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From: jmzweig@snail.CS.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Zoom Modems
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Date: 15 Feb 88 16:26:00 GMT
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Nf-From: snail.CS.UIUC.EDU!jmzweig    Feb 15 10:26:00 1988


	I have owned a Zoom modem for about six months, and love it to
death! I have the 2400 bps model with demon dialer and buffer memory and
all the bells and whistles (cost me about $250 if memory serves).
	Here at U of I, getting into the dialup system can be tricky, so
the demon dialer is a very nontrivial feature. I have it call my favorite
numbers back and forth until one of them answers. The message buffer is handy
so I can call from the terminal in my office and leave myself messages at
home (okay, so a post-it note would do the trick just as well; I'm a bit
of a hacker).
	Of course, if you don't need the demon dialer it's not alot different
than other modems. Works real good at 2400 bps -- even over AT&T between 
Illinois and Pasadena, CA.
	Does that answer your question? Anyone else have more to add?

Jonathan Zweig
Dept. of Computer Science
UIUC