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Natalie Hill Dane-Elec Natalie@dane-memory.com Tel: (949) 450-2945 Fax: (949) 450-9345

DANE-ELEC, WORLDWIDE MEMORY MANUFACTURER NOW OFFERS 256MB COMPACTFLASH™ MEMORY CARD

Irvine, CA., November 7, 2000 -- Dane-Elec Corp. today announced the availability of 256MB CompactFlash™ memory card. Ideal for portable music players, smart phones and digital cameras, CompactFlash™ cards are available in 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 96MB, 128MB, 192MB and 256MB. Dane-Elec’s new 256MB CompactFlash™ Type I card uses Dane-Elec’s proprietary Stacking Technology.

Applications suitable for the Type I card include Digital Still Cameras, MP3 players, hand-held computers, and other portable devices. OEMs like Canon, RCA, Olympus and others have already begun to incorporate the Type I CompactFlash™ slot into their devices or offer other unique designs like a SmartMedia and CompactFlash™ slot in the same device.

The CompactFlash™ card is a very small removable mass storage device that is 3.3mm thick and has 50 pins. They provide complete PCMCIA-ATA functionality and compatibility plus true IDE functionality compatible with ATA/ATAPI-4. The CompactFlash™ card can easily be slipped into a Type I adapter and USB card reader. CompactFlash™ features the latest in high-density technology and has a life-time warranty.

"The 256 MB CompactFlash card is the highest capacity currently available in Type I. Dane-Elec will continue to expand its flash memory line to support the storage needs of today's high-resolution multi megapixel digital cameras as well as the increasing number of MP3 players and personal digital devices in the market," said John Kauppinen, Dane-Elec’s Nonvolatile Memory Manager.

About Dane-Elec
Dane-Elec Corporation is a worldwide memory manufacturer, founded in 1985 in France by David Haccoun and Nessim Bodock. Dane-Elec Memory is a publicly traded company headquartered in Paris, France (SICOVAM 3677) with offices in the US, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. With annual sales exceeding $300 million in sales and over 3,500 products, Dane-Elec’s mission is to provide high performance memory upgrades for desktop, PC, laptops, digital cameras and other electronic devices. For more information about Dane-Elec please call (888) 451-3263, or visit http://www.dane-memory.com.

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