rjk@mgweed.UUCP (Randy King) (05/20/85)
<><><> The AT&T Telstar Call Control System is back and being sold by Jameco for $100 or two for $180. For newcomers, this was the beige kleenex box that does call screening, intercom, and tons of other goodies that any good fone freak would love to have. The problem now is that Jameco will most probably sell all of them and them come back to us with orders for another 30,000 of them. If interest warrants (esp. on the net groups) I will post a brief (!) synopsis of what Telstar CCS does. Jameco Electronics 1355 Shoreway Rd. Randy King Belmont, CA 94002 AT&T-CP@MG (415) 592-8097 ihnp4!mgweed!rjk
hbb@mtx5d.UUCP (H.B.Braude) (05/21/85)
An advertisement for the Telstar even appeared in the Wall Street
Journal on Monday, May 20, 1985. It was in the special Business
to Business section that appeared in that issue.
The Telstar was being sold by a firm called Gumas Brothers of 108
N. Adams St., West Chester, PA 19380. Their price was not nearly
as nice as that of the firm Randy mentioned - $189.95!! + $7.00
for shipping (regardless of quantity.)
I suppose they like to make their profit.
What I find even more curious about these advertisements is that
I was told by someone that worked on the Telstar project (who
shall remain nameless) that all of the remaining units were sent
to a landfill somewhere.
--
Harlan B. Braude
{most "backbone" sites}!mtx5d!hbbhoward@sfmag.UUCP (H.M.Moskovitz) (05/22/85)
> An advertisement for the Telstar even appeared in the Wall Street > Journal on Monday, May 20, 1985. It was in the special Business > to Business section that appeared in that issue. > > The Telstar was being sold by a firm called Gumas Brothers of 108 > N. Adams St., West Chester, PA 19380. Their price was not nearly > as nice as that of the firm Randy mentioned - $189.95!! + $7.00 > for shipping (regardless of quantity.) > In the last AT&T Consumer Product Employee Sale catalog (discount prices to AT&T employees), Telstar was being offered as a closeout for an INCREDIBLE $69.95!!!! Howard Moskovitz AT&T Info. Systems attunix!howard
wrc@mhuxl.UUCP (CLEGG) (05/24/85)
> > An advertisement for the Telstar even appeared in the Wall Street > > Journal on Monday, May 20, 1985. It was in the special Business > > to Business section that appeared in that issue. > > > > The Telstar was being sold by a firm called Gumas Brothers of 108 > > N. Adams St., West Chester, PA 19380. Their price was not nearly > > as nice as that of the firm Randy mentioned - $189.95!! + $7.00 > > for shipping (regardless of quantity.) > > > In the last AT&T Consumer Product Employee Sale catalog (discount > prices to AT&T employees), Telstar was being offered as a closeout > for an INCREDIBLE > $69.95!!!! > > Howard Moskovitz > AT&T Info. Systems > attunix!howard I was told that this item is no longer avaliable and has been sold out since last December.....So much for a good thing.
rjk@mgweed.UUCP (Randy King) (05/30/85)
<><><> >> What I find even more curious about these advertisements is that >> I was told by someone that worked on the Telstar project (who >> shall remain nameless) that all of the remaining units were sent >> to a landfill somewhere. You bet it's strange! Last thing I heard too was that all these units went to /dev/landfill at the end of the employee sale. I am surprised yet again to see another point of sale other than Jameco. I'm not a marketing type, so I just don't understand the failure to sell these things, but as a I-hate-ringing-phones type, I get the biggest charge out of NOT hearing about aluminum siding, water softeners, roto tillers or the policeman's ball anymore. It is truly a joy to hear my phone ring and know that I will know exactly who it is without uttering a word. Ahhhhhhh, the peace. Randy King AT&T-CP@MG ihnp4!mgweed!rjk
yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) (05/30/85)
In article <226@mhuxl.UUCP> wrc@mhuxl.UUCP (CLEGG) writes: >> > An advertisement for the Telstar even appeared in the Wall Street >> > Journal on Monday, May 20, 1985. It was in the special Business >> > >> > The Telstar was being sold by a firm called Gumas Brothers of 108 >> > >> In the last AT&T Consumer Product Employee Sale catalog (discount >> $69.95!!!! >> Howard Moskovitz > > I was told that this item is no longer avaliable and has been sold out >since last December.....So much for a good thing. > This system is on the front page of Jameco Electronics Spring Flyer. Price = $99.95 or 2/$179.95. The phone # is (415) 592-8097. Jameco is a mail-order house in Belmont, CA. They have always been a hardware hacker's outlet. Seems they're expanding their product offerings. (I think they liquidate a lot of stuff; this could be the fate of the Telstar.) -- Larry J. Huntley Burroughs -(B)- Corporation Advanced Systems Group MS-703 10850 Via Frontera San Diego, CA 92128 (619) 485-4544 -*- "Dear Friends, It's 'ORGAN LEROY' at his organ again." -*-