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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telebit rack - is it worth it?
Message-ID: <13347@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 21 Jul 90 02:48:41 GMT
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Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
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Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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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?

It depends on how many modems you plan to install.  The regular trailblazers
have the power supply in the line-cord arrangment and it's hard to put more
than about 4 on a shelf without ending up with a tangled mess.  We've got a
number of loose ones and one rack of 12.  The rack works just as well as the
standalones, and even seems a little more immune to power glitch problems.

One warning is that the rack doesn't come with any connector/cable for the
phone lines.  You either have to have a 25-pair telco cable to a demarcation
block handy or make up a 12-line octopus.  Be nice if they listed these as
options...

Also, while the diagnostic/setup port sounds nice, I never seem to use it often
enough to remember the command sequences...

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