bohus@math.rutgers.edu (Geza Bohus) (02/06/91)
I am planning on buying a modem (probably 2400 baud) for my SE/30 in order to log in from home, read mail and news and transfer files. There are a number of features which I am not sure about (some of them I understand but am not sure I need, of some I don't even know what they are: data-compression, error-correction, MNP-protocol, etc). Prices range from ~$100 to oo (infinity). I'd like to get some suggestions as to what to get for around $200 maybe. Please send email. advaTHANKSnce. gb bohus@math.rutgers.edu
hart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil (Michael Hart) (02/06/91)
In <Feb.5.16.49.39.1991.20525@math.rutgers.edu> bohus@math.rutgers.edu (Geza Bohus) writes: >I am planning on buying a modem (probably 2400 baud) for my SE/30 in >order to log in from home, read mail and news and transfer files. I recommend buying the fastest modem you can afford for a reasonable sum. If you can find a 9600, buy it. At least you won't have a "slow" modem again in a couple of years, when most things have moved to 9600. IMHO, buying a 2400 modem makes only marginally more sense than buying a 300. Moral: You can never have too much speed. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael G. Hart hart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil / mhart@oasys.dt.navy.mil In Support of the Men of Desert Storm -------------------------------------(=o=)------------------------------------
jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson ) (02/08/91)
I have to disagree with this one. 2400 is a fine speed for terminal emulation. 1200 is annoyingly slow and 300 would have to be just about useless. -- -george george@mech.seas.upenn.edu