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From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: RE: Prometheus ProModem Ultima
Message-ID: <201@mnopltd.UUCP>
Date: 20 Apr 91 01:52:41 GMT
Reply-To: gatech!stiatl!mnopltd!neal
Organization: MNOP Ltd., Atlanta, Ga.
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->
->I know a bit about the Ultima.
->
->It supports Group III send & receive 9600 faxes.  It supports 1200 
->through 14,400 bps data transmission using V.32 and V.32bis protocols and 
->offers V.42/42bis and MNP error control/data compression.  If you're a 
->sysop you can get it for $495.
->
->Unfortunately, Prometheus is extremely rude and their support is 
->absolutely horrid.  I had an order but cancelled it and just bought a 
->USRobotics and a seperate faxmodem for $99 (send only though).
->
->Prometheus software is very slow, but the faxes are of high quality 
->greyscales.

To add my own swipe, I just spent some time helping someone get one of those
silly things to function with unix and found, among other things, that the
command for DCD behavior, (&C?) simply doesn't work.   We both checked it and
the breakout box over real carefully, and it just ain't right.  You gotta
set the external switch to get a valid DCD.   

This doesn't speak well of QA IMHO. 

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Neal Rhodes                       MNOP Ltd                     (404)- 972-5430
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