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Started by Lord Kahless
Wed, 10 Sep 1986 23:53
need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Lord Kahless
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1986 23:53
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1986 23:53
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Need cheap 1200 or 2400 baud modem. $70 for 1200, $150 for 2400 baud. Manual dial o.k., if the price is right.
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Stefan Brandle
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1986 19:01
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1986 19:01
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Include me in any answers. I have a student budget and $500-$700 modems don't fit into that budget. Volksmodem 1200's go for about $200 or so. Is there anything cheeper and yet decent? -- --------- Stefan Brandle UUCP: ihnp4!wheaton!stefan I never claimed to be sane.
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: gerber
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1986 01:23
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1986 01:23
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In article <177@wheaton> stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle) writes: >Include me in any answers. I have a student budget and $500-$700 modems >don't fit into that budget. Volksmodem 1200's go for about $200 or so. >Is there anything cheeper and yet decent? >-- >--------- >Stefan Brandle UUCP: ihnp4!wheaton!stefan >I never claimed to be sane. I've heard of an Avatex 1200, for $79 plus shipping, from Black Patch Systems. Call them at 1-800-ATARI-02. As of this point, all I've gotten is a busy signal. If someone out there contacts them, or finds a new source for these modems, I'd appreciate hearing about it. -andy -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Andrew S. Gerber MIT '87 Visible Language Workshop | | gerber@mit-amt.MIT.EDU, gerber@mit-mc.lcs.mit.edu, gerber@athena.mit.edu | | UUCP: decvax!mit-eddie!mit-amt!gerber decvax!mit-eddie!mit-athena!gerber | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Mark Horton
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1986 16:12
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1986 16:12
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In article <330@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> gerber@media-lab.UUCP (Andrew S. Gerber) writes: >I've heard of an Avatex 1200, for $79 plus shipping, from Black >Patch Systems. Call them at 1-800-ATARI-02. As of this point, >all I've gotten is a busy signal. If someone out there contacts >them, or finds a new source for these modems, I'd appreciate hearing >about it. I've seen the Avatex advertised all over the place. I know that, for example, a local hacker-oriented store in Columbus called MicroBatics carries them for about the same price. The modem is said to be Hayes compable (except for some obscure features) but I have no idea if it's any good. It's a 300/1200 baud modem, as I understand it. Mark
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Lewis R. Jansen
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 05:07
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 05:07
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In article <177@wheaton> stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle) writes: >Include me in any answers. I have a student budget and $500-$700 modems >don't fit into that budget. Volksmodem 1200's go for about $200 or so. >Is there anything cheeper and yet decent? >Stefan Brandle UUCP: ihnp4!wheaton!stefan Concord Technologies sells a 1200/300 bps, "99% Hayes Compatible" modem for about $130, last i looked. They advertise in _BYTE_. A few months ago i bought one, and it worked perfectly, very clean data tranmission, so on and so forth. It WAS very close to a Hayes, almost everything implemented (would not dial a '*' or '#' in touchtone). They delivered (by UPS) in about a week and a half... Why do i say it 'worked' perfectly? Well, you see there was this thunderstorm, and someone forgot to disconnect the modem from the phone... I know of no modem that can hande a several thousand volt surge/spike coming in thru the phone line... One toasted modem. Basically, i was happy with Concord's 1200 bps modem. -- Lewis R. Jansen, LASSP, Cornell University NOTE: I have no connection with BYTE, or Concord Technologies, apart from being an innocent (!) consumer.
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Jon Meltzer
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 12:20
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 12:20
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In article <1051@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> lrj@batcomputer.UUCP (Lewis R. Jansen) writes: > A few months ago i bought one, and it worked perfectly, very clean >data tranmission, so on and so forth. It WAS very close to a Hayes, >almost everything implemented (would not dial a '*' or '#' in touchtone). >They delivered (by UPS) in about a week and a half... > Why do i say it 'worked' perfectly? Well, you see there was this >thunderstorm, and someone forgot to disconnect the modem from the phone... >I know of no modem that can hande a several thousand volt surge/spike >coming in thru the phone line... One toasted modem. > WOW! I've never thought of that possibility! Any way to surge protect a phone line?
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Dave Hsu
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 12:38
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1986 12:38
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In article <2596@cbosgd.UUCP> mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) writes: >In article <330@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> gerber@media-lab.UUCP (Andrew S. Gerber) writes: >>I've heard of an Avatex 1200, for $79 plus shipping, from Black >>Patch Systems. Call them at 1-800-ATARI-02. As of this point, >>all I've gotten is a busy signal. If someone out there contacts >>them, or finds a new source for these modems, I'd appreciate hearing >>about it. > >I've seen the Avatex advertised all over the place. I know that, >for example, a local hacker-oriented store in Columbus called >MicroBatics carries them for about the same price. > >The modem is said to be Hayes compable (except for some obscure >features) but I have no idea if it's any good. It's a 300/1200 >baud modem, as I understand it. > > Mark You should be able to find the Avatex (Avatek?) for about that price from numerous mail-order places, only slightly more from a discount retailer. As for being Hayes compatible, well, they make two models: the 1200, usually sold around this price, and the 1200HC (Hayes Compatible, what else?) which usually goes for another 40-60 bucks. -dave -- David Hsu (301) 454-1433 || -8798 || -8715 "I know no-thing!" -eneevax Communications & Signal Processing Laboratory / EE Systems Staff Systems Research Center, Bldg 093 / Engineering Computer Facility The University of Maryland -~- College Park, MD 20742 ARPA: hsu@eneevax.umd.edu UUCP: [seismo,allegra,rlgvax]!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu "I am NOT a dweeb..."
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Larry Pajakowski
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1986 23:58
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1986 23:58
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I've had the Avatex modem test on a grunge box. It works about the same as any state of the art comprimise equalized modem. Modems built on the Rockwell chip set work better. It uses the Exar chip inside for most of the dirty work. It does lack some Hayes features like disconecting on +++ and S registers. I bought one since it works well with modem control signals and consequently uucp. For the price it is a good deal. BTW the unit is make in Hong Kong. Larry ihnp4!extel!larry -- Larry Pajakowski Extel Corp, Northbrook, IL ihnp4!tellab1|extel|larry
Re: need cheap 1200/2400 baud modem
Author: Lord Kahless
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1986 06:31
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1986 06:31
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> > Why do i say it 'worked' perfectly? Well, you see there was this > >thunderstorm, and someone forgot to disconnect the modem from the phone... > >I know of no modem that can hande a several thousand volt surge/spike > >coming in thru the phone line... One toasted modem. > > > WOW! I've never thought of that possibility! Any way to surge protect a > phone line? INMAC, the catalogue house, sells something that's supposed to protect phone lines against such. I don't own one, and have no idea if it works.
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