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- From: jdzahari@picard.cca.rockwell.com (John D. Zahari)
- Subject: Re: Mac Modem Recommendations Sought
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- Organization: Rockwell Avionics - Collins
- References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.960205144149.5971B-100000@wong>
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 18:59:08 GMT
-
- In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960205144149.5971B-100000@wong> Ian Russell Ollmann <iano@scripps.edu> writes:
- >
- >We are interested in buying a 28.8 modem for use with a Power Macintosh
- >7500. This modem will be used for remote login to a unix system, at first
- >via the usual text only mode and soon thereafter by PPP. We also need the
- >modem to support Apple Remote Access 2.0. Faxes are relatively
- >unimportant. We are looking at the Global Village Teleport Platinum, the
- >Supra28.8 (the good one) and a US Robotics Sportster.
- >
- >We are particularly interested in how dependable these three are for PPP,
- >Zmodem and ARA. ARA is a must. We have noticed that not all manufacturers
- >supply ARA scripts with their modems, and would like to be sure that a
- >modem would work for this purpose before we buy it. (I have a GV TP
- >Platinum. It works for all of this stuff, but I am not thrilled with its
- >dependability or stability on the line.)
- >
- >Please let me know if you had to buy a special hardware handshaking cable
- >for yours. Thanks!
- >
- > Ian Ollmann
- > Heather Hogg
-
- Hi,
- In an attempt to help these folks out, I've reposted this to a more
- mac-centric newsgroup:
- comp.sys.mac.comm.
-
- cheers,
- John.
-
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