Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bionet!agate!ucbvax!ucdavis!iris!zerkle From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Telebit and Amigas Keywords: modems, Supra, 9600 Message-ID: <8174@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 16 Jan 91 04:04:16 GMT References: <518@pallas.athenanet.com> Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) Distribution: comp Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lines: 33 In article <518@pallas.athenanet.com> wally@pallas.UUCP (Wally Hartshorn) writes: >I've been told that Supra will soon be coming out with a 9600 baud modem that >supports V.32, as well as V.42bis (I think). I think the release is supposed >to be 1st quarter '91, but I've also heard they've had problems with the ROMs, >so that might get pushed back. (Any Supra reps reading this?) I also seem to >recall hearing that the list price was going to be $600-$700, but I'm not sure >if my memory is correct. I just got off the phone with Supra, as I was plugging around looking for companies to make announcements. Expect to see an announcement from those folks about modems within the next couple of weeks. BTW, Supra has been talking about their new modem called the Supramodem 2400 plus for awhile. This is a V.42bis modem, so if it is talking to another one, it can get throughput of 9600 bps if the compression works right. Ads put the list price of this guy at $199.95. However, they had major difficulties with a chip set supplier, so this thing has been delayed forever. When will it be out? The person on the phone says that they sent the manuals to the printer, and can start shipping once that works out. You should be able to get this thing soon. You'll see it announced first on .announce. Also, I was very impressed by the way she actually knew about Usenet. On most of these calls, I had to muck around trying to get a public information or marketing exec, then explain what a Usenet is and that I wasn't trying to sell them anything. They all did seem to understand me better when I said that they could get to 50,000 Amiga users for free. Anyway, it seems that several of the people working at Supra actually have access to Usenet, and read it daily. Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.