flanagan@lasspvax.UUCP (Douglas Flanagan) (11/27/85)
I am reposting the following to net.dcom because I had no response
from net.periphs. Also, I was told that modem discussions were being
held over here.
I have been asked to get a 1200 baud smart modem for as little money as
possible. Here is one that I found that sounds like a good deal, but is it?
Modem: 1200 Baud Smart Duck
Price: $169 + $6 P&H
Available from: DAK Industries Inc.
Winter 1986 catalog, page 9
Made by: ADC, division of BSR
(Maybe I'm dumb, but what is ADC? -or BSR even, although the letters
sound familiar.)
Description: 1200 baud modem, Hayes compatible, with
"more screen displays and a help menu",
and "day, date and time, an extra phone jack and
auto tone/pulse switching". Also has an auto-redial
feature.
Does anyone have this modem, and if so, how do you like it? Is
it reliable? Does it differ from a Hayes Smartmodem 1200 in any way?
Since we already have a Hayes, life would be easiest if the new one
was Hayes compatible. If the above modem is no good, do you have any
other suggestions? I need to use it mostly for tip and kermit from our
Vax 750 running BSD4.2, and for users to dial into the Vax.
BTW, does anyone have diffs for C-kermit so it will use the acucntrl
program when a user sets line to the modem port?
Please respond by mail. I will post a summary if there is worth while info.
Thank you.
-Douglas Flanagan
Center for Applied Math
Cornell U., Ithaca, N.Y.
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