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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Netserial?
Message-ID: <69372@sun.uucp>
Date: 21 Sep 88 16:34:35 GMT
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Anyone worked with the Shiva Netserial? I'm thinking of hooking up my
existing modem to one to we don't have to fight over who gets the machine
with the modem.

I've tried this once with ComServe by Infosphere, and threw the stuff off my
hard disks because it was (1) amazingly buggy (2) not Multifinder
compatible (3) slowed a 2400 baud modem down to about 1200 baud effective
throughput, and (4) their tech support people were somewhere between
incompetent and abusive (bugs? what bugs?). Foo.

So, before I invest in a NetModem, I thought I'd ask around and see what
people thought about it. Does it work well with a modem attached? Can you
attach to the modem, call out and then wait until someone calls you back
without losing the connection? Does it slow the throughput down
significantly?

Send e-mail to me. I'll summarize if there's interest.


Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ
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