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From: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telebit rack - is it worth it?
Message-ID: <1546@scifi.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 90 13:26:18 GMT
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Reply-To: njs@scifi.UUCP (Nicholas J. Simicich)
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In article <9642@uswat.UUCP> dcm@uswat.uswest.com (David Christian Menges) writes:
>I'm looking for someone experienced with Telebit's rack for their modems.
>We have the choice of going with stand alones vs rack mounts, and the main
>difference seems to be the rack's extended diagnostics.  Is this well worth
>the extra cost, or something no one ever uses?

First off, the rack is great.  We have one, and it seems to work fine.
We use a Defender II, and have modems that are used for both
origination and incoming lines, and the rack makes it convenient.  The
rack mount modems can deal with the A/A1 connection to force into
origination mode (which is what happens when the Defender calls the
person back) while still allowing answer mode (when the Defender
simulates a ring signal).

Frankly, we have had little trouble with the modems.  The rack was
quite useful for reprogramming the modems when they first arrived, but
we've not had to use the monitor features or anything else.



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