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In article <1992Apr7.073326.17765@cs.ubc.ca> sritchie@cs.ubc.ca (Stuart Ritchie) writes:

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>NeXTstep, with ISDN support built right into the operating
>system and hardware -- as seemless as it could be -- will be
>running rings around your Macintosh.

ISDN is a long way down the road for us at least. By the time it is
readily available and affordable the Mac and other micros will no doubt
support it.
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>But hey, that's networking.  Something that Mac's don't need
>to bother about.

One of the Mac's stronger points has been networking. Appletalk is very
nice and using it remotely is even nicer. If anything it's the NeXT that
has so far been hard to integrate into mixed networks.
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>Also, I bet there are modem/fax dealers for Mac systems that
>have dished out the same problems for Mac customers.

I'd have a hard time finding one that's been on the same (low) level
as Neuron. I've dealt with all types of computers and I have never
come across any company as bad as Neuron. In the Mac/PC/(other) world
you'd have a choice.

What would happen to all those Neuron customers were Neuron to just
stop existing, something which would not surprise me? I suspect the
answer is that they'd get an equivalent level of service. In fact it
might actually improve matters. For example has anyone tried to contact
Digicom in order to put the original firmware back in( i.e. get the
Neuron stuff out)? They might even supply you with a different nameplate( just
wishful thinking perhaps).

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu

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