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From: jpdres10@usl-pc.usl.edu (Green Eric Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: information on 2400 modems
Keywords: modems
Message-ID: <164@usl-pc.usl.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 89 00:56:31 GMT
References: <5247@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <1108@naucse.UUCP>
Reply-To: jpdres10@usl-pc.UUCP (Green Eric Lee)
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
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In article <1108@naucse.UUCP> kwc@naucse.UUCP (Ken Collier) writes:
>In article <5247@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, zanetti@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gianluigi Zanetti) writes:
>> Naive question: what is the best bang for the buck in 
>> external, hayes compatible, 2400bd modems ?    
>About two months ago I bought a 2400 bd Supra modem for $149.00 from 

The Supra modem certainly is a good bargain. I have a friend who's
been using one for quite awhile, with no problems. BUT, if you are
going to run a BBS with a Supra modem, it has a bug that renders it
useless with some of the more primitive BBS programs -- if you ever
send it a command string at less than 2400 baud (e.g., "ATH"), it will
NEVER ANSWER AT 2400 AGAIN. Period. ATZ won't even help. The only way
to get it back up to 2400 baud is to turn it off, then back on. Note
that this ONLY affects the auto-answer feature, which is irrelevant to
most of us (who use our modem only for dialout).

This "feature" seems to be common amongst modems that use that
particular chipset. I have an EasyData 2400 that seems to be a
complete clone of the Supramodem, insofar as "features" goes.

Of the low-cost modems I've looked at, the Avatex 2400 doesn't do it.
But, the Avatex 2400 does cost around $30-$40 more, so if you aren't
planning on running a BBS, don't bother.

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