WICHITA, KS - October 29, 2003 - WiebeTech introduces three new FireWire-800/USB2 storage product lines, including a new FireWire 800 fanless desktop storage enclosure, a removable drive desktop storage system with single or dual bays, and a plug-and-play hot swappable dual drive FireWire 800 hardware based RAID. WiebeTech also cuts prices on select existing FireWire 400 products.

Customer shipments begin the first week of November. Check Web site for latest shipping information.

The new DesktopGB+800TM provides dual FireWire 800 ports (400 compatible) and a USB 2.0 port utilizing WiebeTech's popular DesktopGB fanless enclosure. It provides transfer rates of approximately 50MB per second and is an excellent choice for anyone requiring high speed external storage. More product information can be found at http://www.wiebetech.com/products/desktopgb800.html

The BayDock 800TM, a storage system utilizing removable trays, will be available in single and dual bay configurations. The dual bay configuration is available with individual FireWire 800 bridge boards for each bay. As a result, multimedia professionals will easily configure soft RAIDs providing read performance in excess of 80 MB per second at an economical price. More product information can be found at http://www.wiebetech.com/products/Baydock800.html

[Prices on existing FireWire 400 BayDock configurations have been substantially reduced, providing a new level of value for users who want inexpensive and versatile user configurable external storage.]

WiebeTech's new RaidTECHTM provides hot swappable dual drive bays in a hard raid that is plug-and-play on most recent operating systems, including Windows XP, Mac OS 9.1 and higher, in addition to Linux. RaidTECH has FireWire 800 and also includes a USB2 port.

RaidTECH may be set as RAID 0 (striped) or RAID 1 (mirrored) by switch selection. It will be a valuable product to users who want an automatic, hot swappable, rebuildable storage device that is also extremely fast. It provides a far greater level of backup security because the backup is continuous and redundant. More product information can be found at http://www.wiebetech.com/products/RAIDTech800.html

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Product // Order Code // Price // Availability

DesktopGB+800 with daisy chainable FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports, fanless.

No drive installed // DP8-0 // $159.95 // Nov. 12
- with 80GB drive // DP8-80 // $239.95 // Nov. 12
- with 120GB / 2mb cache // DP8-120/2 // $259.95 // Nov. 12
- with 120GB / 8mb cache // DP8-120/8 // $279.95 // Nov. 12
- with 180GB // DP8-180 // $339.95 // Nov. 12
- with 200GB // DP8-200 // $379.95 // Nov. 12
- with 250GB // DP8-250 // $479.95 // Nov. 12
- with 300GB // DP8-300 // $579.95 // Nov. 12


Single BayDock 800 with daisy chainable FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports and hot swappable single bay including intelligent drive display.

No drive installed // SBD8-0 // $199.95 // Nov. 6
- with 120GB drive // SBD8-120 // $349.95 // Nov. 6
- with 180GB // SBD8-180 // $429.95 // Nov. 6
- with 250GB // SBD8-250 // $569.95 // Nov. 6
- with 300GB // SBD8-300 // $669.95 // Nov. 6

Dual BayDock 800 with daisy chainable FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports and hot swappable single bay including intelligent drive display. One bridge board attaches to both drive bays. (Both drives will show up as separate drives on the desktop and may be soft raided.)

No drive installed // DBD8S-0 // $349.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 120GB drives // DBD8S-240 // $589.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 180GB drives // DBD8S-360 // $749.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 250GB drives // DBD8S-500 // $1029.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 300GB drives // DBD8S-600 // $1229.95 // Nov. 6

Dual BayDock 800 with daisy chainable FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports and hot swappable single bay including intelligent drive display. Two bridge boards are utilized with one for each bay. (Both drives will show up as separate drives on the desktop and may be soft raided. This configuration provides performance in excess of 80MB/sec.)

No drive installed // DBD8D-0 // $449.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 120GB drives // DBD8D-240 // $689.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 180GB drives // DBD8D-360 // $849.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 250GB drives // DBD8D-500 // $1129.95 // Nov. 6
- with two 300GB drives // DBD8D-600 // $1329.95 // Nov. 6

RaidTECH with daisy chainable FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ports, plug and play hard raid with hot swappable and support for RAID level 0/1 including rebuildability.

No drives installed // RT8-0 // $599.95 // Nov. 6
- with dual 120GB drives // RT8-240 // $839.95 // Nov. 6
- with dual 180GB drives // RT8-360 // $999.95 // Nov. 6
- with dual 250GB drives // RT8-500 // $1279.95 // Nov. 6

PRICE REDUCTIONS FOLLOW:

Product // Order code // New Price // Old Price // Availability

PRICE REDUCTION: Single FireWire 400 BayDock

No drive installed // SBD-0 // $139.95 // $179.95 // Stock
- with 120GB drive // SBD-120 // $259.95 // $299.95 // Stock
- with 180GB // SBD-180 // $339.95 // $379.95 // Stock
- with 250GB // SBD-250 // $479.95 // $519.95 // Stock
- with 300GB // SBD-300 // $579.95 // $619.95 // Stock

Product // Order code // New Price // Old Price // Availability

PRICE REDUCTION: Dual FireWire 400 BayDock

No drive installed // DBD-0 // $279.95 // $379.95 // Stock
- with dual 120GB drives // DBD-240 // $519.95 // $619.95 // Stock
- with dual 180GB drives // DBD-360 // $679.95 // $779.95 // Stock
- with dual 250GB drives // DBD-500 // $959.95 // $1059.95 // Stock
- with dual 300GB drives // DBD-600 // $1159.95 // $1259.95 // Stock

Product // Order code // New Price // Old Price // Availability

PRICE REDUCTION: Quad FireWire 400 BayDock

No drive installed // QBD-0 // $599.95 // $759.95 // Stock
- with quad 120GB drives // QBD-480 // $1079.95 // $1239.95 // Stock
- with quad 180GB drives // QBD-720 // $1399.95 // $1559.95 // Stock
- with quad 250GB drives // QBD-1TB // $1959.95 // $2119.95 // Stock
- with quad 300GB drives // QBD-1.2TB // $2359.95 // $2519.95 // Stock

Dealers may purchase WiebeTech products from WiebeTech's distributor, www.drbott.com. End users may purchase from www.pcmall.com, or www.macmall.com. Government customers are encouraged to purchase from www.pcmallgov.com. Canadian resellers may purchase WiebeTech products from EMJ (www.emj.ca) All configurations are also available directly from www.wiebetech.com.

About WiebeTech

WiebeTech LLC was founded in July 2000 by James Wiebe and is focused on delivering the very finest storage technology for personal computing.

Note: DesktopGB+800, BayDock 800 and RaidTECH are trademarks of WiebeTech LLC. Other marks are trademarks of their respective owners. All specifications and pricing are subject to change without notice.