bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) (06/30/91)
I'm in the process of evaluating several V.32/V.42bis modems including the UDSV3242B, Practical Peripherals, Digicom, T1600, and one by Cardinal. I haven't heard much about the Cardinal modems so would like to solicit comments from the net. My first impression from TFM is that they have done a fine job of documentation. Who would have thought of describing various communications scenarios and what to do to implement them? Radical that! Thanks Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software UUCP: ...!thebes!camco!bill 6641 East Mercer Way uunet!camco!bill Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591
sysop@mixcom.COM (System Operator #2) (07/01/91)
In comp.dcom.modems you write: >I'm in the process of evaluating several V.32/V.42bis modems >including the UDSV3242B, Practical Peripherals, Digicom, T1600, >and one by Cardinal. >I haven't heard much about the Cardinal modems so would like to >solicit comments from the net. My first impression from TFM is >that they have done a fine job of documentation. Who would have >thought of describing various communications scenarios and what >to do to implement them? Radical that! I just finished evaluating Cardinal's external V.32 modem. I decided to not buy it. The reasons are: 1) When answering calls, it waits a *long* time to determine if the caller is using an error correcting protocol. Callers were giving up and hanging up. (The wait is about 15 seconds.) 2) It is not nearly as configurable as other modems. For example, the DTE speed cannot be locked via a register. That means the next time you power cycle the modem you will have to access the modem to set the DTE speed. (I use a fixed DTE speed - 19200.) 3) I did not find the manual to be very good. Though it is far better than the poor manual shipped with the 2400 bps units I bought. 4) I called tech support twice. My questions were not anwered during the first call. The person said he would call me back. He never did. Thus the second call, which was never returned. Dean Roth