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From: steve@wolf.UUCP (Steve Harrison)
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Subject: Re: US Robotics Courier 2400 problems?
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Date: Sat, 26-Jul-86 13:12:08 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 26 13:12:08 1986
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> I just bought a US Robotics Courier 2400 baud modem, and I'm having some
> problems with it that surprise me in light of some of the glowing reviews
> of it I've read on the net.  I haven't been able to try it at 2400 baud
> yet (nobody to talk to yet), but I get MUCH worse performance at 1200
> baud than I'm used to.  I've tried many modems on this phone line (I used
> to test different kinds of modems for where I worked), and none have given
> me this much trouble with line noise.  In particular, I've used a Rixon
> R212A 1200 baud modem and a Hayes SmartModem 1200 a lot lately, and both
> gave virtually flawless 1200 baud performance.
> 
> So, my question is does anybody else have this kind of trouble with the
> Courier 2400, or is it just mine?  I remember something about the early
> ones of them having line noise problems if you got a version of the PROM
> earlier than some revision level, but I don't remember what that level
> was.  As an alternative to this, can anybody suggest a 2400 baud modem
> that works well at both 1200 baud and 2400 baud?
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> 					Dave Johnson
> 					Dept. of Computer Science
> 					Rice University
> 
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Dave,

I seem to be one of the few that didn't care for the USR 2400's.  As
a matter of fact we sold 8 of them to UCSD and other individuals.  They
thought they got a great deal.  Since selling them almost 100% percent
of them have been junked and replaced with something more reliable.

Steve Harrison
Systems'n'Software

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