Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3252 comp.misc:12713 comp.dcom.modems:10044 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!caen!math.lsa.umich.edu!sharkey!rjf001!mudos!mju From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.misc,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: hayes lawsuit Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 05:48:02 GMT References: <5002@orbit.cts.com> Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, +1 313 665 2832 Lines: 22 kurt@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kurt Sletterdahl) writes: > product by Japan.) Does Everex, for example, do much more than to cost > effectively assemble parts that were invented elsewhere? Um, Everex is a U.S. company based in California. And yes, they do more than assemble parts invented elsewhere -- they design and manufacture their own motherboards and some of their expansion cards and peripherals; other expansion cards and peripherals are OEM'd from another manufacturer. (They use Seagate hard drives and Wangtek tape drives, for example.) However, if you look at an Everex STEP computer, you'll certainly find more than just a "Joe's Garage" clone. I think their modems are based on the Rockwell chipset, though. (As are just about every other clone modem. The Practical Peripherals modems, interestingly enough, use the Rockwell chipset [at least in the 2400bps and 9600bps modems], even though PPI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hayes. Hmm...) -- Marc Unangst | mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | "Bus error: passengers dumped" ...!hela!mudos!mju |