romain@pyrnj.uucp (Romain Kang) (08/10/86)
I have one Courier on pyrnj, which has given mostly good service.
I have a few gripes, though.
I use this modem as both a dialout and a dialup. Often it gets
confused and will not respond in command mode; at the same time, it
gets wedged off-hook and blocks dialups also. Cycling power fixes
this, but that's a pain when no one's near the office on a weekend like
this. The period between seizures ranges from 2 days to about a week.
In fairness, though, a Courier I set up for a friend is also used (very
lightly) for dialup/dialout and hasn't had such problems.
X6 mode sometimes attempts to dial before the dial tone comes in. I
simply use X5 mode instead. Also, I haven't figured out how I'm going
to deal with "CONNECT 1200" when I switch to Honey Danber. I may
simply have to find a modem capable of locking its serial interface
speed.
Subjectively, the Courier I have at home behaves well, but seems to
give worse MCI service at 1200 bps than my old Hayes did. I get a lot
of {'s during the day, which I rarely saw with the Hayes. Evenings
seem much better, though.
I echo Rick Adams's complaint that so many modems have a bulky
power plug-and-adapter combination that defeats attempts to plug
several modems into a normal power strip.
For the price I got ($350, less than our Hayes 1200's cost when we got
them) I'm actually quite satisfied with it. I do get the feeling that
I may be able to better performance on other makes.
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Romain Kang, Pyramid Technology Corporation
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