Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!pyrnj!orsvax1!brent From: brent@orsvax1.UUCP (Brent Chivers) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: Inquiry about Avatex 1200 modem Message-ID: <293@orsvax1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Aug-86 17:31:30 EDT Article-I.D.: orsvax1.293 Posted: Thu Aug 7 17:31:30 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Aug-86 08:36:13 EDT References: <1204@mhuxo.UUCP> <12226870831.27.LAWRENCE.AUGER@IC2060> Reply-To: brent@orsvax1.UUCP (Brent Chivers) Organization: ORS Automation, Inc., Princeton, NJ Lines: 46 In article <12226870831.27.LAWRENCE.AUGER@IC2060> LAWRENCE.Auger%BIONET@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Ivan Auger) writes: >I had very bad experiences with AVATEX 1200 modems. Don't buy them... >We sent them back twice... Finally, to make a long story short, >our dealer exchanged them for Racal Vadic Maxwell 1200V modems. Perhaps this is a hasty conclusion. Another newsgroup has had numerous postings saying US Robotics Courier (2400/1200/300) modems (this posting will come through one, although at only 1200 baud, by the way) are (a) great|far better than average|noise-free|etc. or (b) terrible|unreliable|pure junk|noise-prone|etc. The units that reach the field seem to fall at the extremes of usefulness. I have had experince with 3 Avatex 1200's, one of which I own. Two were fine. The third did not work, but it also did not pass its built- in self-diagnostics. It was returned, and the replacement is fine. Perhaps yours came from a bad lot. If so, then USR is not the only company that can often (but not consistently) make a good modem. ------------- Brent Chivers {allegra|ihnp4}!princeton!orsvax1!brent or perhaps ORS Automation, Inc seismo!caip!topaz!pyrnj!orsvax1!brent 440 Wall St Phone 609-924-1667 Princeton, NJ 08540 FAX 609-924-2413 USA TELEX 4944924 ORSIN -------------------- Disclaimer: I have no connection with E&E Datacom (Avatex), USR, or Racal-Vadic. (Or Agent #86 :-) I am just a satisfied (especially for the price) customer/user. "If there is any place on earth that needs light, it is certainly New York." Felix August Bartholdy -- Brent Chivers {allegra|ihnp4}!princeton!orsvax1!brent or perhaps ORS Automation, Inc seismo!caip!topaz!pyrnj!orsvax1!brent 440 Wall St Phone 609-924-1667 Princeton, NJ 08540 FAX 609-924-2413 USA TELEX 4944924 ORSIN ------------- Disclaimer: Our business may be vision, but my views are my own. "If there is any place on earth that needs light, it is certainly New York." Felix August Bartholdy