friedman@mbcl.rutgers.edu (10/15/90)
I am in the process of deciding on a modem. Considering the range of prices (and the limited funds I have availible) I want a good but inexpensive modem. I have seen ads from MacWarehouse for the Power User 2400 baud modem ($99). I don't need any software. Does anyone have any experience with this model? You can send directly to me at the following internet address: Thanks -Rich Friedman@mbcl.rutgers.edu
wnn@ornl.gov (Wolfgang N. Naegeli) (10/16/90)
In article <38.2718739d@mbcl.rutgers.edu> friedman@mbcl.rutgers.edu writes: > I am in the process of deciding on a modem. Considering the range of prices > (and the limited funds I have availible) I want a good but inexpensive modem. You can now get a ZOOM 2400 MX modem under the name Magic modem for $69 from Texas MacStuf, 1-800-MAC-STUF. You might not want to order from this company though, since they charge a 15% restocking fee if you don't like the modem and return it for a refund. MacProducts USA, 1-800-MAC-DISK, sells the same modem but also including the serial modem cable for $80, and they don't have such a dubious refund policy. We made a group purchase of some 25 of these modems more than one year ago directly from ZOOM (they no longer market this model themselves). I have been using it almost daily and am very pleased with it, as are the other users. I actually like it better than the Hayes Smartmodem 2400 that I use at work. I have only heard from one person who had trouble with the MX 2400, and I could not verify whether it was a real problem or operator error. I have seen a message from someone complaining about poor performance, but he compared it with a 1200 Baud modem, and I suspect that it was just very poor phone lines. He didn't seem to have tried running the ZOOM at 1200 Baud for comaprison. I'd say the ZOOM is at least as robust to line noise as the Hayes. Wolfgang N. Naegeli President, MacClique--East Tennessee Macintosh Users Group Internet: wnn@ornl.gov Bitnet: wnn@ornlstc Phone: 615-574-6143 Fax: 615-574-6141 QuickMail (QM-QM): Wolfgang Naegeli @ 615-574-4510 Snail: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6206