On Jan 29, 1997 at 10:29 hrs, Hamish Moffatt of 3:632/552 wrote to John Clarke:

Hello Hamish,

 HM> Hello John!

 HM> Monday January 27 1997 18:18, John Clarke wrote to Glen Collins:

>> The rack modems tend to be more expensive as well.  At one stage the
>> NetComm rack modems were about $900-1000 while the standalone M34F went 
>> for around $500-600.

 HM> Which is absurd given that the rack modem needs neither the standard 
 HM> power supply nor the standard case. And then NetComm wanted another 
 HM> small fortune for the rack unit to put the modems in, and the power 
 HM> supply (or two) to run them.

They're all tarred with that brush.  The Microcom costing was pretty heavy
but they had 2 modems per card.  I guess these are treated as professional
equipment and not consumer products hence the higher prices.

Regards ... John
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