Wisecom commits (at least verbally) to maintaining the 21140-based card

[Steven N. Hirsch]

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Al Youngwerth wrote:

> I spoke with Noel (the sales manager at Wisecom) yesterday. He committed to
> continuing to build the 21140-based 10/100 cards based upon our volume
> committments. They have 20K cards in stock now and will build more as long
> as there is demand and they can buy the chipset (he says they still can).
> 
> Arrow says the "new" Intel 21140AF part won't be available until April.
> Maybe they're moving the production location?
> 
> When you order this part, you want the WS-D400/D not the WS-D400/R (a
> RealTek card). They do push the RealTek card (because that's where most of
> their volume is and its very cheap).
> 
> Again, we don't sell these things. They primarilly sell to OEMs. They have
> two resellers listed on their website, one said they were closed (at 11am
> on a thursday? Hmmm) and the other said they didn't carry that part. Maybe
> one of the retailers that is on this list can pick up the card.

I have not been successful in locating a reseller - other than the bandits
who charge $15.00 for shipping <g>.

Steve