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To: David Lawrence who wrote (11795)	1/20/1998 8:13:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

3COM Selects Teradyne Analog Measurement Instrument for Circuit-Board Test 09:14 a.m. Jan 19, 1998 Eastern The 30 Z1890 test systems installed at 3COM's IL facility are used for testing complex boards found in analog modems. Randy Bird, 3COM's In-Circuit Test Manager, said, "In our high volume production environment, we're constantly looking for ways to save time on our testing stage. With the PRISM-Z modules, we achieve an increase in throughput and accuracy in testing small value capacitors. The modules allow us to reduce test times by over 40% and increase the measuring accuracy of our components. As a result, we've been able to increase our manufacturing capacity." guide-p.infoseek.com BTW, have you seen any Hayes modems on the shelves? I haven't. David, haven't been to stores for 4 months. At that time Best Buy and Sam's Club did not have HAYZy products, but were selling USRX. o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (11795)	1/20/1998 8:48:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

PC HEAVYWEIGHTS REPORTEDLY JOINING FORCES IN ULTRAFAST MODEMS NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Three of the largest computer companies in the U.S. are teaming up with a telecommunications giant to make fast-speed modems widely available by Christmas, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Compaq Computer Corp. (CPQ), Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will announce the venture at a communications conference in Washington next week, the newspaper said, citing executives involved in the alliance. They have met with the GTE Corp. (GTE) and four or five Baby Bells to agree on technical standards. Bell Atlantic (BEL) is said to be the only major regional phone company to opt out of the project. The new modems, which would run at speeds up to 30 times faster than existing popular models, would plug into normal telephone lines but remain connected to outside telephone lines at all times without the need to dial a service provider, the Times reported. o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (11795)	1/20/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

GA-GA OVER GIGABIT ETHERNET The sale Wednesday of Sunnyvale's Yago Systems Inc. leaves three prominent independent Silicon Valley start-ups in the hot field for gigabit ethernet switching, considered the next promising area for big networking companies. Cabletron Systems Inc. (NYSE, CS) will buy the 75 percent of Yago it didn't already own. Bay Networks Inc.(NYSE, BAY), Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq, CSCO) and Lucent Technologies Inc.(NYSE, LU) all have made similar acquisitions. That leaves only 3Com Corp. (Nasdaq, COMS) and perhaps IBM, (NYSE, IBM) Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq, SUNW) and Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE, CPQ) as likely acquirers of what's left. These include three area start-ups: Extreme Networks in Cupertino, Foundry Networks in Sunnyvale and Berkeley Systems in San Jose. o~~~ O