dbj@rice.EDU (Dave Johnson) (05/13/87)
People out there may be interested to know that the May 12, 1987 issue of PC Magazine contains an extensive review of the features and performance of 87 different modems, including both internal and external models. This goes on for about 100 pages and has lots of useful info if you're thinking about buying a modem. In response to the recent questions about the US Robotics Courier modems, by the way, I thought I'd include a few quotes from their review of it: "If you make most of your calls on relatively clean local phone lines, you may never notice the Couriers' performance handicap, particularly if you use an error-correcting protocol. On the other hand, if you routinely dial up bulletin boards across the coutry on Brand X long-distance service, you may be headed for some headaches." They also said: "If you don't consider on-line performace, these are a couple of great modems--but how can you ignore it when, in essence, its the only feature that really counts?" Dave Johnson Dept. of Computer Science Rice University UUCP: {soma,shell,cbosgd,convex,sun,texsun}!rice!dbj ARPA: dbj@rice.EDU, dbj@rice.ARPA