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From: carl@legs.UUCP (Carl E. Garringer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Hayes Personal Modem
Message-ID: <2479@legs.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 90 17:46:23 GMT
References: <4946@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
Organization: AST Research, Systems Software Engineering, Irvine, CA
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in article <4946@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, phssra@mathcs.emory.edu (Scott R. Anderson) says:
> References:
> 
> Someone here got a Hayes Personal Modem for $120.  Why is this modem so much
> cheaper than the other Hayes modems, and even comparable in price to the
> cheapest of non-Hayes modems? I assume that some features are lacking; what are
> they?
I think the list price is $210, cheap for a Hayes but not when compared with
other modems. It does not have a speaker and only two indicator lights, I am
not sure what they indicated. I just knew that when they were flashing I
was transferring data. The modem came with no documentation on the interal
register usage. I had no problem using standard software with it (Xenix dialer
and Procomm under dos). The modem looks much like a overgrown transformer that
plugs into a outlet with 2 cables coming out of it. One cable goes to the phone
line and the other goes to a serial port. Make sure your commuter and
phone line are within 6 feet of the outlet. The modem has no power switch it
is always on when plugged in. As a modem it worked fine for the 2 months that
I used it, I replaced it with an internal trailblazer.
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