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From: Bill.Frandsen@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Aprotek 2400 modem...
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Date: 25 Sep 90 04:12:25 GMT
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From what I've seen of the Aprotek 2400 baud modem, I would suggest spending
the extra $20 for the Supra (or any other brand).  My friend has one of
these Mini-Modems.  It is about the size of a C-64 ROM cartrige (remember
those things? :)  It has about a 6 inch 25-wire ribbon cable (non-shielded)
connected to a DB-25 connector for the serial port.  It has only one phone
jack in it (i.e. you must buy a splitter yourself for $2.50 if you want to
connect your phone to it as well).

It has no external power supply, draws all its' power from the port.  This
could be very dangerous on a A500 that doesn't have a beefed-up power
supply.  Especially if you are running an external drive, RAM expansion, etc.

It also does NOT have all the Hayes command S registers in it to set modem
parameters.  And unlike the Supra, it does not have the non-volitile memory
to store you S registers even if it is off. (The Supra can store 4 phone
numbers in its current revision, as well as Parity, BPS, Stop Bits, etc...)

In fact we were having problems with it connected to an A2000 running a BBS,
where we had no problems with one of those no-name brand 2400 baud modems
that Computer_Direct sells (used to be Protecto).

I got my Supra 2400 e modem from Computability in 1 week after sending a
personal check.  It was $112 including a very well shielded 6-foot RS-232
cable (as thick as the printer cable).  It was well worth the cost.

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