bmw@aesat.UUCP (Bruce Walker) (05/08/86)
I find myself in a position where the purchase of a 2400 baud modem
makes sense. What do you, gentle net-persons, feel about various
makes and models of EXTERNAL (ei: generic, RS232-based), asynchronous,
autodialer-capable modems?
Any thoughts on:
US Robotics
Anchor Automation
Hayes
(I mention these because they have been advertised locally (Toronto, Canada).)
Bruce Walker {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!aesat!bmw
"Over here is the power supply for my new stereo ...
and down here is where we store the spent fuel rods."W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.arpa (Keith Petersen) (05/18/86)
The Anchor modem isn't nearly as good noise-wise as the USRobotics
Courier 2400 or the Hayes.
The Hayes uses the Rockwell chip set which still has some problems,
the last I heard.
I have a Courier 2400 at home and two at work and am very pleased with
them. They work on lines that have garble problems with ordinary 212a
type modems (probably because of the adaptive equalization feature in
the Courier).
--Keith Petersen
Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA
GEnie mail: W8SDZ
uucp: {ihnp4,allegra,cmcl2,dual,decvax,mcnc,mcvax,vax135}!seismo!w8sdzdavidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (Davidsen) (05/19/86)
Several of our local BBS have been using Hayes and USR 2400 baud modems
(they are 6 user BBS each, so the sample is somewhat valid). They are now
buying USR for the following reasons: (a) cheaper, (b) Hayes compatible
(believe it or not, the 2400 baud Hayes produces some status messages not
in the 1200 Hayes, which blow some programs out of the water), (c)
slightly higher noise rejection (this is very hard to measure and may or
may not be valid).
--
-bill davidsen
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward"pete@wlbreng1.UUCP (Peter_Lyall) (05/28/86)
A note on the USR2400 Modem - you might want to check that you're running the latest EPROM as well - that provided even more noise immunity, according to their tech support group (Henry Senk). Additionally, it helped a carrier detect problem with Model 100's and PROMETHEUS modems. The product code for that one was 243.. Pete Lyall