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For Dave at Western Washington Univ. and anyone else who needs a modem for
their Atari 8-bitter.

I recently bought the Avatex 1200 modem for my 800XL and have found it to be
more than satisfactory.  It sells for under $100, possibly quite a bit under
if you get a group purchase together.  I paid $80 but that was kind of a favor
from a dealer who is also an Atari enthusiast.

The Avatex 1200 is a Hayes-compatible (except for a couple of fine points)
1200-baud modem with autodial and autoanswer capability.

The Avatex is available quite widely.  Two sources I can point you at are

	Rick Pommet,  Nelson Communications, Inc.  (617) 738-6000

	Paul Swanson, Nite Lite Systems Inc.  (617) 663-4463

If you want to avoid buying a separate interface, Nite Lite Systems sells a
modified version of the Avatex 1200 which includes an interface similar to the
"R-verter".  The modified modem-plus-interface price is a bit higher, and you
would have to get a quotation from Paul Swanson on it.  Again, a group
purchase would probably cut the price.

If you want to buy a genuine Atari 850 interface, they can be obtained
(last time I tried) at CSC, Inc., Hightstown NJ, (609) 448-8889.  The price
was $109 when I bought mine a few months ago.  The 850 provides 4 serial ports
and one Centronics parallel port.  It is the most standard way to go and runs
with most commercial Atari software.

-John Sangster
jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa