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From: joel@peora.ccur.com (Joel Upchurch)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Practical Peripherals 2400 modem advice
Message-ID: <2761@peora.ccur.com>
Date: 3 Feb 88 15:44:05 GMT
References: <893@ur-tut.UUCP>
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Organization: Concurrent Computer Corporation, Orlando, Fl
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Keywords: practical peripherals modem 2400 baud GEnie
Summary: I've had some problems with PM2400SA

In article <893@ur-tut.UUCP>, syap@ur-tut.UUCP (James Fitzwilliam) writes:
> I have seen the Practical Peripherals 2400 baud model advertised for under
> $200.00, which is right for my budget.  Does anyone have experience with
> this unit?  I would especially like to hear from anyone who's tried it
> with GEnie, since that service seems especially fussy when it comes to
> X-modem.  Is it well made?  Does it function well at all three speeds?
> 

We bought a couple of them. We've had them hooked up to a PC compatible,
a Amiga, a Mac II, and some terminals without any problems. I also used
Genie at 1200 baud with them with no problems.

Where we had problems was hooking it up to our super-mini at work. When I
hook it up to our 3200MPS it won't connect most of the time when it
recieves a call. Other modems hooked to the same line work fine and the
PM2400SA answers fine when hooked to the PC and the Amiga. Both of the
PP modems acted like this so apparently it is a general problem. I haven't
had a chance to figure out why, but my guess is that the PM2400SA may
be a little fussier about the host connection than some other modems.
Since it worked fine on the Mac you may not need to worry about this.

> I am running a Mac Plus with 4.1/5.5, and usually use Red Ryder 9.2.
> 

The Mac II is using Red Ryder and works fine with the PP modem from
all reports.
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