dav@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (William David Haas) (04/13/89)
I have this Avatex 1200 at home that seems suceptable to line noise
problems. In my latest issue of STart I saw an add for the Supra 2400
and Flash 1.6 for $155. How good is the Supra? Is it fully Hayes compatable?
Does it have a speaker?
In the same ad I saw a simular deal for $175 w/ the Avatex 2400. Is it a
better quality modem than the 1200? I posted an article about the problems
with my Avatex 1200 and got lots of responses that the modem was ah...
shall we say... 'not too good'.
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In article <13025@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> dav@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (William David Haas) writes: >I have this Avatex 1200 at home that seems suceptable to line noise >problems. In my latest issue of STart I saw an add for the Supra 2400 >and Flash 1.6 for $155. How good is the Supra? Is it fully Hayes compatable? >Does it have a speaker? > Simply put, good, pretty much yes, and yes, respectively. I run one off my Atari 130XE & have had little problem. All of the Hayes set is supported except for some stuff that would rarely be used (except, perhaps, in the UK.) The speaker tends to be a bit loud, but it is there. I owned an Avatex before it (1200, not HC), and the Supra is a good bit better. For some reason, though, the DTR line isn't used properly in mine. Anyone else have that problem? Gary Duzan Time Lord Third Regeneration Atari Enthusiast Extreme
greg@bilbo (Greg Wageman) (04/15/89)
In article <13025@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> dav@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (William David Haas) writes: >I have this Avatex 1200 at home that seems suceptable to line noise >problems. In my latest issue of STart I saw an add for the Supra 2400 >and Flash 1.6 for $155. How good is the Supra? Is it fully Hayes compatable? >Does it have a speaker? I have the Supra, and an older version of Flash. The Supra is, as far as most programs will care, completely Hayes compatible. I believe the only differences are in the S-registers. Yes, it has a speaker. I have had it for just about a year now, (bought it at the West Coast Computer Faire last year) and have had absolutely no problems with it. It seems to be fairly immune to noise, even at 2400 baud, but my phone lines are not particularly noisy, so your mileage may vary. I don't think you can do any better for the price. (Is it *really* necessary to say that I have no financial stake in Supra Corp.? No? Good. (-: ) Longish .signature follows. Skip now, or don't complain. Greg Wageman DOMAIN: greg@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: ...!uunet!sjsca4!greg 1601 Technology Drive BIX: gwage San Jose, CA 95110-1397 CIS: 74016,352 (408) 437-5198 GEnie: G.WAGEMAN ------------------ "Live Free; Die Anyway." ------------------ Opinions expressed herein are solely the responsibility of the author.
Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik) (04/15/89)
I just ordered a new Supramodem 2400 last month - in a word this modem is outstanding. Extremely well built and an excellent manual to boot. You can get it and FLASH for less than the $155 from MicroTyme I believe - they're number is 1-800-255-5835 and they are open MF 9-9, Sat 9-5. They sold me my modem for $129! Peter Szymonik Xorg@cup.portal.com
logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) (04/17/89)
William David Haas writes: > How good is the Supra? I had a Supra 2400 baud modem, it worked for half a year, then one of the main chips fried -- it has negative voltage coming out several "wrong" pins. Anyhow I was upgrading to a Telebit TrialBlazer soon thereafter, so I never did try to get it repaired. Since the chip blew, I don't think you can blame the Supra design necessarily -- but who knows? -- - John M. Logajan @ Network Systems; 7600 Boone Ave; Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 - - ...rutgers!umn-cs!ns!logajan / logajan@ns.network.com / john@logajan.mn.org -
Sentry@cup.portal.com (Marcus Hungor Tran) (04/17/89)
Supra 2400 modem ? It's a great piece of hardware. I use it on the PC, Atari ST, Amiga and sometimes MAC. No compatibility problem whatsoever. I also dropped it quite a few times (unintentionally), broke the face plate and the on/off switch cover, but it's still working fine after over a year of daily use. Incidentally, I have an Avatek 2400 and I cannot log on Portal using any comm program on any computer because of the noise problem.
TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer) (05/04/89)
In Digest #203 Tim Mensch describes some features that, he says, the Supra 2400 modem does not have. Hmmmmm.... *My* Supra 2400, in a metal case, does indeed let you store a phone number in its' memory. It also redials the last number (or, more accurately, repeat the last command) when you enter A(slash) (my site won't take slashes properly so fill in with the appropriate ascii character) I don't know about the line isolation feature, I've never hooked a phone up piggy back. I suspect that Tim is right though...it probably doesn't have this one. Overall I've been pretty pleased with the Supra 2400. But, if I could bear to part with it for 3 weeks (or more) I'd send it in and have it checked over. When the phone rings the modem speaker comes on...regardless of how the autoanswer settings are. The modem doesn't pick up...the speaker just toggles on and you can hear the conversation coming over the modem. Also, the metal case gets a little too hot for my tastes. Note that I've never had any real problems with it...just these two minor annoying things. Oh...one more comment...I think they speaker they use is very cheap....not that you need great sound for the DTMF tones...but it still sounds like it has a rattle. -=->G<-=- -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Gordon R. Meyer, Northern Illinois University, Dept of Sociology | | GEnie: GRMEYER, CIS: 72307,1502, Phone: (815) 753-0555 | | Bitnet: Tee-Kay-Zero-Gee-Are-Em-One AT Enn-Eye-You.bitnet | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | "Resist much, obey little" - Edward Abbey 1928 - 1989 | | "Sometimes being right is not enough..." - Abbie Hoffman | | 1936 - 1989 | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | Disclaimer? Grad students don't need 'em! | |__________________________________________________________________|
cs163afu@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (Some call me...Tim) (05/05/89)
In article <8905041700.AA26106@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer) writes: >In Digest #203 Tim Mensch describes some features that, he says, >the Supra 2400 modem does not have. I had intended to first bring up what the Supra didn't have that this generic one did, and then point out that this modem had those features that the Supra DID have. > It also redials the last number >(or, more accurately, repeat the last command) when you enter >A(slash) This won't work AFTER a connect--I was refering to an earlier post that described this problem. >I don't know about the line isolation feature, I've never hooked >a phone up piggy back. The two lines are hard wired together. It isn't a feature on the Supra. >Overall I've been pretty pleased with the Supra 2400. But, if I >could bear to part with it for 3 weeks (or more) I'd send it in >and have it checked over. When the phone rings the modem >speaker comes on...regardless of how the autoanswer settings >are. The modem doesn't pick up...the speaker just toggles on >and you can hear the conversation coming over the modem. This is something that just happens with the Supra--it has to do with the chip. Though there is some problem that some Supras had-- I can't remember what that was. My point wasn't that Supras are "bad" modems, only that a better one could be had for about $110. ----------- Tim Mensch Internet: tmensch@ucsd.edu