Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!mixcom!sysop From: sysop@mixcom.UUCP (System Operator) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Practical Peripherals 9600 SA Message-ID: <128@mixcom.UUCP> Date: 21 Dec 90 17:39:53 GMT References: <1990Dec17.144237.19679@isis.cs.du.edu> <5134@husc6.harvard.edu> Organization: MIX Communications, Milwaukee, WI (Public access Usenet, Email) Lines: 21 In article <5134@husc6.harvard.edu> kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock) writes: >Best price I've seen is about $490. Any sources in particular for >the $450 area? I paid $436 COD from Computer Discount Warehouse (Chicago). 800-726-4239 With the 1.18 ROM the modem seems to work O.K. now. I had endless problems with the 1.05 revision ROM, and with PPI tech support telling me the problems were caused by me. After I demanded to speak with the manager of tech support, I got the 1.18 ROM. The moral is: The modem seems to be O.K. with the 1.18 revision ROM, but tech support leaves "a little" to be desired. Dean Roth -- Milwaukee Information eXchange (MIX), public access *NIX/Usenet MIX Communications, P.O. Box 17166, Milwaukee, WI 53217