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From: stevem@fai.UUCP (Steve Minneman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: us robotics
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Date: Mon, 4-May-87 17:00:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  4 17:00:22 1987
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In article <635@pbhyc.UUCP> jdf@pbhyc.UUCP (Jack Fine) writes:
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>
>Lately I have seen some mail order ads for the us robotics 2400 bps modem
>for under 200 bucks.  In fact one was for 179.  That seems like an awful
>good price for a 2400 bps modem.  Has anyone used one?  with an apple? with
>an ibm compatible?  How good are they?  The ad said hayes compatible.  	Is
>this true?  If you have one and have used it for awhile would you recommend
>it?  How do the switches compare with hayes? Thanks for the info.
>
>Jack


It's probably an o.k. modem for home use; but I would not recommend it for
business use.  The firmware seems to have a bug in it which causes it to
occasionally go into a mode where it answers an incoming call and disconnects
about one second later.  Recycling the power clears up the problem for a while.
-- 

		Steven A. Minneman (Fujitsu America Inc, San Jose, Ca)
		!seismo!amdahl!fai!stevem

The best government is no government at all.