eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (04/29/88)
hi -- i'm still trying to justify the extra cost of a trailblazer modem as opposed to a standard 2400 MNP5 modem... my current question is: how does the trailblazer do when used as a modem with a terminal -- talking to another trailblazer??? will my terminal's screen be updated all that much faster than with a typical 2400 modem? if i am just displaying one screenful of data at a time (as with rn)...
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (05/04/88)
> how does the trailblazer do when used as a modem with a terminal -- talking > to another trailblazer??? Just great. > will my terminal's screen be updated all that > much faster than with a typical 2400 modem? ... Yes. There are two kinds of modems in the world: cheap ones (some of which have large price tags) and Trailblazers. I'm spoiled; I'm never going back. -- NASA is to spaceflight as | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology the Post Office is to mail. | {ihnp4,decvax,uunet!mnetor}!utzoo!henry
dave@lsuc.uucp (David Sherman) (05/05/88)
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >> how does the trailblazer do when used as a modem with a terminal -- talking >> to another trailblazer??? > >Just great. Let me echo Henry's comments. My time is expensive (so, don't ask why I waste it on Usenet), and I spend a lot of time on email and netnews. I also work at home 2 days a week. For over a year I've been using a pair of Racal-Vadic 9600VP's, which made a *big* difference to my productivity over 1200 baud. But we've had the Trailblazers for five days, and they put the 9600VP to shame. Aside from the almost-doubling of output speed, the character echo turnaround is vastly better (the delay is just noticeable rather than really annoying), and the delay before a screenful starts arriving has vanished, though it starts a bit slow and builds up. It's almost as good as being downtown. [Anyone want a couple of 9600VP's that cost us (cough) almost C$4K?] David Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada -- { uunet!mnetor pyramid!utai decvax!utcsri ihnp4!utzoo } !lsuc!dave
eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (05/06/88)
oh well. i wish i could afford a trailblazer, even at their 'deal' prices. i ended up buying a supra 2400 baud hayes clone for $150 -- another usenet referral... i hope to buy a trailblazer in the future and perhaps turn my machine into a usenet node... thanks for the help, folks!