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Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!aimed!nick
From: nick@aimed.UUCP (Nick Pemberton)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Information on Packard Bell 2400
Summary: we have 8, all going strong
Keywords: Does it work?
Message-ID: <171@aimed.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 89 01:26:04 GMT
References: <4102@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Organization: AIM, Inc, Toronto, Ontario
Lines: 34

In article <4102@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>, jdg@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Jim Griggers) writes:
> Does anyone have any experience with the Packard Bell PB2400PLUS modem?
> Yesterday I bought one from Service Merchandise and found it very 
> intermittent in going on-line.  Once carrier is detected however, it works
> fine.  So today, back to the store for another one.  Same story.  The last
> time the modem dialed a number,  part of the way through the sequence it
> changed to pulse dialing (without being told to do so).  I am afraid this
> may be a result of an immature design on Packard Bell's part.  I plan to
> call their technical service number tomorrow and get some advice.  Any
> recommendations for a (reliable) 2400 BPS modem would be welcome.

H'mm - I'd try some other types of modems first in the same conditions
before writing off the PB2400. While I've never seen a modem switch from
tone to pulse dialing, I have seen them miss carriers, usually due to a
weak remote carrier or noisy phone line. We use the PB2400 in a number of
situations: one is on this machine, 'aimed', as the dial in/dial out line
for receiving news and mail. This is with SCO XENIX on an AT. We also
use it on our ADDS Mentors as dial in/dial out, and as the remote end
of several clients dialing in to rack mounted gandalf modems (the SAM
24s). I had a little trouble setting one up for this box, but that was
my own misunderstanding of how to set up a modem for use under XENIX
(I'm a PICK hack by trade), and not trouble with the modem. All of them
have operated fairly reliably. Since clearing up the troubles with 
XENIX (I hadn't set the modem to track the remote carrier properly),
we have no trouble (right brian? :-) )

Hope this helps,

Nick
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