AMSAT operators (not cheap either), for their “ground stations”.
Both controllers are currently for sale on eBay by “tubegurl” (Oregon),
at very LOW prices. Appears to be a large (radio estate).
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Paccomm owner, Gwen Reedy, W1BEL (sk), developed the Spirit-2 (initially called Sprint-2) capable of 38.4k receive and 9.6k for satellite mode or packet backbone
Mark Hammond, W8MH could tell you about the Spirit-2 (he owns one).
AEA DSP-2232 Multi-Mode DSP Controller
Another 1990s favorite with multiple capabilities.
DSP-2232 Operator’s Manual at Repeater Builders TIP
Timewave has latest firmware: Ver. 7.032 (Dec. 1, 1993) EPROMs
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greg, w9gb
chicago