From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!swatt
Newsgroups: net.news
Title: Re: 2400 baud modems
Article-I.D.: ittvax.401
Posted: Wed Aug  4 18:46:50 1982
Received: Thu Aug  5 05:09:00 1982
References: cbosgd.2488

Regarding new Vadic 2400 baud modems for key network nodes:

Unless I miss my bet, you'd have to get their  autodialer  to  go
with  it,  which  costs  $600,  their rs232-to-831 adapter, which
costs another $500 (I may have these prices reversed, but I  know
the combo goes for ~$1100), and then the rack and power supplies, 
or  another $800.  Total first buy-in price would be: $1900 + 2 X
$2000 == $5900.  We have a rack of 3467's (answer-only)  but  use
two standalone DF03's for dialout.

Perhaps the $2000  kicker  for  the  2nd  modem  would  encourage
someone  to come up with a really elegant solution to the problem
of trying to use the same port for both answer and originate.  

The other problem, at least for us, is that the phone  bills  are
paid out of some larger organizational budget, which I don't see, 
but  we  sure  as  hell have to sweat for every capital equipment
dollar we want to spend.

Anybody have any experience with these?

	- Alan S. Watt
	decvax!ittvax!swatt