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From: jnford@argos.weeg.uiowa.edu (Jay Ford)
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Subject: Re: Practical Peripherals 9600 baud
Keywords: Advice, Any Experience
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Date: 29 Apr 91 17:55:18 GMT
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In article <353@glacier.UUCP>, stibolt@glacier.UUCP (Tom Stibolt) writes:
|> Has anyone used (had good or bad experiences) or does anyone
|> know about the Practical Peripherals 9600 baud modem which is
|> supposed to support v.32 and v.42bis and maybe MNP5 protocols.
|> This modem is currently available for $449 which seems a good
|> deal if it does what it claims to do.  Answers here or by mail.
|> Thanks!

I have used a few of them.  They seem to work OK in general, but I've had one
(out of three) go belly up within a week after unpacking it.  I've also had
some trouble getting SLIP to work over a line with a Practical Peripherals
9600SA on one end and a MultiTech something on the other, but I haven't yet
determined which is at fault.

My impression is that the Practical Peripherals 9600SA is a good modem for a
basic terminal-type connection, but that it isn't really up to acting as a
modem in a pool of dial-in ports (it doesn't come in a rack-mount
configuration, so it is not physically suitable for a large pool anyway).
The verdict isn't in yet on using it for a SLIP link.

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Jay Ford, Weeg Computing Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
jnford@handlebar.weeg.uiowa.edu, 319-335-5555