CMP.WERNER@R20.UTEXAS.EDU (Werner Uhrig) (11/17/86)
I'm currently evaluating one - and it has some interesting features. I'm about to send back the Revision 005 plug-in module in exchange for a Revision 010 (which does not have dip-switches but is software-driven *AND* supposed to be *FULLY* Hayes compatible) The modem came with Mite-3.0 communication software for the PC - is it worth the trouble to trade that in for the Macintosh version? (a friend spoke in expletives about this software) I can get optional modules for additional capabilities (not that I need them) and am curious if anyone has experience with these: MultiDial, multiple password, callback. We received 3 of the modems, all with the (older?) 005 module. One had a bad power-supply/transformer, one seems to be a bit sensitive to noise, the third one I don't know about. In one of the trade rags this week, appeared an article that discussed the TI 2400 baud modem on a chip which should cost $25 and bring quantity prices of 2400baud modems down to $50 within a year (the article said). interesting ... -------
BRIAN@src.CSNET ("BRIAN T.N. STOKES -- SRC") (11/25/86)
We had a total of 10 of the units, and sent them back to Novation for a refund after about 3 months. The modems have several things going for them that other manufacturer's could well benefit by copying, among them power on diagnostics, and that nifty LCD display. Support from the company, however, was atrocious. We have switched to the Microcom AX2400c's, and have been very impressed with the product and the company that stands behind it. Rock solid, flexible, no noise, and F-A-S-T! We are getting about 4800 bps on a 2400 baud connection using the switch-to-sync and data compression of MNP Class 5.