daveb@geaclib.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) (10/28/88)
I'd like a recommendation or two for a rara avis: a really stupid modem. What I want, you see, is something to attach permanently to a sun fileserver on a customer site , to gather dust and not ever be used until something goes wrong and I have to dial in and fix the poor little computer... At a local user group meeting, one person described a line-powered minature modem, which he described as follows... "We told the customers they were a telephone adapter, since the phone line has these little bitty snap-connectors and the computers have 25-pin plugs and sockets" This sounded very much like what I was interested in, subject to the usual problems of a non-technical office: dust physical damage (cleaners tripping over things) office phone systems (6-pin jacks) users Suggestions? Ads? War stories? All information gratefully accepted. Ps: speed is not too important: I still own an old modem that will slow down to 300 baud if cajoled. --dave -- David Collier-Brown. | yunexus!lethe!dave Interleaf Canada Inc. | 1550 Enterprise Rd. | HE's so smart he's dumb. Mississauga, Ontario | --Joyce C-B
walt@sixwbn.UUCP (Walt Novinger) (10/31/88)
In article <3366@geaclib.UUCP> daveb@geaclib.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) writes: > > I'd like a recommendation or two for a rara avis: a really stupid >modem. What I want, you see, is something to attach permanently to >a sun fileserver on a customer site , to gather dust and not ever be >used until something goes wrong and I have to dial in and fix the >poor little computer... > > Suggestions? Ads? War stories? All information gratefully >accepted. You might try the Migent Pocket Modem. This little jewel accepts the Hayes command set (e.g. you can set it to auto-answer with "ATS0=1") and does 300/1200 baud. It plugs directly into the modem port on a PC (should work fine on a Sun, but may require a null modem adapter) and uses either an internal 9V battery or a small power supply from the wall. I have used one of these for nearly a year with my laptop, and have found it to be reliable and very tolerant of poor lines. I bought mine at Egghead software for about $150 -- they are less expensive now, I believe. You can contact Migent directly at: MIGENT, Inc. 865 Tahoe Blvd. PO Box 6062 Incline Village, NV 89450 (702) 832-3700 Walt Novinger