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From: romain@pyrnj.uucp (Romain Kang)
Newsgroups: net.dcom
Subject: USR Courier
Message-ID: <300@pyrnj.uucp>
Date: Sun, 10-Aug-86 16:05:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: pyrnj.300
Posted: Sun Aug 10 16:05:25 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 12-Aug-86 11:17:41 EDT
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Reply-To: romain@pyrnj.uucp (Romain Kang)
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp, Woodbridge, NJ
Lines: 37

I have one Courier on pyrnj, which has given mostly good service.
I have a few gripes, though.

I use this modem as both a dialout and a dialup.  Often it gets
confused and will not respond in command mode; at the same time, it
gets wedged off-hook and blocks dialups also.  Cycling power fixes
this, but that's a pain when no one's near the office on a weekend like
this.  The period between seizures ranges from 2 days to about a week.
In fairness, though, a Courier I set up for a friend is also used (very
lightly) for dialup/dialout and hasn't had such problems.

X6 mode sometimes attempts to dial before the dial tone comes in.  I
simply use X5 mode instead.  Also, I haven't figured out how I'm going
to deal with "CONNECT 1200" when I switch to Honey Danber.  I may
simply have to find a modem capable of locking its serial interface
speed.

Subjectively, the Courier I have at home behaves well, but seems to
give worse MCI service at 1200 bps than my old Hayes did.  I get a lot
of {'s during the day, which I rarely saw with the Hayes.  Evenings
seem much better, though.

I echo Rick Adams's complaint that so many modems have a bulky
power plug-and-adapter combination that defeats attempts to plug
several modems into a normal power strip.

For the price I got ($350, less than our Hayes 1200's cost when we got
them) I'm actually quite satisfied with it.  I do get the feeling that
I may be able to better performance on other makes.
-- 
Romain Kang, Pyramid Technology Corporation

US Mail:	10 Woodbridge Center Drive, Woodbridge, NJ  07095
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