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From: emma@sbsvax.UUCP (Martin Emmerich)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Minitel videotex terminals and v.23
Summary: v.23 under $300
Keywords: videotex v.23 CCITT
Message-ID: <817@sbsvax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 89 12:10:15 GMT
References: <431@siswat.UUCP>
Organization: Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, W-Germany
Lines: 19

In article <431@siswat.UUCP>, buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) writes:
> It seems that v.23 modems are quite expensive, around $800 and available
> only in Europe.  Since the Minitel only costs something like $70-80, this is
> something of a problem.  Assuming v.23 is basically 1200 baud in, 75 baud
> out, what are the possibilities of using standard 1200 baud modem chips?

I got a V.21, V.22, V.22bis, V.23 modem for less than three hundred dollars. 
Its a SmartLink2400A, from a taiwanese manufacturer. It receives the data
with 121200 bps and sends it via the line by 75 bps. In the other V.23 channel
it receives with 75 bps via the line and sends it to the PC with 1200. So I
can use a normal terminal program at 1200/1200 baud.
The list price for dealers would be $293 I was told.


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