<s>
The	O
SupraFAXModem	B-Device
14400	I-Device
was	O
a	O
v.32bis	O
modem	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
price/performance	O
ratio	O
made	O
it	O
a	O
disruptive	O
technology	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
introduction	O
drove	O
modem	B-Application
prices	O
sharply	O
downward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
a	O
9600	O
bit/s	O
modem	B-Application
was	O
perhaps	O
$599	O
only	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
its	O
introduction	O
;	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
$250	O
14400	O
bit/s	O
modems	B-Application
were	O
not	O
uncommon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supra	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
small	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
computer	O
market	O
through	O
the	O
mid-to-late	O
1980s	O
,	O
known	O
originally	O
for	O
their	O
external	O
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
follow-on	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
1991	O
,	O
Rockwell	O
International	O
's	O
chip-making	O
arm	O
developed	O
a	O
new	O
modem	B-Application
driver	O
chipset	O
that	O
included	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
standards	O
that	O
were	O
then	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supra	O
,	O
never	O
having	O
been	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
player	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
modem	B-Application
world	O
,	O
designed	O
a	O
modem	B-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
chipset	O
,	O
and	O
arranged	O
a	O
short-term	O
exclusivity	O
agreement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
content	O
with	O
simply	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
consumer	O
v.32bis	O
modem	B-Application
on	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
Supra	O
made	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
improvements	O
over	O
existing	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
and	O
shape	O
of	O
modems	B-Application
had	O
initially	O
been	O
set	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
Hayes	O
Smartmodem	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
case	O
design	O
was	O
widely	O
used	O
a	O
decade	O
later	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
internals	O
having	O
shrunk	O
in	O
size	O
considerably	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Supra	O
replaced	O
many	O
indicator	O
lights	O
with	O
a	O
two-digit	O
green	O
dot	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
LED	O
display	O
that	O
showed	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
connection	O
and	O
other	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
RI	O
"	O
for	O
ring	O
indication	O
and	O
"	O
CD	O
"	O
for	O
carrier	O
detect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
models	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
LC	O
(	O
"	O
Low	O
Cost	O
"	O
)	O
used	O
individual	O
lamps	O
that	O
were	O
a	O
common	O
feature	O
of	O
external	B-Application
modems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
basic	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
Supra	O
also	O
introduced	O
software	O
to	O
make	O
better	O
use	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
modem	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
Supra	O
re-packaged	O
FAXstf	O
as	O
FAXCilitate	O
,	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
fax	O
application	O
that	O
allowed	O
any	O
application	O
that	O
supported	O
printing	O
to	O
send	O
the	O
output	O
as	O
a	O
fax	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continued	O
high-speed	O
use	O
caused	O
the	O
driver	O
chipset	O
to	O
heat	O
up	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
case	O
lacked	O
any	O
airflow	O
,	O
the	O
modems	B-Application
would	O
eventually	O
get	O
hot	O
enough	O
to	O
lose	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
connect	O
and	O
start	O
dropping	O
calls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
these	O
issues	O
make	O
them	O
unsuitable	O
for	O
"	O
host	O
side	O
"	O
use	O
on	O
a	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
or	O
Internet	O
service	O
provider	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
end	O
these	O
issues	O
were	O
simply	O
not	O
important	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
followed	O
up	O
the	O
14400	O
's	O
with	O
the	O
SupraFAXModem	O
288	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
consumer	O
v.34	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
various	O
versions	O
with	O
different	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
