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From: denber.wbst@XEROX.COM
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Avatex 2400 baud external modems
Message-ID: <870909-074307-14744@Xerox>
Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 10:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  9 10:42:00 1987
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	"the $89 "Hayes Compatible" 1200 modem"

No.  The $89 Avatex is called the Avatex 1200 and nowhere do they claim
it to be Hayes compatible.  It's true it lacks a speaker, but hey, the
price is right.  And it has LED's and real DIP switches.  It only
supports a subset of AT commands, but it's enough for most applications.
One quirk - it prints ">" as a prompt.  I've used four of them for about
a year and I've had no problems.  They are pretty good at noise
suppression too - better than the Anchor Automation Express.  Avatex's
Hayes compatible is called the 1200hc.  It has a speaker, but the only
one I tried was DOA.

			- Michel