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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

4318.0. "Highland Superstores - Packard Bell Modem 98$" by DATABS::TENNY (Dave Tenny - Trellis Development) Wed Nov 28 1990 11:44

I noticed in a flyer I received last Sunday that
Highland Superstores are selling Packard Bell 2400 Hayes-compatible
modems for 98$.

Just an FYI for those interested.

Are these modems any good?

Dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4318.1	Packard Bell reply	TLE::TLET8::ASHFORTH		`Thu Nov 29 1990 15:32`	6
	I've had one for a while now (a year?) and it's OK except that once it's well warmed up I have a problem with it dialing out- it gets "hung" part way through. I can't guarantee that there isn't something funky about the phone wiring, since I'm in an old house, using an extension that my father-in-law wired years ago, but it would seem more likely to be the modem. I never had a problem with my previous (1200 baud) modem.
4318.2		DATABS::TENNY	Dave Tenny - Object Based Systems	`Tue Mar 19 1991 08:20`	14
	Followup on .0. I bought one of these modems. They are NOT completely Hayes compatible. The real behaviour difference is some funniness in how software works with modems to answer the phone. (For dialup to Unix or Amiga machines with various software). I have several packages that will work with a real Hayes modem, and won't work to answer the phone (or maybe will answer only once) with the Packard Bell. Buyer Beware! Otherwise, the modem works like a charm. Dave