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From: jsloan@wright.EDU (John Sloan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Avatex 2400 baud external modems
Message-ID: <170@wright.EDU>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 17:09:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: wright.170
Posted: Mon Sep 14 17:09:11 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Sep-87 01:58:26 EDT
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Organization: Wright State University, Dayton OH, 45435
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We've used both the original Avatex 1200 and the Avatex 1200hc. The
1200 was very much prone to line noise, and it would work on only
about 20% of the office phone lines here in the Department. I was
never able to get one to work on my line without so much noise that
it was unusable (I mean continuous garbage characters). The guy whose
office is on the other side of my wall uses one with no problems at
all. We bought several 1200 modems really cheap, then moved them around
until we discovered what lines they worked on and what ones they
didn't.

The 1200hc on the other hand arrived just last week. Two of us have used
it on lines that the original 1200 didn't work on at all, and between
the two of us we've seen exactly one garbage character in the space of
about a week, using it almost continuously.

Most of us use Hayes Smartmodem 1200s at work or at home, so that is
what users typically compare the Avatex to.

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