right now, the FireStorm case (on its own) is at the very special price of JUST $98 !!! Yes that includes GST. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/enclosures/firestorm/index.html And don't forget we are giving away a free mobile phone Flashing HandStand with all orders placed by mail/news list readers right through to Christmas or until stocks run out. These phone stands retail in the shops for around $20-$25 so it is a great free gift. To qualify you must note WAMUG freebie on your order and spend a minimum $99 (excluding freight); one HandStand per order - that's it! Also new this week are big new FireWire drives in capacities of 200GB, 400GB and 500GB. The 200 and 400GB models are shipping this week and the 500GB model will be available later this month - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/lacie/lacie.html And lastly, we've reduced the pricing on our 48/12/48 FireWire burner to just $266, so if you always wanted a fast FireWire burner .. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/24.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
CommPost: FREE gift with order
With Christmas only a month away we are giving away a free mobile phone Flashing HandStand with all orders placed by mail/news list readers right through to Christmas or until stocks run out. These phone stands retail in the shops for around $20-$25 so it is a great free gift. To qualify you must note WAMUG freebie on your order and spend a minimum $99 (excluding freight); one HandStand per order - that's it! You could buy a $102 256MB RAM module for your G4 iMac or FireWire PowerBook or $147 512MB RAM for your G4 PowerMac or G3 (slot load) iMac http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/index.html or a 128MB thumb-sized RAMdrive for $129 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html or $99 FireWire SmartMedia card reader/writer - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/firewire/index.html and receive the free HandStand with each order. This week we debut cordless handsfree headsets for standard mobile phones at $198 that's over $50 less than the same units you've seen advertised by a well-known discount store. Headsets for most phones are available - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/index.html We've seen some interesting Bluetooth developments over the past couple of weeks. The brothers M at Canberra Grammar and Christ Church Grammar have their eyes set on one of the more bizarre Bluetooth products Samsonite luggage - http://www.twomobile.com/content/1275.php And then there is the new BMW's with integrated Bluetooth car kit and also the aftermarket Bluetooth tyre pressure kit developed by Nokian tyres that sends your car's tyre pressures to your mobile phone. What is becoming obvious is that Bluetooth is popping up everywhere and during 2003 you'll start to see products that you'd never even dreamed of like the Samsonite luggage! The good news this week is that we have new (very cool) USB Bluetooth adapters and the price is now just $85 - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/index.html and while you are there we have the brand new Sony Ericsson HBH-60 Bluetooth headsets $385 and new Sony Ericsson Bluetooth car kit just $489. And remember, you can still get 250 free (colour) business cards by going to - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html You still get charged about $15 pack'n'post but this is still a great deal. Again you can use these as Christmas gifts. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: FREE RAM delivery
This week we have FREE shipping on all RAM ordered from the Zytech site - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html To qualify for the offer you must order from the site by Friday 22/11 and pay by cheque or credit card. The free freight offer is for RAM only orders. The shopping cart will still register a delivery charge but you will not be billed for this item. Remember we only stock first grade RAM with a lifetime warranty. Also this week we have a special USB pack consisting of a Microsoft Optical mouse, CompactFlash card reader, a USB extension cable and USB Thumb Hub for $99. The normal individual price for these 4 USB items is $122 and as a further bonus we'll ship to you FREIGHT FREE! Order by return email - first in first served. Just a reminder that we have good stocks of our thumb-sized RAM drives in capacities up to 256MB - 128MB is $129 and 256MB is $239. Also our MS Optical Mouse continues at just $29 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/index.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Free HandStand
For those lucky enough to be in Western Australia, Mark Fitzgerald from Sony Ericsson will be demonstrating the P800 SuperPhone (http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/sony/p800/index.html) at tonight's WAMUG meeting. There will also be a demo using Sony Ericsson's phones with Apple's iSync software. Additionally, just by turning up to the meeting, members have a chance to win a brand new SonyEricsson T39 ($595 on the Zytech website or Scott from Zytech will sell you his for even less at the meeting!!), which supports both Bluetooth technology and Apple's iSync. The details of where and when are on the WAMUG web site... http://www.wamug.org.au As a special offer Zytech is giving away FREE mobile phone HandStands - these are the outstretched hand that cradles your mobile and flashes bright lights when the mobile phone rings (even in silent mode) you know the ones. Anyway order any Phone, Communications or Bluetooth product (including our $89 USB Bluetooth adapter) at the WAMUG meeting or on the website this week and we'll give you a FREE flashing HandStand - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/index.html There's also advance notice of Sony Ericsson's new, very cool HBH-60 Bluetooth headset - these will be on the website next week and we should have initial stock of this item within 2 weeks. Price is $385. If you don't have a Bluetooth phone (yet) and are feeling a little left out we are evaluating a new Bluetooth (wireless) hands-free headset that works with ALL mobile phones yes that's right standard mobile phones! More news on this soon. For those interested in more info on the P800 SuperPhone, Sony Ericsson have announced ... Remote Control, a new application for the P800 that allows users to connect to a home or office PC over the Internet from any location and via any type of connection -- modem, mobile phone or wireless. You can then fetch documents, read e-mail, and so on and can even check on the status of and control Web servers. It is a micro application that installs on the P800, enabling its users to access data on a remote computer in real-time, for example, to read and send e-mail, edit an Excel file, or even reboot a PC. Although it is very powerful, Remote Control puts no demands on the memory of the P800. The user needs only establish a connection and navigate, via the Internet browser on the P800, to his or her PC. Remote Control gives the user full control of the mouse, keyboard, and special key sequences. And for those interested in developing software for the P800 - Symbian OS v7.0 UIQ SDK for Sony Ericsson P800/802 phones (PRE RELEASE) Use the UIQ SDK to build applications for the Sony Ericsson P800/P802 phones. The SDK contains library files, documentation, sample code, tools and utilities for building P800 applications in C++ and for creating installation files of C++ and Personal Java applications. It also includes a UIQ emulator, which requires CodeWarrior Development Studio for Symbian OS to run C++ applications. http://www.ericsson.com/mobilityworld/sub/open/technologies/epoc/tools/7 _uiq Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: RAM/Bluetooth
As predicted DDR RAM pricing has shot up in the last week with most of our prices going up around 40%. The same tip predicted other RAM to increase at the end of this month. Currently our G4 400+ 512MB RAM is $139 but tonight will be increasing by 10% (you'll need to order today to avoid the price rise) all our current pricing is at - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/index.html Our USB Bluetooth adapters are in stock and the price has dropped to $89 - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/usb/index.html We have also dropped pricing on our RAMdrives, the tiny, portable solid state drives (128MB is now just $129 !!) - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html And lastly some remnants from last week and some others we missed including . all on a first-in basis - FireWire MemoryStick or SmartMedia card readers $99 http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/firewire/index.html 32MB Multimedia card $39 http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/flashmemory/Ridata/MM/index.html 64MB Compact Flash card $59 http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/flashmemory/Ridata/CF/index.html USB Compact Flash card reader/writer $29 http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/usb/CF/index.html Philips Fisio 120 mobile phone $159 Siemens A40 mobile phone $155 http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/index.html Just insert WAMUG offer in the special comments section at checkout to be billed these exclusive maill list prices. These items can be ordered by return email - Dual Compact Flash Smart Media USB reader/writer $35 USB 2.0 PCI 4 port card $49 USB 2.0 2.5 drive case $59 Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Zytech specials
We haven't had a memory update for a while so here goes - DDR (the RAM used in most of the latest desktop CPU's) prices are up with increased demand from China and major fabricators are continuing to struggle to meet demand. We've just had a forecast that standard SDRAM (the memory used by most everybody else) is likely to rise towards the end of October. Generally most RAM has decreased steadily over the last few months but it looks to have plateaued over the past few weeks. Overall RAM pricing is as steady as we have seen it over the last 12 months but there is this prediction from suppliers of price rises. Probably the best bet is with the local bookie! http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html We have our Sony Ericsson T39 Bluetooth phone (100% iSync compatible) demo for sale at the special, one-off price of $469, which is under our cost. This phone is about 4 weeks old and comes with the full factory 1 year warranty original packaging. Reply by email - ONE only first in. A number of people were on vacation last week so we are repeating the news of our introduction of the 2.5 fully portable FireStorm hard drive. The 20GB model is $349 and 40GB $475. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestorm/index.html We are also selling the FireStorm case on its own at an introductory price of JUST $115 (including GST). http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/enclosures/firestorm/index.html USB Bluetooth adapters are at - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/usb/index.html We now have a $69 USB/PS2 Microsoft Office keyboard for Mac or PC with numerous features and keyboard shortcuts, the Logitech cordless mouse for both Mac and PC at $55 and several other new USB devices at - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/ And last of all, we have a new 48/12/48 FireWire and USB 2.0 CD-ROM burner for just $367 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/24.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: FireStorm smashes 2.5 price barrier
In those famous words of Big Kev . I'm excited. This week we are proud to introduce FireStorm, the new brushed aluminium 2.5 hard drive that smashes all previous prices barriers. For a long time now almost everyone has appreciated the desirability of having a tiny, totally portable, bus-powered hard drive but were put off by the premium price of this technology. For the remainder of October we are offering introductory pricing on the FireStorm 2.5 of $349 for 20GB and $475 for 40GB. Don't climb under a desk looking for a power plug ever again !! You can take a look at this premium quality, new product at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestorm/index.html We are also selling the FireStorm case on its own at an introductory price of JUST $115 !!! Yes that includes GST. http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/enclosures/firestorm/index.html All our new phones are on the website including Nokia's new 7650 phone/PDA/camera and the upcoming SuperPhone, the Sony Ericsson P800. The P800 will redefine mobile computing and phone technology and already we have firm orders for this absolutely brilliant new phone - take a look, this is a milestone technology from the Sony Ericsson joint venture - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/sony/p800/index.html ... and we continue to hold ample stock of our USB Bluetooth adapters - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/usb/index.html Also on the site this week, the $69 USB/PS2 Microsoft Office keyboard for Mac or PC - numerous features and keyboard shortcuts - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/mskeyboard/index.html .. the Logitech cordless mouse for both Mac and PC at $55 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/logitechmouse/index.html or take a look at all our USB peripherals including the upmarket black Logitech Freedom cordless keyboard and cordless optical mouse bundle at http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/ And last of all, we have a new 48/12/48 FireWire and USB 2.0 CD-ROM burner for just $367 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cdrw/lacie/24.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: $399 80Gb FW drive
To kick off October we have the following special offer - Purchase either a 5-in-1 card reader http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/readers/usb/trislot/index.html OR a combo FireWire/USB (powered) hub http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/hubs/combohub.html and you can buy an 80GB Pyro FireWire hard drive for $399 (that's $50 off) - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/pyro/index.html This offer expires Saturday 5 October - sorry no extensions. Just insert WAMUG $50 off in the special comments section to receive the discount when we invoice your order. Remember we have USB Bluetooth adapters in stock (as well as Sony Ericsson phones) for those wishing to use Apple's brilliant iSync. Our Microsoft USB/PS2 optical wheel mice are still just $29 each. PC software ships with the mice and the driver for additional features on a Mac (the mice are plug'n'play otherwise) is at - http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=14205db=mac Some updates - RAM pricing seems to have finally stabilised and is now once more affordable. We are about to intro a $55 cordless mouse for both PC Mac, as well as a Microsoft USB/PS2 keyboard for both Mac PC for $69 and a 15 LCD monitor for both Mac PC for $899 - watch the site or send us an email if you are interested. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
[CommPost]: FireWire-Bluetooth specials
Our $529 40GB FireStar (2.5 FireWire drive) special will be finishing this week so if you'd like one of these great portable drives go to - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestar/firestar.html Bluetooth: We have both USB Bluetooth adapters and CF Bluetooth cards (for laptops) in stock right now. Both of these products are selling like hotcakes so order online whilst we have stock - http://www.zytech.com.au/bluetooth/usb/index.html http://www.zytech.com.au/bluetooth/cf/index.html We have one Sony Ericsson Bluetooth T39 mobile phone left in stock that we are clearing at $499 - first in by email gets it. We've had numerous enquiries on our Sony Ericsson T68 Bluetooth phone offer you can order by return email. Just to confirm; you get the phone a CommuniCam camera for $899 - or $565 below RRP - and the phone is ROM upgraded to the new T68i so it includes all the T68i features such as - · Multimedia Services (MMS) · Picture Album (My pictures) · Sound Browser (List of sounds stored in the phone, I.e. eMelodies, iMelodies and AMR files) · Picture CLI (Possible to associate a picture with a contact and display the picture upon incoming call) · Camera application with support for the CommuniCam MCA-20 · New games · Notes · Screensaver · New and more advanced ring melody composer · Text formatted SMS (Possible to add e.g. bold and italic text) · Customisable contacts (possible to select which information to see in a contact) · FirstName - LastName concept discarded. Only one name in phonebook · SMS chat · GPRS (p-channels) · JPEG support · Animated GIF support Also new into stock is a USB 2.0 40/12/40 LiteOn CD-ROM burner for $362 http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/cdrw/lacie/usb.html Lastly we've had significant price reductions on most RAM products. For example we have G4 iMac 512MB RAM for $279 - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html and FireWire/USB droid hub at below cost for $79 - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/hubs/combohub.html and yes our USB/PS2 Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse is still just $29 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/mouse/index.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
CommPost: Bluetooth intro $254 camera
$529 40GB FireStar portable 2.5 drive - The price differential between 3.5 and 2.5 is now its lowest ever. The 40GB FireStar is now only around $100 more than a 3.5 FireCube drive. I use one of these myself, having diced my external 3.5 drive. FireStar drives give you portability (they fit in a shirtpocket and require no mains power, cables or power supply), look great (the very cool see-through clear case with the dual intensity blue LED) and you can boot a computer from this drive. That means apart from holding your own backup files, you can run demos or repair another computer simply by plugging the FireStar into the FireWire port (it will power up and mount automatically), selecting it as the startup drive and restarting. I use it to maintain other computers and update software and you don't need to climb under a table to find a power point! Buy this for the new special price of $529 at - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/drives/firestar/firestar.html $254 1.3 megapixel digital camera - These are in stock now and are new from BenQ (which is the new name for Acer Multimedia) - order by return mail iBook laptop - We have just upgraded one of our iBooks so we have a white iBook 600/128/15G/DVD for sale. This machine is still under Apple warranty, complete with original manuals, software, etc - price is $2500 ONO - reply by email if you want this . first in, one only! *** BLUETOOTH PHONE SPECIALS *** To celebrate our introduction of Sony Ericsson phones and a swathe of new Bluetooth devices (hopefully all on the website next week) we are offering a Sony Ericsson T68 Bluetooth phone with CommuniCam camera for $899 - that's $565 (or 38.5%) below RRP. We also have VERY limited stocks of the SE Bluetooth T39 phone for $579. Order by return email. $20 OFF Droid FireWire/USB combo hub - We're overstocked on these so we are going to reduce stock by selling them below cost at $79. The droid hub gives you 3 x FireWire outlets and 4 x USB outlets. As this is a powered hub you can plug in any FireWire or USB peripheral. Buy online at - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/hubs/combohub.html $499 600dpi duplexing laser printer - Panasonic KX-P7100 BW Laser Printer with auto duplex (prints both sides), 14ppm, 600x600 dpi, parralel or USB interface, 2MB RAM, 250 sheet media tray + manual feed, drivers for Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT 4.0/XP, 12 months return to base warranty, 254mm H, 399mm W, 390mm D, 10kg - while stocks last at $499 ... return email if you want one of these. Quick Memory update - RAM prices seem to have finally (generally) stabilised although there is still erratic small price movements up and down each week check all the latest RAM pricing (including DDR RAM) at - http://www.zytech.com.au/memory/ram.html Apologies to the people who have received this mailer twice but there have been substantial problems on the Telstra ADSL network. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08-9791 5556 Fax: 08-9791 5900 http://www.zytech.com.au All pricing includes GST If you do not wish to receive this mail update please reply and place UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject title
