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From: joemu@nscpdc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: ICM 3216
Message-ID: <839@nscpdc.NSC.COM>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 14:36:29 EST
Article-I.D.: nscpdc.839
Posted: Wed Mar 25 14:36:29 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 07:18:08 EST
References: <1775@a.cs.okstate.edu>
Organization: National Semiconductor, Portland Development Center, Portland, OR
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Summary: "unofficial" national reply

In article <1775@a.cs.okstate.edu>, rjs@a.cs.okstate.edu (Roland Stolfa) writes:
> About a year ago, several gentlemen from National Semi. came to Oklahoma
> State University with a fairly impressive little machine.  It was a then
> new card set called a "ICM 3216". ...

> My question to the net is, has anyone other than me, heard of this little
> beastie?  Even more interesting is what is its current status now that
> National has killed the 320XX series?

I have been working on the ICM series of board level products for over two
years now. The ICM3216 is alive and well and shipping. It runs system V.2,
it will run V.3, and will have networking capabilities very soon. It's
definitely NOT dead.

You need to be more careful about how you word your questions. Your statement
that National has canceled the 320XX series has our phones ringing off the
hooks. The ICM32032 product was canceled, NOT THE 320XX chip series.

Now for the good news, the ICM32032 product was canceled because the 32332 chip
became available within the timeframe to incorporate it into our second
generation product. Instead of building boards based on both chips (and delaying
the 332 based product), we decided to go directly to the higher performance of
the 32332. The result is the ICM332-1 product that we have already announced and
will be shipping as soon as our QA department has blessed it.

I've tried not to sound too much like a commercial, if you have questions about
our current or future plans, (please) contact one of our sales staff.

						Joe Mueller
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