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In article <SMD.89Aug29140138@media-lab.media.mit.edu> smd@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Steve Drucker) writes:
>I'm posting this for a friend of mine who needs to get a 2400 Baud
>Modem. She'd like to get one as cheap as possible.  After perusing the
>standard magazines, we came up with a few names of some cheap modems.
>The question is, does anyone have any experience with any of these
>modems as to their reliability, Hayes compatability, etc.  The modems
>are as follows:
>	Practical Peripherals 2400 Baud          $179
>	Intel 2400 B				 $179
>	Supra Modem 2400			 $145
>	SmartOne 2400 (made by Best Data)	 $145
>
>Any comments on these, or knowledge of other 2400 Baud modems in the
>same price range would be appreciated.

	How about the $99 Maxxon 2400 Baud External Modem (made in Korea)
sold by Copper Electronics. I found this in BYTE magzine several months
ago and suggested it to my friend. He has no problem in using it everyday
so far (yes, it's Hayes compatible, one year warranty) except getting
garbage character three or four times (this may be due to bad connection
or modem's low noise immunity, I'm not sure). But for such low price,
I think it's still a good deal.

	You may be interested in cheap modem cable also. We bought it
from Jameco for $4.95 each (made in Taiwan), see BYTE's ads too.
It looks nice, well-constructed, about 6 ft. long, and has been
working flawlessly. But Jameco asks for $20 minimum order, so you may
want to ask more people to make a group purchase as I did.

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Chih-Hsiang Chou	chou@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu
Department of Computer Science
University of Minnesota