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From: bond@aerospace.aero.org (Walt Bond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 2400 baud modems
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Date: 21 Aug 90 00:06:47 GMT
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In article <33015@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
>$150 for 2400 bps (not baud, dammit!) + $60 for the ability to send
>a fax is $210.  This doesn't strike me as a good deal.

As you stated it, perhaps not. However, there is added value in the
smaller footprint, no external power cube to mess with, built-in 
MNP Level 5, and possibly included free sendfax software (if their intro
offer is extended) that looks like a chooser-selectable printer (and is 
thus compatible with most any Mac software, unlike Zoom/Quicklink).

BTW, the problem with the Zoom/Quicklink on MacIIcx did turn out to be
the cable. Thing will send faxes, but the user interface and compatibility
with Mac applications (can only send plain text (ASCII), TIFF, or PICT
files) leave much to be desired.