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From: ddp+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Drew Daniel Perkins)
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Subject: Re: Query on Western Digital cards
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Date: 9 Oct 89 06:12:57 GMT
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At Interop, Western Digital was displaying their new boards.  They have
a new rev of their 8-bit board the WD8003EBT (I think that's the right
number).  They redesigned the board with an ASIC (or two).  If I
remember right, there are only about 5 chips (ASIC, NatSemi chips and
RAM)!  I heard that the board was selling for $80 in quantity.  I'll bet
we start seeing them sell for < $125 pretty soon...

Drew