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To: Scrapps who wrote (12589)	2/9/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22053

>>The RCDL56ACL chipset for desktop systems and the RC56CSM chipset for central-site modem equipment are both priced at $42.50 per unit. Does anyone know if this is the same 56k chipset they were already selling, with new code?

To: Scrapps who wrote (12589)	2/9/1998 7:04:00 PM
From: Dick Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Cheap chips ship.... Scrapps posted a Rockwell press release: "Rockwell Semiconductor Systems Ships V.90-Based 56K BPS Modem Chipsets" Looks like the same chips which they were shipping before, so it's just the coding change. Also, note that these chips are shipping to Rockwell's customers who still have to integrate them into their end product. Of course, those same customers can presumably download the new code, and load it into their old chips sitting in the inventory channel. I haven't succeeded in finding it, but don't I remember another Rockwell press release sometime last week warning about the dangers of shipping V.90 without complete compatibility testing? Wasn't that Rockwell, the same company who wasn't doing interoperability testing with COMS and LU? Or do I mis-remember.... Hmmm.... $42.50 in OEM quantity (presumably 10K or even 100K units). That gives you a pretty good limit on the margin that a Rockwell integrator (say, ZOOM or DIMD or BOCA) can make on their modems, doesn't it. Dick