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- 300-9600-38,400 bps MODEM at 2400 bps PRICE
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- $169...INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE!
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- CompuCom Corporation announces the SpeedModem(tm) Champ(tm) 9600 bps modem at
- the incredibly low price of $169. The Champ's raw speed is 300-9600 bps and it
- features data compression throughput up to 38,400 bps! The Champ is comparable
- in performance to v.32/v.42bis modems. These modems typically cost $500+ on the
- low end and range well above $1000. The Champ also has a big brother with
- send/receive fax capability and voice mail upgrade. It provides total
- communications capability on one very economical card. It costs only $279;
- there is nothing like it at any cost.
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- Although 9600 bps modems have been available for a number of years, only a few
- percent of the modems in use today operate at this speed. Their cost is
- prohibitive to the average PC user. CompuCom has changed that. They are
- making high speed modems affordable to ALL, not just the few percent who can
- afford them. The SpeedModem is a technology-price breakthrough. It is like
- buying a 2400 bps modem and getting 9600 bps FREE! Or, as one customer said,
- "buying a Ford and getting Ferrari performance". Bob Mahoney of EXEC PC sums
- it up:
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- "The CompuCom SpeedModem provides all the utility of a high quality
- 2400bps MNP5 modem, but it gives 9600bps in the package. With that it
- is priced below most modems that offer only the 2400bps (MNP) speed...
- Instead of buying a modem like that for $169, why don't they buy a
- real 9600bps that also does a good job at 2400bps MNP5? The
- SpeedModem is such a modem."
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- The SpeedModem is compatible with all modems up through 2400 bps and MNP5. At
- 9600 bps or higher it is similar to other popular modems (e.g. HST); it will
- communicate only with one of its own kind. However, at costs competitive with
- 2400 bps modems it's still big plus, there isn't a downside. (See compatibility
- and cost.) As a general purpose modem it provides more bang for the buck than
- anything else. The SpeedModem is by far the most cost effective choice for high
- speed remote computer operation or communications within organizations. It is
- also catching on in among Bulletin Board Systems, BBS.
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- BBS System Operators (sysops) strive to achieve the broadest possible
- constituency for their service. Thus many multiline BBSs support more than one
- high speed modem type. Even so, 90% of their users still call in at 2400 bps.
- They are stuck at 2400 because they can't afford high speed modems. Sysops are
- beginning to realize that the SpeedModem is the only opportunity for most of
- their users to join the ranks of the high speed Top Guns. Thus they are adding
- it to their service. Although the SpeedModem has been in production only a
- short time, over 200 BBSs are online including EXEC PC, the largest direct
- connect BBS in the US. They have over 160 incoming phone lines. Presently
- BBSs in more than 20 countries support the SpeedModem.
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- One nationwide communications network (now in formation) has chosen the
- SpeedModem as their primary modem. They intend to provide long distance
- communications for the SpeedModem at rates of only a fraction of conventional
- long distance rates. They feel the SpeedModem will help them to achieve a
- large customer base. The SpeedModem is unique; it is an unprecedented
- communications value. It will become the de facto AFFORDABLE STANDARD for high
- speed modem communications.
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- Compatibility and Cost
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- CompuCom engineers were determined to design a low cost high performance modem.
- However, when they carefully examined the current modem technologies, they found
- that none was adequate to achieve this goal. Then they took a bold step--to
- go in a direction contrary to the industry trend, v.32 technology. The v.32
- standard originates from The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative
- Committee, CCITT. Unfortunately, the committee overlooked something
- important...YOU...the PC user. It was biased toward main frame, not PC
- communications, thus cost wasn't an issue. v.32 technology is intrinsically
- too costly to achieve the required performance/cost goal.
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- All high speed modems can communicate at 2400 bps, and many support MNP.
- However, there is no modem which can communicate at 9600 bps with all other
- 9600 bps modems. Of four high speed modem types selling today: US Robotics,
- HST, CompuCom, SpeedModem; Telebit, TrailBlazer; and Hayes et al.,v.32: NOT ONE
- of these modem types will communicate at 9600 bps with any other one! They
- must be the same kind. When purchasing a high speed modem one must consider
- both compatibility (with whom will one be communicating) and cost. The
- SpeedModems' low cost makes it an extremely attractive alternative to
- established high speed modem types for the majority of users. Thus it is
- expected to gather a wide base of support. Many services which support v.32
- modems will also likely support SpeedModems in the near future.
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- COMPUCOM SPEEDMODEM...THE AFFORDABLE HIGH SPEED MODEM
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- SPEEDMODEM CHAMP (tm)
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- * 300 to 9600 bps true raw speed
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- * CompuCom Speed Protocol, CSP-3, throughput up to 38,400bps
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- * MNP 5 at data speeds of 300-4800 bps
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- * $169...unprecented performance to price ratio
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- * Dynamic Impedance Stabilization, (DIS), for noisy telephone lines
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- * IBM internal card supports 8 COM port addresses and 5 interrupts
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- * Made in America
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- * Five year warranty
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- * 30 Day money back trial.
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- Additional features offered by the SPEEDMODEM COMBO (tm)
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- * All of the Features of the Champ PLUS:
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- * Full featured 9600-bps send/receive Fax with background operation
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- * Voice mail low cost upgrade available July 1991. Upgrade is with-
- out cost on orders placed before April 30.
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- * Only $279
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- Call CompuCom at 1-800-ACT ON IT for Details !
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- CompuCom Corp. 1180-J MiraLoma Way, Sunnyvale, CA. 94086 (408) 732-4500
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- (408) 732-4570 {FAX}, (408) 738-4990 {BBS}, (800) 228-6648 {Toll Free-Voice}
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