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From: stern@cisunx.UUCP (Eric G Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: supra 2400 baud modem
Summary: Supra 2400 OK, but...
Message-ID: <16961@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 89 04:03:58 GMT
References: <1363@hub.ucsb.edu>
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Organization: Physics, University of Pittsburgh
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In article <1363@hub.ucsb.edu>, hbo@nobbs.ucsb.edu writes:
> In article <1896@vicorp.UUCP>, dale@vicorp.UUCP (Dale Nielsen) writes...
> 
> >I'm interested in buying an external 2400 baud modem for use with
> >an Amiga 500.  I see ads for a Supra 2400 baud external modem for
> >$129.95 in magazines.  Does anyone out there have any experience
> >with this modem?  Is it reliable or is it cheap junk?
> 

I've been using the Supra 2400 baud modem for a while.  The modem
itself seems to work OK, however it has a weird effect on my
system.  I have an Amiga 2000 with a GVP 20MB hard card.  When I
connected the modem, the system hung in boot-up.  It apparently
dies in the startup sequence at the point it executes binddrivers.
Leaving the modem turned off during bootup solves the problem.  The
problem does not occur if I am booting with a floppy only diskette that
doesn't have the drivers for the hard disk.  I don't know what is
going on, but since just turning off the modem before boot solves
the problem, I haven't worried to much about it.

				Eric Stern
				Physics, University of Pittsburgh