JAJZ801@calstate.bitnet (10/10/90)
Thanks, to several people, for referral to the RS device (if you made a direct message to me and havent gotten a reply, it's because my replies bounced back with your From address). I hopped over the nearest RS store (across the street !) and lo and behold, they had it as a 'managers special' (i.e. unadvertised) for $79.99, down from $ 99.99. I checked the latest catalog and couldn't find it listed there. Based upon some past experience with another phone attachment (43-233, Multiline controller for 1A2 system), this suggests it is being removed from the market and they are starting to clear stocks. Will probably wait a while and see how far it comes down - the controllers got down to 25% of original price, the last time I was able to find one anywhere. Jeff Sicherman
stanley@fozzie.pheonix.com (John Stanley) (10/12/90)
JAJZ801@calstate.bitnet writes: > I hopped over the nearest RS store (across the street !) and lo and > behold, they had it as a 'managers special' (i.e. unadvertised) for > $79.99, down from $ 99.99. I checked the latest catalog and couldn't > find it listed there. Based upon some past experience with another > phone attachment (43-233, Multiline controller for 1A2 system), this > suggests it is being removed from the market and they are starting to > clear stocks. Will probably wait a while and see how far it comes down If this is the device I think it is, it was removed from this area many months ago. The story I got from the RS salesman was that this thing has a single chip controller that is prone to die and the only way to fix it is to replace the entire unit. I haven't seen one lately, though I haven't been looking. He didn't have any, nor did anybody else in the area. They were going for 50% or less. I also seem to remember that I first heard about this box from TELECOM Digest, but I don't have the archives to check. It might have been a different news group altogether.