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From: bruce@ccavax.camb.com
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Intel V.32 -- no big deal
Message-ID: <32173.26e9369b@ccavax.camb.com>
Date: 8 Sep 90 18:21:15 EDT
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Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc.
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In article <26E7AC7C.39F@tct.uucp>, chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> According to CSP1DWD@OAC.UCLA.EDU (Denis DeLaRoca  825-4580, 213):
>> INTEL INTRODUCES $799 PLUG & PLAY 9600BPS MODEM WITH
>> V.32, V.42bis COMPATIBILITY, UP TO 38K THROUGHPUT
> 
> That's great if you only need V.32.  But the Trailblazer+ is about the
> same price, and it does 14kbps without compression.

But not both directions at once...

The real thing that seems to be driving down vanilla v.32 pricing is 
v.32bis which does 14.4 full duplex before any compression or anything.

Add v.42bis, and you need 38.4 interface to get all you paid for.

V.32bis + v.42bis + Group 3 FAX support to 9.6 w/ MSDOS PC S/W can 
ALL be had from DSI and maybe others for under $1k list, and NOONE should
ever pay list for modems.

Curiously, though DSI is the OEM making the AT&T-Paradyne v.32 (the color 
ONLY is different) I don't think Paradyne is going to offer the v.32bis 
version yet.

The modem uses DSP, and so you can buy it cheaper as a dumb old v.32 + v.42,
and (with the newer ECO boards about to be available) the upgrade is simply
new microcode to get v.32bis + v.42bis + G3 FAX. The upgrade pkg is ~$200.
The basic modem is 795.