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From: squishy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Shishin Yamada)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Practical Peripherals 9600 SA
Summary: How fast does she go?
Keywords: PPI, Practical Peripherals, 9600, 9600 SA, Unix
Message-ID: <2375@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Date: 31 Dec 90 11:57:52 GMT
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	Hi, could someone please post info about the Practical Peripherals
9600 SA? Could you post some info about connection to UNIX and throughput.
I am an undergraduate senior in electrical engineering, and I am looking
into connecting to UNIX, Compuserve, and Prodigy, as well as to other
modems. Most of the connections will be over local lines. I hope to get
away from my old USR1200. Almost all of our university's (prime host)
modems are USRobotics 9600 HST (or Dual Standards) since USR builds them
about 3 miles away from Northwestern U. How does the PPI fair with USR's?

	I saw them for $485 at Elek-Tek in Chicago. Does it also support
300/1200/2400? I need 300 for the local library database (Haha!). And 2400
for CI$/Prodigy.
	Most of the work on UNIX is either interactive or Zmodem. What
kinds of download efficiencies do you think I could expect?
	Thanks in advance! and Happy New Year!  (:

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Shishin "Squish" Yamada		Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
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