vbob@umd5.umd.edu (Bob Shields) (04/29/91)
With the price of V.32/V.32bis/V.42/V.42bis modems dropping into my budget range, and fax capabilities added as well, I'm looking to purchase one for home. Although the fax portion won't be used that often, for the small increase in price over non-fax modems its seems worth it. Does anyone have any experience with either of the following two fax/data modems? Prometheus ProModem 9600M Plus and Ultima: although these two modems received kudos from MacUser, they haven't printed a detailed review or comparison to other modems. Reviews of their 2400 baud fax modem gave it poor grades except for its ability to fax grey-scale images (which it did well) and the comm software included (which I don't require.) On the other hand, I have had a ProModem 2400 (upgraded from 1200 baud) for many years and have been very happy with it. Digicom Systems 9624LE+: a version of this modem received good reviews from PC Week (Nov. 19, 1990), and was mentioned (though not "reviewed") in MacWeek. Since then the V.32bis and fax capability was added. Although their ads say there is a Mac version of their fax software, I haven't seen them advertise in the Mac mags, and I feel a bit uncomfortable about their expertise in the Mac arena. Since I probably won't use the fax capability that often, I guess I should concentrate on the data transfer capability. I'm hoping that this will be the last modem I ever buy since ISDN should be here before long... :^) If you have any comments, e-mail to me and I'll summarize to the net. Bob Shields vbob@umd5.umd.edu -- Bob Shields vbob@umd5.umd.edu