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From: root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Compucom 9600 baud modems
Message-ID: <110.28432781@zswamp.uucp>
Date: 28 May 91 14:05:39 GMT
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet), Kitchener, Ontario
Lines: 42

In a letter to All, Adrian Boyko (Adrian_Boyko@resbbs.UUCP ) wrote:

 >A friend of mine said that there was some discussion here 
 >concerning
 >Compucom's 9600 baud modems.  Does this group get archived 
 >anywhere?  I'd
 >like to go hunting for that discussion.  If not, I'd welcome 
 >any comments
 >(good or bad) anybody would care to email me on the topic.

   It was a short and relatively calm discussion:

GOOD:

 - It's CHEAP!
 - They're catching on.
 - Even if you never connect to another Speedmodem, they're good as a 2400 
bps MNP5 modem.
 - They claim to use a 16550 UART on their modems, though I don't know if 
it's the reliable National part or one of the flaky substitutes (WD, MX)
 - FAX model available

BAD:

 - They won't speak 9600 to anything except another Speedmodem
 - No V.42
 - Internal only
 - They seem to be back-ordered; a friend has had one on order for months
 - Not full duplex (I suspect half, but asymmetrical has been suggested)
 - How good can line quality be on a modem whose purpose in life is to do 
9600 bps as cheaply as possible?

   I had expected to be able to render a technical opinion based on 
observation (as opposed to speculation), but the Speedmodem Combo that my 
colleague ordered a couple of months back has yet to arrive.
 

--  
Geoffrey Welsh - Operator, Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet 1:221/171)
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