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From: rab@well.UUCP (Bob Bickford)
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Subject: Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
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Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 23:08:33 EDT
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In a previous article Mark Horton writes:
> Andrew S. Gerber writes:
> >I've heard of an Avatex 1200, 
    [mucho text deleted]
> 
> The modem is said to be Hayes compable (except for some obscure
> features) but I have no idea if it's any good.  It's a 300/1200
> baud modem, as I understand it.
> 

   I'm using one right now.  It works fine, is just as reliable as my
(borrowed) Hayes ever was, etc.   It is only Hayes compatible if by
that you mean that it accepts the same dialing commands.  In other
words, it does NOT support 95% of the Hayes commands.  Of course,
the ones it doesn't use are the ones that you as a human would
probably never use anyway (like turning verbose command response
mode on and off, and turning local command echo on and off, etc.)
The two things that I ***don't*** like about it are:
 1)  No speaker.  I would rather be able to monitor the call in progress
      without having to lift up my telephone (and then put it back
      down again, etc. etc.)
 2)  There is *NO* escape-to-command-mode command (the familiar
      Hayes  +++  sequence).  Since the command set is so limited,
      this feature is probably not important, but..... it bugs me.
      (I used to type   +++   AT H0     to hang up, now I have to
      press a button on the modem.)


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Robert Bickford     {lll-crg,hplabs}!well!rab