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From: rjudy@cs.umass.edu (WHEELS GO ROUND)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What's a good, cheap, 2400 baud modem
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Date: 6 Dec 89 14:57:40 GMT
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In article <17724@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) writes...
>In article <7224@dime.cs.umass.edu> rjudy@cs.umass.edu (WHEELS GO ROUND) writes:
>>In article <875@pmafire.UUCP>, geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes...
>>>The subject really says it all.  Does anyone have any recommendations
>>>for good, inexpensive 2400 baud modems?
>>
>>Whatever you do, DON'T buy Promethius.
> 
>You know, it might be nice to justify statements like "DON'T buy
>Promethius" with some valid reasons 

How's this:

Ours rarely work at 2400 baud; they usually run at 1200 and when we
asked them why, they said it was because the phone lines must
be noisy in our area and that would kick them down to 1200 (funny,
our Hayes and other 2400s don't seem to have this problem). We have
approximately 15 Promethius and they all have this problem.  People
in our department who have them at home have the same problem.  For
no apparent reason, these modems spontaneously disconnect and you
usually can't reconnect unless they are power cycled. If Promethius
or anyone has a solution (besides getting rid of them and getting
modems that work like they're supposed to), send me email, 
rjudy@cs.umass.edu, we'd be more than glad to hear it.