[Kantronics] Packet software for Kantronics KAM Plus

Thu, 13 Jun 2002 19:45:33 -0400

A MX-604 modem chip from MX-COM appears to be a functional equivalent to
the 3105 and I have heard that someone was been using it on a daughter
board to swap the pins around.  I have 4 of the chips myself but never
got around to trying them.

Burt VE2BMQ>>>

Deon Erwin wrote:
> 
> Hi Vic
> 
> I wonder what went wrong with your KAM?  Please let us know.
> 
> I received an informative reply from Kantronics' Vice President, following
> my recent enquiry about modem ICs.  I must add that an earlier enquiry, some
> months ago, went unanswered.
> 
> I asked Kantronics which IC one could use in the KAM and KPC-3 if the
> TCM-3105 modem IC fails.  Worldwide production of the TCM-3105 modem IC has
> ceased, leaving a lot of equipment without spares.  Kantronics expressed
> their concern about the demise of the IC and added that all their products
> which are based on the TCM-3105, are being redesigned.
> 
> Many manufacturers, such as PacComm and others, are in the same boat.
> 
> Does anyone know of a functional equivalent IC for the TCM-3105?  It does
> not have to be pin compatible, I can make a piggyback circuit board to fit
> the present IC socket.
> 
> Regards
> Deon ZR1DQ
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vic Culver <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kantronics] Packet software for Kantronics KAM Plus
> 
> | Jonathan, if you ever find some things that works well perhaps you would
> | share the information with me (or the list).  I understand your reluctance
> | to pay the big bucks to register their software, as I'm feeling very
> | uncharitable toward Kantronics after sinking big bucks into their KAM and
> | then the PLUS upgrade, only to find that they can't or won't support the
> KAM
> | boards if they should go belly up, as mine seems to have done.  I feel as
> if
> | a fraud has been perpetrated against me, but then, I guess in business
> today
> | nobody has to be responsible for anything they do.  I may find a unit
> | someday that somebody doesn't want and maybe I can patch things up that
> way.
> 
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