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From: andre@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Andre  Srinivasan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: modems, macs, and unix
Message-ID: <73801@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 26 Dec 90 15:07:03 GMT
Reply-To: andre@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Andre  Srinivasan)
Organization: Wile E. Coyote (Modemus Needus Fastus)
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ok, so i finally wired a phone jack for my mac and want to dial into the
local unix box.  i read the macuser 2400 baud modem review and am NOT going
to pay $200+ just because the modem is packaged for the mac. come on, i see
the same modem in a pc magazine for >$150, this is ridiculous.

so i need some advice:  what modem (of the countless billions) should i
buy?  i am willing to pay a little more for quality, but not simply because
the modem is sold by a mac house.

software:  anybody use something that's inexpensive that does a nice job of
talking to the csh (unlike red ryder where i need to hit option-u twice)?

finally, the cable: i have a cable from macwarehouse that works fine with
my 1200 baud modem.  can i visually tell if it's set up for hardware
handshakeing? 

thanks.

								-andre