Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!spool.mu.edu!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!declan From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Telecommunications package Keywords: modem Message-ID: Date: 27 Feb 91 23:04:50 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 24 Lately, I've been working closely with a (primarily Macintosh) company which has recently expressed an interest in developing products for the NeXT. The product I'm thinking of will be a telecommunications package deal: a V.32/V.42/V.42bis modem with full 9600 bps fax capabilities and some bundled software. What software? How about a nice, small modem program similar (but better) $-) than Communicae, and also some user-friendly UUCP-installation software. Would there be enough interest in this package, at a list price of about $800 or so? Or would there be interest in the software alone? Would the modem program be useful, or are people satisfied with tip and Communicae? Would the UUCP-installer be necessary, or would most people rather do it themselves? Perhaps this post is a bit out of place here, but I'd like to see what kind of market there is... If this company does move their modem over to the NeXT, the rest of their product line will follow - and certain other companies will do the same. And that, IMHO, is A Good Thing for the NeXT community. -Declan / declan@remus.rutgers.edu