15 Jun
2004
15 Jun
'04
11:48 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rob O'Donnell
Sent: 15 June 2004 17:29
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: What is this??? - Update
Prism, incidentally, manufactured the standalone
modems, and
an integrated modem/interface/software box for the ZX
Spectrum, and then promptly went out of business. Micronet
bought up all the stock, untested, and was therefore able to
give them away free if you subscribed. The number we got
back as faulty was amazing .... we didn't even check them
when someone returned one, just sent out another.. It was
not uncommon for people to get two or three faulty ones in a row....
This is because the caps on the power input line failed; it was the most
common death of Prism VTX 5000 modems, and people who still want one can
have one new in the box because they're still available for about ukp15 with
the same faults they had back then :)
Cheers
w