Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!NIHCU.BITNET!RAF From: RAF@NIHCU.BITNET ("Roger Fajman") Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: wanted to buy: a reliable modem Message-ID: <8809241202.AA20344@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 19 Sep 88 17:44:04 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 11 > Unfortunately, most of the PC-oriented low-cost modems are trash. > The one really good modem I have found in the low end market is the > Racal-Vadic 1200V. It's not fancy, but it supports all the RS232 > signals correctly, does well on noisy lines, and these days it should > be very inexpensive. (I paid $200 apiece for them about three years > ago.) I agree with you about the general quality level of low cost modems. I would put the 1200V in that category too, however. I tried it when it came out a few years ago and found that it would not transmit break signals and lost its option settings when powered off.