ssdesai@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Sunil S. Desai) (08/19/88)
Hi ! I am looking for a new 2400 baud modem (the one I had got blown during a severe thunderstorm). Anybody has any experience with ATI's 2400 etc. modem? At $239 list price (mirror II software included) it looks like a super deal. I will be using it to login into our VAX and Pyramid computers and other bulletin boards. Is paying $400+ price for a Hayes or other big name brand worth it ? Any suggestions on other modems are most welcome. Has anyone used the SEIKO CM-1430 monitor? The last issue of PC magazine has given it a good rating. I am currently using an NEC multisync II with a Paradise VGA+ card. I have had a Paradise VGA Professional card on backorder for 3 months now. When I get it, I would like to use it with the SEIKO monitor. It is only about $ 50-75 more than the NEC. But is it any better? Thanks in advance sunil ~~~~~
walt@plx.UUCP (Walt Novinger ) (08/23/88)
In article <Aug.18.14.19.34.1988.4938@elbereth.rutgers.edu> ssdesai@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Sunil S. Desai) writes: > >Hi ! > I am looking for a new 2400 baud modem (the one I had got >blown during a severe thunderstorm). Anybody has any experience with ATI's >2400 etc. modem? At $239 list price (mirror II software included) it >looks like a super deal. > I will be using it to login into our VAX and Pyramid computers and >other bulletin boards. Is paying $400+ price for a Hayes or other big name >brand worth it ? Any suggestions on other modems are most welcome. I have been using the Zoom PC/2400 internal modem for more than a year, and have found it to be an **excellent** performer. Noise immunity is among the best I have ever found (including Hayes). I routinely use it to transfer large files from my UNIX machine to my PC (kermit) and rarely see any transmission errors. I believe it is available for <$300. I don't have Zoom Telephonics' address right here, but I believe they are in MA. E-mail or call me if you ahve any questions. ============================================================================== Walt Novinger | ...!sun!plx!walt | "Money is like a sixth Plexus Computers, Inc. | waldo@cup.portal.com | sense. Without it, the 3833 N. First Street | home (415) 964-9377 | other five are useless." San Jose, CA 95134 | work (408) 943-2406 | Montague (I think) ==============================================================================
haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie) (08/23/88)
In article <Aug.18.14.19.34.1988.4938@elbereth.rutgers.edu> ssdesai@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Sunil S. Desai) writes: >Hi ! > I am looking for a new 2400 baud modem (the one I had got >blown during a severe thunderstorm). Anybody has any experience with ATI's >2400 etc. modem? At $239 list price (mirror II software included) it >looks like a super deal. [ i'm posting because the modem was a very good buy. you should buy one too ... ] i recently purchased an anchor automation 2400 external modem. i paid $129 plus tax. the modem is supposed to be 100% hayes compatible, so you should be able to use just about any communications software you already have. it has one quirk which my $279 everex doesn't have, but it doesn't have several of the quirks the everex _does_ have. it does fix the auto-baud problem the hayes has on dial-in. -- jfh@rpp386.uucp (The Beach Bum at The Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers) "Never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity" -- Hanlon's Razor
raphael@hpisoa2.HP.COM (Bert Raphael) (08/25/88)
I purchased a Prometheus 2400B/2 at a Computer Faire last April for, I believe, $159, and have had no problems. It came packaged with Mirror 2. The vendor was JDR, 800-538-5000.
svirsky@ttidca.TTI.COM (William Svirsky) (08/25/88)
In article <Aug.18.14.19.34.1988.4938@elbereth.rutgers.edu> ssdesai@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Sunil S. Desai) writes: > I am looking for a new 2400 baud modem (the one I had got >blown during a severe thunderstorm). The modem I have is a 2400 baud, Hayes compatible, half card. It uses the Texas Instruments chip set and works fine. There are only 2 small drawbacks to it. It doesn't have a speaker, so you can't hear it dialing. And its default when it powers up is set to auto-answer, which is easily corrected by initializing it in my autoexec.bat via 'echo ATS0=0 > com2'. It's made by KISS Engineering and comes with a 5 year warranty. Their tech support is good. I've had it for a year with no problems. Price is $100. Comes with comm software, I don't remember what. Order line is 1-800-442-2285. Also in the Aug issue of Computer Shopper there is a company advertising a $95 modem with a 30 day free trial. It is a 2400 baud, Hayes compatible, half card, and also uses the TI chip set. From the picture, it doesn't seem to have a speaker, but I can't tell for sure. They say software is included. CompuCom Corp, 800-ACT ON IT (cute huh?). -- Bill Svirsky, Citicorp+TTI, 3100 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405 Work phone: 213-450-9111 x2597 svirsky@ttidca.tti.com | ...!{csun,psivax,rdlvax,retix}!ttidca!svirsky
aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) (08/31/88)
In article <3092@ttidca.TTI.COM> svirsky@ttidcc.tti.com (William Svirsky) writes: >The modem I have is a 2400 baud, Hayes compatible, half card. It uses Internal modems of any sort are a lose. For a couple of bucks more get an external one that isn't limited to a PC. I can't speak for the quality of the modems that Mr. Svirsky mentioned, but I like the packard-bell myself. 2400 baud external, aluminum case, hayes. -- @disclaimer(Any concepts or opinions above are entirely mine, not those of my employer, my GIGI, or my 11/34) beak is beak is not Anthony A. Datri,SysAdmin,StepstoneCorporation,stpstn!aad