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From: gary@mit-eddie.UUCP (Gary Samad)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: HAYES SMARTMODEM???
Message-ID: <1845@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-May-84 21:30:44 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 15 21:30:44 1984
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I have quite a low opinion of the Hayes which would would be more
appropriately named the Dumbmodem.

First:  Low quality hardware.
	I had the occasion to use TWO HSs.  The transformer fell
	apart on the first one.  The "standard" telephone cable that
	came with the second one was too big to fit in the "standard"
	jack on the back of the modem.  A new cable that I bought
	fits loosely now.  Third H/W problem: the volume control is 
	extremely touchy.

Second:  Why it should be called DumbModem:
	This modem knows nothing about the telephone network except
	on hook/off hook and carrier received.  It knows nothing about
	dial tones (it happily dials away when the connector is loose
	and doesn't make a connection), ringing signals, or busy signals.
	All it can do is take the phone off hook, pause, dial, pause, maybe
	dial another number, pause and tell you that 30 seconds have gone
	by.  Meanwhile you realize that the first dial tone was never
	received!


What we need is something like the Rixon Smartmodem tries to be: really
intelligent about the status of the phone network.  It can redial and store
numbers also!  However, the modem that I have had my hands on looks like
a pre-production model with a crumby transformer (that you can plug in
backwards!!) and that doesn't work on my phone line at home but works
beautifully at work.  Too, bad.  Keep trying, Rixon.

	Gary Samad
	decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!gary

P.S. If you know of a 1200 baud autodial/answer smart modem that's cheap,
please let me know.  I will summarize to the net.