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US RoboticsSold at the Top, Bought at the Bottom

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Buying US Robotics, 3Com recorded merger charges of $426 million in the first quarter of fiscal 1998.

Casey Cowell sold US Robotics at the top of the modem business, and 3Com bought the bottom.

Subject
US Robotics, the modem company, 1976 to 2000: the Courier and Sportster, the HST and 56k standards wars, the Palm acquisition, the 3Com merger, and why the modem business ended, 1976
Chapters
7
Sources
8
Credits
17
Corrections
0

Sources

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  • Article5
  • Interview3

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Image & music credits

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  • CC BY-SA 4.010
  • CC BY-SA 3.02
  • CC BY-SA 2.02
  • CC BY 3.02
  • License unknown1

17 photos, from the hosts linked below. Each file name links to the file's page, which carries the full license terms.

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1 Photo Pilot 1000.jpg 80sCompaqPC CC BY-SA 4.0
2 Photo 8 110278 Hyde Park Federal Savings Chicago.jpg Downtowngal CC BY-SA 4.0
3 Photo 1970 Volkswagen Beetle 1200 Front.jpg Vauxford CC BY-SA 4.0
4 Photo Chicago Downtown Panorama.jpg Marcin Klapczynski CC BY-SA 3.0
5 Photo USRobotics Courier 2400 Modem, cropped to frontmost part (c. 20 percent of depth).jpg Jonathan Schilling CC BY-SA 4.0
6 Photo Modem US Robotics Courier Dual Standard.jpg Erkaha CC BY-SA 4.0
7 Photo Modem-usr-courier-v34-side.jpg Bortzmeyer CC BY-SA 3.0
8 Photo Modem bank.jpg Richard Masoner CC BY-SA 2.0
9 Photo 3C589D-COMBO 3Com EtherLink III.jpg Mister rf CC BY-SA 4.0
10 Photo Modem.jpg Bramfab CC BY-SA 4.0
11 Photo USR 56K Faxmodem.jpg XlsLuc CC BY-SA 4.0
12 Photo US Robotics 56K Modem Front.JPG Xiaowei CC BY 3.0
13 Photo Acoustic coupler-IMG 7282-7283.jpg Rama & Musée Bolo CC BY-SA 2.0
14 Photo U.S. Robotics 33.6K Modem.jpg Jphill19 CC BY-SA 4.0
15 Photo USRobotics Sportster 14400 Modem 1995 Retail Box Finnish.jpg Khaosaming CC BY-SA 4.0
16 Photo US Robotics 33.6K Modem Front (edited, cropped).JPG Xiaowei CC BY 3.0
17 Photo https://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/dig/photoarchive/apf1-13594/r pi.lib.uchicago.edu License unknown

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