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From: RAF@NIHCU.BITNET ("Roger Fajman")
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re:  inexpensive 2400 baud modems?
Message-ID: <8711102213.AA02562@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 17:08:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 10 17:08:00 1987
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I tested the Practical Peripherals 2400 bps external modem for a few
days.  I found it to be very good for an inexpensive modem.  I
missed the DTR light, but many people will not.  It does pass break
signals, a problem with some inexpensive modems.  A couple of times
it started spitting out garbage at the end of a call.  The only way
to stop it was to power off the modem.  I did try it as an answering
modem with RBBS 14.1D and found that it did not operate correctly,
so some of its responses and/or timing must differ from a Hayes.
Also, when configuring the modem, some of the responses to commands
had bad parity.