Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!udel!mmdf From: jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Amiga and HST Message-ID: <766@nigel.udel.EDU> Date: 4 Oct 89 15:43:45 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 33 Chris Brand Writes: > I'd like to buy a HST 9600 bd modem. I felt the same way a little over a year ago. > However, I've heard quite a lot like "It's great" or "It's bullshit". I have heard of very few owners that have had any real problems that were not due to either: (1) Failure to read the manual. This is NOT a Hayes modem, and some things are a bit different. (2) Some 'low cost' 2400 bps modems have trouble connecting. > Now, how is the thing? Mine is working fine on the BBS. It's been operational since June '88 and I've never had a problem. I leave it set to CCITT, and both European and American callers are able to connect regularly. > Is it worth buying? That would certainly depend on your particular "calling profile". If you call a lot with high line charges and do a lot of file transfers, it could pay for itself quickly. But if you just spend time reading mail, you won't see much difference in speed ('though the MNP error correction may help a bit.) > What about problems? No problems here. (I Read The F****** Manual!)