lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri) (07/26/88)
I am considering the Epic 2400 internal modem for Macintosh. Does anyone have experience concerning compatibility and performance? Please E-mail me and I'll post summary if there's enough interest. Georges Lauri lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu
c60a-6dd@web7c.berkeley.edu (Rob Pfile) (07/27/88)
In article <19618@cornell.UUCP> lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri) writes: > > I am considering the Epic 2400 internal modem for Macintosh. > > Georges Lauri > lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu Even though you said you would post a summary, I have a bit to say that probably everyone should know. I dealt with Epic between September 1987 and January 1988. At the AppleFest in San Francisco, I ordered one of their 2400 baud external modems for about $200. They said that they had none at the show, but they could deliver in 2 weeks. I accepted this as reasonable, since they were based in Fremont, which is pretty close to Berkeley... It turned out to be just a rationalization. I waited and waited, and called every two weeks. They kept telling me that the modems were almost ready, and that they were having problems obtaining parts... they were being burned in, the first batch went out ETC, ETC, ad infinitum. When I went to the SF MacWorld Expo in January, I sought out their booth and explained the situation. As it turned out, the president gave me a $210 dollar check the next day, which covered my interest and more (of course, they cashed my check soon after AppleFest.) I can not recommend doing business with them. I gave them in excess of 3 months to deliver the product, and they were unable to do so. My guess is that they were making too much money selling 1200 baud modems or something and were neglecting to make 2400 baud modems. I dont know, all I know is that I got stuck hard. I immediately ran over to Prometheus and took home a 2400g that day! :-) Besides, I can't see any reason to fill your SE slot with a modem. Every mac has 2 serial ports... use them! Knowing Epic, if you tried to daisy chain another card off of theirs, it probably wouldnt work anyway! Rob Pseudo-flame off. ________________________________________________________________________________ Rob Pfile //|@ @|\\ Domain: c60a-6dd@web.berkeley.edu JAEG- \ \ ) / / UUCP: {ucbvax | lilac}!web.berkeley.edu!c60a-6dd just another | |0| | Internet: c60a-6dd%web.berkeley.edu@ucbvax.berkeley.edu eecs geek! \_/ "You never know, you know?"