Novation Professional 2400 Modem

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From: Werner Uhrig
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1986 11:31

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I'm currently evaluating one - and it has some interesting features.
I'm about to send back the Revision 005 plug-in module in exchange for a
Revision 010 (which does not have dip-switches but is software-driven *AND*
supposed to be *FULLY* Hayes compatible)

The modem came with Mite-3.0 communication software for the PC - is it worth
the trouble to trade that in for the Macintosh version? (a friend spoke in
expletives about this software)

I can get optional modules for additional capabilities (not that I need them)
and am curious if anyone has experience with these:  MultiDial, multiple
password, callback.

We received 3 of the modems, all with the (older?) 005 module.  One had a bad
power-supply/transformer, one seems to be a bit sensitive to noise, the third
one I don't know about.

In one of the trade rags this week, appeared an article that discussed the
TI 2400 baud modem on a chip which should cost $25 and bring quantity prices of
2400baud modems down to $50 within a year (the article said).  interesting ...
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