pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Paul G. Nevai) (10/06/88)
I just got my Shive nemodem v2400 (actually the second one because the first had tobe to be returned). It works well as a modem. BUT: I connected my Mac from my office to my TOPS - AppleTalk system at home. It wo worked, but OH BOY, WAS IT SLOW!!! Take a single sided Mac 128 and multiply it by (epsilon)^(N) and then you will get something close to it. Imagine AppleTalking with about 8000 bytes/min. WOW!!! Anyway it woks well with my zillion INITS and it looks like a great buy. I recommend it for NetModemming but not for AppleTalking. Disclaimer: I have no interest in above product whatsoever except that my mom is the CEO of Shiva and I am to inherit all of it. (Just kidding.) Paul Nevai pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu Department of Mathematics TS1171@ohstvma.BITNET The Ohio State University 73057,172.Compu$erve Columbus, OH 43210 1-(614)-292-5310.office U.S.A. 1-(614)-292-4975.secy
merchant@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Peter Merchant) (10/07/88)
In article <907@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr (Paul G. Nevai) writes: >I just got my Shive nemodem v2400 (actually the second one because the first had tobe >to be returned). It works well as a modem. BUT: >I connected my Mac from my office to my TOPS - AppleTalk system at home. It wo >worked, but OH BOY, WAS IT SLOW!!! I used a similar system once (ie, AppleTalk through modems). I was amused by the fact that, at 2400 baud, MacWrite (4.5) took thirteen MINUTES to start. The timing was done on my trusty Timex and counted from the double-click to when I could start typing. I was using TOPS and I kept having to tell TOPS that, yes, the other end was still there... Depending on the distances involved, I think even sneakernet is faster...:^) --- "Now I'm in too deep..." Peter "Dick" Merchant (merchant@eleazar.UUCP) (Peter.G.Merchant@dartmouth.edu)