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From: mchin@homxc.UUCP (M.CHIN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: ZOOM 2400 Baud Modem
Message-ID: <1513@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 88 20:22:43 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
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I just received a promotional in the mail from ZOOM Telephonics, Inc.  It's
advertising a 2400 Baud modem for $199.  If I get it now, it'll only cost me
$169.  What I'd like to know is if anyone has had any experience with any of
ZOOM's earlier modems.  From the advertisement, it sounds like a good deal.
It includes a 2-yr. warranty, and 30-day money-back guarantee.  Technically,
it allows for 4 com port addressing, "latest" in digital signal processing
and adaptive equalization, a high-speed UART.  The UART is supposedly for
compatability with the faster processing speeds of 80286 and 80386 based
machines.  However, this statement sounds pretty fishy, making the entire ad
suspect.  I though that processing speed is not realted to bus speed.  While
the 80386 may run at 16 MHz, the bus speed is usally down at 8 MHz as used
in the AT.  So, since the UART, I assume controls its bus interface, what
good does a high-speed one do me?  Am I about to be snowed if I spend this
$169?  Is there a better deal out there?  Is it a good modem company to
begin with?

Michael Chin
ihnp4!homxc!mchin