Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ccut!wnoc-tyo-news!astemgw!kuis!aegis!davidg From: davidg%aegis.or.jp@kyoto-u.ac.jp (Dave McLane) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Intel 9600/EX and "vanilla" 1200s Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 91 22:35:17 GMT References: <1991Jun29.134825.19762@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan Lines: 27 robinson@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Gerard Robinson) writes: > longer worth the extra $150 we supposedly saved by not buying UDS. INTEL > apparently only thought of this as a dial-out modem, not dial-in. Isn't it the truth. IMHO, except for Telebit, *all* modems are designed primarily for users to call out, not for heavy-duty answering. Some people may well scream "What about the USR!" but even though it's used on a lot of BBS, I still think it wasn't *designed* for that. You only have to look at the number of things you can set on a Telebit to configure it to particular conditions to be convinced. FYI, Telebit puts out some super heavy duty information sheets on how to configure the modem for adverse situations. They are the only mfg that seems to accept the facts of life that all telco links are not equal. Dave -- Dave McLane ** Not connected with Telebit in any way, except as sysop/sysadm who ** ** appreciates being able to make my modems do what I want them to. **