WDL Systems Distributes Controller for Plasma Display Technology

Pittsboro, NC – 15 May 2002 -- WDL Systems offers the PDP Box from JUMPtec Adastra (now known as Kontron) , a product specially designed to control wide screen plasma displays.

Flat plasma technology delivers excellent image quality, viewable in even the brightest environment from an exceptionally broad angle -- over 160 degrees.

Designed to mount on the back of a plasma display panel, the PDP Box is packaged in a black metal cover that is ideal for information kiosks and multimedia applications. It is powered by a Pentium III 700 MHz processor integrated with a 128-bit 2D/3D graphics controller and hardware accelerated DVD/MPEG2 decoding.

The PDP Box also features 128MB or 256MB SDRAM, a 20GB harddrive, an optional DVD/CD-ROM drive, a parallel port, 2 serial ports, 10/100Base-T Ethernet, 2 USB channels, and Sound Blaster 16 sound. All connectors for I/O are available, and the box features an integrated power supply.

The PDP Box was developed by INSIDE Technology, which is now part of JUMPtec Adastra.

EMJ Vice President Mark Estill says, “With flat panel plasma displays, you get perfect images that are easily viewable from a broad angle, in a display that is less than six inches thick. And with our PDP Box, you control the myriad of uses for this revolutionary technology. This is a great addition to the comprehensive inventory of embedded products that EMJ provides.”

ABOUT KONTRON TECHNOLOGY
Kontron is a leading global embedded computer technology company. Kontron supplies a diversified customer base of OEMs, system integrators and application providers in the communications, automation, transportation, medical, military, aerospace, and test and measurement markets. The company helps its customers to considerably reduce their time-to-market and to gain a competitive advantage with products including high-performance open computer platforms and systems, single-board computers, man-machine interfaces and mobile computers. Kontron employs over 1100 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. The company is listed on the German TecDAX 30 stock exchange under the symbol "KBC".

For additional information on Kontron, please visit our vendor page or www.kontron.com.

ABOUT WDL Systems
WDL Systems, a division of EMJ America Inc., distributes a full line of single board computers, CompactPCI solutions, Flash solutions, PC Card disk drives, PC Card readers, PC/104 add-on cards, PC/104 peripherals, displays, software and enclosures. EMJ is a publicly traded company with revenues of $150 million and can be found on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol EMJ.