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In article <1317@lsuc.UUCP> jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes:
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>     I have tried a few cheap modems lately and have found the following:
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>The GVC modem has problems with reliability. <more stuff about GVC>
>
>The Tandy 2212 is wonderfully reliable. <more stuff about Tandy>
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>The USR Password is a Hayes compatible <more stuff about USR Password>
>
>The Avatex 1200 seems to have good signal quality <more about Avatek>
>-- 
>James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
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In all the talk about various modems lately, especially low cost ones, I
have been interested to see no mention of the Team Industries SMARTeam
modem.  This could be because of distribution peculiarities or other things.
Anyway, I bought one at a swap meet in the SF Bay Area a few months ago.
The going price seems to be about $165 which is cheap compared to Hayes
and expensive compared to Avatek.  But comparing to Avatek based on what
I have heard and read, it has a lot more in the way of features.  It is
*completely* Hayes compatible meaning soft access to all registers and
features.  It has an external speaker (soft controllable - you can shut
it off all together, leave it on constantly, or leave it in default mode
where it shuts itself off when it receives carrier.  It is 300/1200 baud
(with 1200 being default) and I have had *no* problems with signal quality
in transferring many megabytes both ways (both binary and ascii).  I
even had a good experience with customer service.  A few weeks ago I 
started having problems getting connected to a couple of BBS' and the
VAX at work when it had been working flawlessly before.  I tried different
RS232 settings from the desktop and nothing changed.  I tried a different
cable and concluded that the modem was bad.  I called the US distributor,
they told me to send it in.  I got an *exchange* modem back in 7 working
days, no questions asked.  When it didn't work, I discovered that the
problem was with me and my software, not the modem.  The modem never
was broken, but the company was responsive anyway.  I like it.

I haven't seen this modem advertised, but it seems to be around and I'm
convinced it's a good buy.  The only thing it's missing that I would like
to see is a clock, but overall, I'm very happy with it.  Check it out.

Sweeney
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