300-9600-38,400 bps MODEM at 2400 bps PRICE $169...INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE! 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. 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: "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." 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. 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. 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. Compatibility and Cost 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. 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. COMPUCOM SPEEDMODEM...THE AFFORDABLE HIGH SPEED MODEM SPEEDMODEM CHAMP (tm) * 300 to 9600 bps true raw speed * CompuCom Speed Protocol, CSP-3, throughput up to 38,400bps * MNP 5 at data speeds of 300-4800 bps * $169...unprecented performance to price ratio * Dynamic Impedance Stabilization, (DIS), for noisy telephone lines * IBM internal card supports 8 COM port addresses and 5 interrupts * Made in America * Five year warranty * 30 Day money back trial. Additional features offered by the SPEEDMODEM COMBO (tm) * All of the Features of the Champ PLUS: * Full featured 9600-bps send/receive Fax with background operation * Voice mail low cost upgrade available July 1991. Upgrade is with- out cost on orders placed before April 30. * Only $279 Call CompuCom at 1-800-ACT ON IT for Details ! CompuCom Corp. 1180-J MiraLoma Way, Sunnyvale, CA. 94086 (408) 732-4500 (408) 732-4570 {FAX}, (408) 738-4990 {BBS}, (800) 228-6648 {Toll Free-Voice}