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From: root@zswamp.uucp (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hayes SM 9600 V-series calls Intel 9600ex; sad results
Message-ID: <201.2855A6B4@zswamp.uucp>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 18:46:51 EDT
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS (FidoNet), Kitchener, Ontario

In a letter to All, Peter C. Sun (psun@gn.ecn.purdue.edu ) wrote:

 >        So your saying that my Hayes SM V-series is nearly 
 >worthless?
 >While it appears that you are quite correct, its something 
 >that I
 >wish I had known before... Why do you suppose that Hayes 
 >(who have
 >long been respected in the field of modem-ry) would release 
 >this
 >loser?  I was in such hopes of getting my board up at 9600 
 >baud!
 >Oh well, theres always HST...

   <sigh> The HST suffers from *precisely* the same malady as the Hayes 
V-9600, namely that it will speak only to its brethren.  Sadly (for you), the 
HST was cheaper and caught on more in the BBS world, where you're likely to 
need a 9600+ bps modem.

   Had the V-9600 been favoured by the early BBS SysOps, you'd probably be 
wondering today why USR would have released "such a loser"... but in truth, 
the V-9600 found its niche and Hayes, I'm sure, doesn't regret it for one 
moment.
 

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