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From: ralph@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What's a good, cheap, 2400 baud modem
Keywords: modem inexpensive recommendations
Message-ID: <2747@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 9 Dec 89 02:54:04 GMT
References: <1038@kosman.UUCP>
Reply-To: ralph@lzfme.ATT.COM (Ralph Brandi)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Commercial Art
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In article <1038@kosman.UUCP> kevin@kosman.UUCP (Root) writes:

>These days, you ought to be looking at V.32 modems, since that way you
>can talk to lots more machines.  These will be getting pretty common

Not that I can afford one yet....

I've heard about V.32, and the new MacUser has an interesting
comparison of all of the V.32 modems on the market, but I haven't
seen any mention of downward compatibility.  I understand there were
two or three `standards' for 9600 baud over the past few years,
including Telebit and US Robotics HST (?).  Considering that the
current installed base is weighted toward these standards, is it
worth a person's while to wait until V.32 gains a little more market
penetration, or can the modem talk to one or both of the previous
standards?   
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Ralph Brandi     ralph@lzfme.att.com     att!lzfme!ralph

Work flows toward the competent until they are submerged.