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From: ca063@unocss.UUCP (Thomas Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Practical Peripherals 2400SA - Evaluation
Message-ID: <524@unocss.UUCP>
Date: 29 Nov 88 18:41:32 GMT
References: <8811282004.AA13418@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: U. of Nebraska at Omaha
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From article <8811282004.AA13418@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, by GDAU100@BGUVM.BITNET ("Jonathan B. Owen"):
> Spencer Sun asks what the point is of storing telephone numbers in the
> modem's Non-Volatile RAM.  There is no point, if you don't plan to
> carry it around with you and hook it up to various computers.
> 
> As I wrote before, I recomment this 100% Hayes Compatible modem very much.
> I would say that you really get your money's worth, but since it is so
> cheap, that would be contrary to my recommendation!
> 
> P.S. Are all you 2400SA owners satisfied with it's manual?

  I've owned one now for close to a year.  The last 2400 BPS modem I
tried was a Everex, and that was junk compared to the 2400SA.

  I've notice a bug in the firmware.  If you are dialing out, and have
call progress enable (that's where the modem says BUSY if the called
number is busy), and the modem you call up answers the phone BEFORE you
get a "RING" on the line, the 2400SA just hangs there.  It's not locked
up or anything, it just doesn't know that a modem has answered the call.
Since the VAX system here at UNO loves to answer the phone that way, I've
had to permantly disable that feature.

  As for the manual, it's lousy.  But I've seen worse.  At least it has
an index, and documents all or most of the commands.

  The NVRAM I just love.  DIP switches?  Not one in sight.  As for keeping
phone numbers in NVRAM, I've finally used it when the Amiga the 2400SA went
in to work, and the 2400 stayed home with the VT100.  Makes it easy to
dial the same number that the ol' terminal program did..

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