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From: c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What's a good, cheap, 2400 baud modem
Keywords: modem inexpensive recommendations
Message-ID: <20192@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 1 Dec 89 23:49:51 GMT
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In article <2563@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> ralph@lzfme.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi) writes:
>In article <20125@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Alex Lau) writes:
>>You should check out the Supra modem, available from Programs Plus
>>for about $129 plus shipping.

>Sounds good.  Is it 100% Hayes-compatible?  Does it work with the
>America Online software?  (I may be looking to replace our old
>barely-compatible-enough-to-beep Avatex 1200, which dies the ignoble
>death with AOL).

It is fully compatible with the Hayes extended AT
command set. Beats the heck out of an Avatex. (I know,
I happen to be using an Avatex right now until I can
save some $$$ to buy memory and a "real" modem.)

>I'm sure that for that price it doesn't support MNP.  Anybody got
>any ideas on what's the cheapest price I could expect to pay for a
>2400 baud MNP-5 100% Hayes-compatible modem?

Supra has promised to come out with an MNP-compatible 
modem sometime this month (December). We shall see how
good that one is.

 
>Ralph Brandi     ralph@lzfme.att.com     att!lzfme!ralph

--- Alex