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From: marc@pismo.cs.ucla.edu (Marc Kriguer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Mitac 2400 information wanted
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Date: Sun, 23-Aug-87 17:00:12 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 23 17:00:12 1987
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Summary: I've got one. It's pretty good.

In article <1568@crash.CTS.COM> gof@pnet01.CTS.COM (Jerry Fountain) writes:
>I noticed at a local store an External 2400 baud modem for a rather low price
>($189).  For an External I have not seen anything lower. 
>
>Has anyone used (or heard) of this unit?  How is its noise tolerance?

I bought one a couple of months ago, for $199.  It's a very good modem,
with only two flaws that I have found:  When you turn it on, it seems to
have a little problem understanding the first couple of characters, so
the first "AT" command is often ignored.

   Fix: Just have your software send out a dummy "AT <cr>" before any
"real" commands.

Problem #2:  It tends to get very hot, after it's been on for several hours.
It never seemed to degrade the performance, but it seemed a little too hot
for me...  if you have a fan, maybe you could put the modem in front of it.

But, those two "problems" nonwithstanding, it has a few VERY nice features.
It has an EPROM where you can store all your settings -- and the "ATZ"
(reset) command will load YOUR settings, not the factory defaults.  It also
has a memory for an up-to-60-character phone number, which you program
with AT&Z (phone number).  Then all you do is "ATDS" for Dial Stored, and
it dials for you.

I have noticed about as much line noise (actually, slightly less) with
this modem, as I noticed with my old Promodem 1200 -- at this point, I
think the line noise is about as little as I have had since 300 baud.
I don't know if it's due to the modem or not, so this last paragraph may
be misleading -- I don't really know exactly how line noise works, and
why it seems to be only a few characters at 2400 baud (while I was getting
a LOT of noise at a time at 1200).

Sorry to ramble...  anyway, the Mitac is a very good modem, and at $189.00,
a hard price to beat.

Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Mitac, other than owning one of their
	    modems.
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