3Com Corp cut the price of its CS/1 communications server and EtherLink/MC adaptor board for IBM PS/2 Micro Channel computers – but then all Micro Channel add-ons are vastly over-priced compared with their AT-bus or EISA counterparts: the CS/1 has been reduced by as much as 30% and the EtherLink/MC by between 14% and 16% – and features improved performance by use of a faster version of the Intel 82586; the CS/1 chassis now costs $4,500 and the 16-port asynchronous input-output board for the CS/1 is reduced to $1,500, the 8-port version is now $1,300; the EtherLink/MC adaptor is now $425, the five-pack $1,875.
