Dale.Signal@p0.f250.n772.z3.actrix.co.nz (Dale Signal) (10/24/90)
AREA:MODEMS please anyone who knows about modems and the best to buy (cheapish as i can't afford to fancy a one) -- Dale Signal - via FidoNet node 3:771/170 Domain: Dale.Signal@p0.f250.n772.z3.actrix.co.nz
root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh) (10/29/90)
In a message to All on Oct 24, Dale Signal (Dale.Signal@p0.f250.n772.z3.actrix.co.nz ) wrote: >please anyone who knows about modems and the best to buy (cheapish as >i can't afford to fancy a one) ... then I'm afraid that you can't afford a good one, either. In nearly ten years of searching, I haven't found a good, inexpensive modem. There are a lot of brands out there and I can't say for sure that they're all trash, but every time I decide that a particular brand of modem is good I am inundated with returned items of that brand. In my humble experience, the only 2400 that never disappoints is the Hayes Smartmodem. (Yes, that's the brand I own). 9600s rarely disappoint, but usually that's because the buyer is so overwhelmed by 9600+ bps performance that data quality at 2400 and 1200 seems irrelevant. -- 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 MC Hammer, n. Device used to ensure firm seating of MicroChannel boards Try our new Bud 'C' compiler... it specializes in 'case' statements!