News from B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company 707 Dayton Road P.O. Box 1040 Ottawa IL 61350 (815) 433-5100 FAX (815) 433-5109 For further information, contact: Ross Fosbender at B&B Electronics Manufacturing Co. (815) 433-5100 x241 e-mail: rfosbender@bb-elec.com March 24, 2004 For Immediate Release: Industrial Ethernet Highlights New Catalog from B&B Electronics Ottawa, IL – Give new life to that row of old serial ported machines by connecting them to your Ethernet LAN! A new 4-port Serial Server is just one product introduced in a new color catalog from B&B Electronics. Each port can link one those serial ported machines transparently to any PC connected to the LAN, directly or even by way of the Internet. Other new products in B&B Electronics’ Catalog 36 are an 8-port Layer 2 Industrial Ethernet Switch and several wireless solutions using 802.11 and Bluetooth. The 64-page book also shows an entire line of serial to fiber, Palm, PLC, USB, current loop, PCMCIA and other converters. You can keep data line equipment safe from harm with the optical isolators and surge protectors shown. For your copy of the new B&B Electronics catalog, e-mail catrqst@bb-elec.com, phone 815-433-5100 or write B&B Electronics Mfg. Co., 707 Dayton Rd., Ottawa, IL 61350. ---END---- Digital text and photos available at http://www.bb-elec.com/press_releases/catalog36.html