[net.periphs] DAK1200 Baud Modem

pow@ecsvax.UUCP (Bill Powell) (12/01/85)

o problems.  Since the mailorder price is down to $269.
(Compumail, Dec. 85 Byte, p.470 - (805)987-7015), I think I'll pay
a little more for the insurance!

pow@ecsvax.UUCP (Bill Powell) (12/05/85)

My aplologies for those who have already seen this article,
but I received some mail that said the whole article didn't
make it to the net.

Recently, I've seen two requests for info. on the DAK1200 modem on the 
net.  I don't own one, but I am in the market for a Hayes Compatible
1200 baud modem.  A friend recently purchased one, and I was able to 
try it for a few days.  I was using an IBM XT with Smarterm 100, a VT100
emulator.  I set up macros to do auto dialing and logon on four
different systems.  Everything was fine in connecting to two of the
systems, but the modem would not detect the carrier of the other two.
In the two systems that I was able to connect to, I would first hear
the 300 baud carrier, then about a half second delay, and next the
DAK's 1200 baud PSK carrier.

On the two systems that the DAK couldn't detect the carrier for, I then
tried connecting with a UDS1200LP 1200 baud only modem, which worked.
I also used an Apple IIe with a Micromodem IIe and Softerm II, and
was able to again connect to those systems (at 300 baud).

I wonder if these modems are being sold so cheaply ( $169. + $6. P&H )
due to this and who knows what other problems (although I experienced
no other problems).  This modem was even able to send a Break Character
at 1200 baud, which other low cost modems seem to have trouble with.
I did not put this modem through a series of exhaustive Hayes type 
tests, and only used it as described above.  Has anyone else had this 
problem ?  

I have another friend that has had a Prometheus Promodem 1200 for about
a year, with no problems.  Since the mailorder price is down to $269.
(Compumail, Dec. 85 Byte, p.470 - (805)987-7015), I think I'll pay
a little more for the insurance!

Since I wrote the above, my friend that owned the DAK 1200 has tried
connecting to every computer and bulletin board that he could find the
number for.  He said that the only two computers that he could 'not'
connect to were the ones that I could also not connect to (I think
he's tried at least 10 systems).  The two systems in question are
two numbers for our company's computers (ITT Telecom), which I 
think are 2400/1200/300 baud modems from Multi-Tech.

He says that he's buying the modem anyway, due to the savings and
the excuse that he has now not to be able to do company work at home!

I went ahead and bought the Prometheus Promodem 1200 which I am now 
using (and very happy with!).  Unfortunately, Compumail raised their 
price to $299. when I called to order it, so I bought it from 
Logicsoft for $284. instead (who also refused to sell it to me for
the terms that they had advertised).