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From: lrj@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Lewis R. Jansen)
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Subject: Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
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Date: Fri, 19-Sep-86 01:07:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 19 01:07:53 1986
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In article <177@wheaton> stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle) writes:
>Include me in any answers.  I have a student budget and $500-$700 modems
>don't fit into that budget.  Volksmodem 1200's go for about $200 or so.
>Is there anything cheeper and yet decent?

>Stefan Brandle				UUCP:  ihnp4!wheaton!stefan

  Concord Technologies sells a 1200/300 bps, "99% Hayes Compatible" modem
for about $130, last i looked.  They advertise in _BYTE_.

  A few months ago i bought one, and it worked perfectly, very clean
data tranmission, so on and so forth.  It WAS very close to a Hayes,
almost everything implemented (would not dial a '*' or '#' in touchtone).
They delivered (by UPS) in about a week and a half...

  Why do i say it 'worked' perfectly?  Well, you see there was this
thunderstorm, and someone forgot to disconnect the modem from the phone...
I know of no modem that can hande a several thousand volt surge/spike
coming in thru the phone line...  One toasted modem.

  Basically, i was happy with Concord's 1200 bps modem.

-- Lewis R. Jansen, LASSP, Cornell University

NOTE: I have no connection with BYTE, or Concord Technologies, apart from
	being an innocent (!) consumer.