Sinclair is manufacturing and delivering 16K RAMs in Europe in large quantities and ROMs may go into volume production within days, although first units will go to European customers. According to Nigel Searle of Sinclair, North American customers can expect to get RAMs sometime in March. “It could be that we’ll have RAMs and ROMs as early as the first week in March,” said Searle, but he made no promises about the quantity he would receive.
Searle also said the printer we mentioned in February is definite. It will be featured in advertisements in Europe in the next few weeks. We will report on the printer’s features when we have details.
Don Stoner wrote to report on Microperipheral’s modem. He said they’ve run into problems with the design and cost containment. They’re trying another approach and getting additional information from Sinclair UK. He promised to let us know the outcome within 30 days or so. More news next month.
We listed CAI Instruments‘ printer and widget prices incorrectly last month. Printer (28 columns) is $99.95, widget is $49.95, and both together are $139.95. CAI will start shipping in about 3-4 weeks.
Other producers still await the arrival of the ROMs and RAMs from England.