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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What's a good, cheap, 2400 baud modem
Message-ID: <9292@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 14 Dec 89 21:54:49 GMT
References: <7385@dime.cs.umass.edu>
Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
Organization: Eclectic Software, San Francisco
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>>You know, it might be nice to justify statements like "DON'T buy
>>Promethius" with some valid reasons 

In article <7385@dime.cs.umass.edu> rjudy@cs.umass.edu (WHEELS GO ROUND) writes:
>Ours rarely work at 2400 baud; they usually run at 1200 and when we
>asked them why, they said it was because the phone lines must
>be noisy in our area and that would kick them down to 1200 (funny,
>our Hayes and other 2400s don't seem to have this problem). We have
>approximately 15 Promethius and they all have this problem. People
>in our department who have them at home have the same problem.  For
>no apparent reason, these modems spontaneously disconnect and you
>usually can't reconnect unless they are power cycled.

I have been using a Prometheus 2400G for, let's see, about two years
now, and I have had no problems of any sort, far less the problems you
describe.  The fact that all your modems have this problem leads me to
believe that it must in fact be something in your local environment
that is causing the problem.  Perhaps you are all using software that
doesn't interact correctly with the Prometheus in setting the baud
rates to be used.  Have you tried a variety of terminal programs?  Have
you tried taking one with you on a business trip to another part of the
country and seeing if you have the same problem?

It's possible you got a bad batch of modems, in which case I believe
there is a warranty.  But the fact that all your modems exhibit
behavior which I have not seen and which I've never heard of from other
Prometheus users really does lead me to believe there is some local
environmental factor behind this mess.
-- 
Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com

These are not my opinions, those of my ex-employers, my old schools, my
relatives, my friends, or really any rational person whatsoever.