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From: folta@tove.cs.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
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Subject: Re: Summary of 9600 V.32 bis modem info
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Date: 30 May 91 23:03:17 GMT
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>>My impression is that the current V.32bis modems aren't very reliable yet.
>>I'm still buying V.32/V.42bis only.  Note that V.32bis is 14Kb, not just a
>>9600b modem.

I have had no problems with my Prometheus Ultima and V.32b. In fact, I did
some experiments with another Ultima owner the other night, and the results
were very encouraging. Using V.32b and MNP5, we got 1480 cps throughput on
a sound file that had already been compressed!

Ultimas had some problems with receiving FAXs until the upgrade to MaxFax
2.0.4. Now everything appears to work fine. Note also that the Ultima is
the only modem with send/receive FAX that I know of that has a higher non-FAX
data rate than 2400bps.

I disagree with the gentleman that found the MaxFax software to be non
user-friendly. It is intuitive enough for me, and it has enough options to
do anything I might need.  Its only drawback is that making cover pages is
awkward. (You create the page templates in a drawing program... it doesn't
have any built-in graphics abilities.)
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)