Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: 9600 baud modem Message-ID: <8801141034.aa16146@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: 14 Jan 88 15:05:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 21 VachonD writes: >Well, before you go spend $200 on a 2400 Baud modem, you may want to think >about holding off and getting the latest modem from US Robotics. The >USR 9600 HST. This modem is really I nice piece of hardware, and word is >that USR is looking on putting out a new set of ROMS for the modem soon that >allow it to go faster than 9600 Baud. Unless there is something new the problem with 9600 baud modems remains that the ONLY modems you can talk to at 9600 are the SAME BRAND. Unless you regularly communicate with a mainframe that has a 9600 baud using the IDENTICAL communications protocol (or several bbs's that have the same modem), 9600 is hardly worth the cost. On our campus we connect to the mainframe at 9600 over dedicated lines - our computer center charges $650 for the service (includes hardware). Once installed, all that's needed is a serial port (even a SSC clone does nicely). --------------------- ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut