ecn-ec:malcolm@pur-ee.UUCP (08/12/83)
#N:ecn-ec:6700015:000:475 ecn-ec!malcolm Aug 11 11:41:00 1983 This weeks issue of Electronics Magazine has an article about the new CHEAP 1200 modems that are starting to come out. They said that the only things that are available are a $200 evaluation board from Cermatek and a chip set from Exar that lets you put a modem together for under $100. (The chips for the Exar modem cost $53 in quantitiy 10K.) Everybody predicted that the prices will come down even further in the near future. Malcolm Slaney Purdue EE Dept.
MCMANIS@usc-eclc@sri-unix.UUCP (08/20/83)
From: Chuck McManis <MCMANIS@usc-eclc> In the current issuse of byte is an add for an Exar evaluation board with all necessary chips for "less than half the cost of other 1200 Baud modems." Question : Has anyone confirmed or denied this and if so have they come up with a more specific price? I have been looking forward to the chips and have listened to the past 9 months to salesman telling me that the $150 1200 baud modem will be out for christmas. I don't know who to believe. --Chuck -------