cavalier@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (Scott Mandell) (04/17/91)
I know a bit about the Ultima. It supports Group III send & receive 9600 faxes. It supports 1200 through 14,400 bps data transmission using V.32 and V.32bis protocols and offers V.42/42bis and MNP error control/data compression. If you're a sysop you can get it for $495. Unfortunately, Prometheus is extremely rude and their support is absolutely horrid. I had an order but cancelled it and just bought a USRobotics and a seperate faxmodem for $99 (send only though). Prometheus software is very slow, but the faxes are of high quality greyscales. I discourage you from purchasing from Prometheus though. Their support BBS is dead...I never got a response from the Sysop there when I owned a ProModem 9600 PLus, and I tried for 3 years. When I cancelled my order, the sales rep all but called me an a**h*le. Then I got a letter from her saying I was not welcome to take advantage of the Sysop deals any longer, and if I wanted to but their products to go to a local dealer. Yeah, like I'm going to buy one of their modems now. If Prometheus wants to make modems and compete with the big boys, they better shape up. For now I encourage you to write them a letter saying you were considering buying their modem but decided not to because you heard about their awful support and attitude. --scott (honestly, they're horrible) -[ Scott E. Mandell ]------------------------------------------------ -[ (607) 256 - 4217 ] Voice, 9AM-11PM EST 7 Days a Week -[ (607) 256 - 0200 ] BBS, 24 Hrs, 14.4k V.32/32bis/42/42bis/FAX -[ Ithaca, New York ]------------------------------------------------
root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh) (04/18/91)
Scott Mandell (cavalier@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us ) wrote: >I discourage you from purchasing from Prometheus though. >Their support BBS is dead... Do you have an e-mail address or number for their BBS? >If Prometheus wants to make modems and compete with the big >boys, they >better shape up. For now I encourage you to write them a >letter saying >you were considering buying their modem but decided not to >because you >heard about their awful support and attitude. Pity. I had a nasty experience with a Promodem 1200G years ago and have not used Prometheus since. I don't know why because, with the exception of the overheating problem (which was only a problem with the models that had internal power supplies), I really liked their design. The Promodem 1200 was one of the first affordable modems to offer busy detection (which became standard on 2400 bps modems). I also liked their display, with the upturned red panel which lit letters rather than lighting bland LEDs over printed letters in a flat front window. The display wasn't really that much better, only different - and quite refreshingly pleasant. -- UUCP: watmath!xenitec!zswamp!root | 602-66 Mooregate Crescent Internet: root@zswamp.fidonet.org | Kitchener, Ontario FidoNet: SYSOP, 1:221/171 | N2M 5E6 CANADA Data: (519) 742-8939 | (519) 741-9553 The mile is traversed not by a single leap, but by a procession of coherent steps; those who insist on making the trip in a single element will be failing long after you and I have discovered new worlds. -- me
al@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Al Peterman) (04/19/91)
In article <XZTi110w162w@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us> cavalier@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (Scott Mandell) writes: > >I discourage you from purchasing from Prometheus though. Their support >BBS is dead...I never got a response from the Sysop there when I owned a >ProModem 9600 PLus, and I tried for 3 years. I called their BBS last night - worked fine. In fact I left a copy of your posting for the SYSOP...figured it was only fair. Now I won't say Prometheus is great - but the one time my brother needed his Promodem 2400 looked at, we just went over to their building (1 mile away) and they worked on it right then and there! Prometheus BBS (503) 624-0743 -- Alan L. Peterman (503)-684-1984 hm al@qiclab.scn.rain.com It's odd how as I get older, the days are longer, but the years are shorter!
neal@mnopltd.UUCP (04/20/91)
->
->I know a bit about the Ultima.
->
->It supports Group III send & receive 9600 faxes. It supports 1200
->through 14,400 bps data transmission using V.32 and V.32bis protocols and
->offers V.42/42bis and MNP error control/data compression. If you're a
->sysop you can get it for $495.
->
->Unfortunately, Prometheus is extremely rude and their support is
->absolutely horrid. I had an order but cancelled it and just bought a
->USRobotics and a seperate faxmodem for $99 (send only though).
->
->Prometheus software is very slow, but the faxes are of high quality
->greyscales.
To add my own swipe, I just spent some time helping someone get one of those
silly things to function with unix and found, among other things, that the
command for DCD behavior, (&C?) simply doesn't work. We both checked it and
the breakout box over real carefully, and it just ain't right. You gotta
set the external switch to get a valid DCD.
This doesn't speak well of QA IMHO.
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