Long Haul Mode-Conditioning MultiMode GBICs?

We have a fairly large legacy installation of Catalyst 3500s interconnected with 62.5 MMF. Most of the links more than 200m or so have these old Allied Telesyn EX-1002 "range extenders" which are alleged to be able to run up to 2km over MMF without the use of mode conditioning cables. And they do seem to be work as stated, we hve a couple runs just shy of 1km and they have been staying up.
The EX-1002s are starting to die off and I can't find a similar product. Actually, I can't find any technical information at all on the EX-1002, they say "1000-baseX" and seem to be longwave. Since they are said to operate at 2km, is mode conditioning built-in to the device?
The only other way around this is to use generic LX/LH GBICs and mode conditioning cables, which are very expensive. Or maybe just buy some EX-1002s on Ebay?
But, is there a GBIC available that is Catalyst 3500 compatible that can do long-haul multimode gigabit?
Thanks,
-Wiley Sanders
St Marys College of CA

At the risk of bumping this topic too late, thanks for all the replies.
We have got everything working, but have not yet bought any mode conditioning cables. It seems to be cheaper for me to fiddle around with randomly swapping GBICs and patch cables, than systematically installing mode conditioning cables on all our links. :-(
A few observations:
- We have 1 or 2 links in the 300 - 400m range operating consistently on 62.5μ MMF with an LX GBIC on one end an an Allied EX-1002 "1000baseSX to 1000baseX" converter on the other (the "1000baseX" is long-wave. don't know if it's 1300 or 1310nm.)
- We have several links in the 300 - 500m range operating consistently on 62.5μ MMF with Allied "range extenders" at each end. We will replace these with LX GBICs and mode conditioning cables as the Allied devices die off.
- We have quite a few SX links operating in the 200 - 300m range, 1000baseSX to 1000baseSX. Occasionally we have had problems getting these to link up with a GBIC on one or both ends. As you would expect from the technical description of mode dispersion this is hit--and-missand randomly dependent on combinations of GBIC and patch cable. SFP-based SX links seem to link up more reliably at distances over 200m. (Perhaps because the tolerances are more precise and/or the SFPs are new and not old GBIC that have been sitting in some network admin's desk for 5 years.)
-w

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