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- From: mill0169@gold.tc.umn.edu (david)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
- Subject: Re: Mac Modem Recommendations Sought
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 15:38:07 -0600
- Organization: University of Minnesota
- Message-ID: <mill0169-0602961538070001@dialup-16-b-19.gw.umn.edu>
- References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.960205144149.5971B-100000@wong>
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- In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960205144149.5971B-100000@wong>, Ian Russell
- Ollmann <iano@scripps.edu> wrote:
-
- > 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
-
- Purchased a USRobotics Sportster 28.8 a couple months ago. Actually, I
- tried ordering a 28.8 from macmall but they had upgraded to the 33.6 speed
- for the same price. Somewhere around $220. I have used this modem with
- macslip 2.0.6 and freeppp 1.0.5 from two different providers with good
- results. Regular connect speeds from 26 all the way up to 33.
- Connections have been very stable. In my only experience with GV, I was
- very disappointed in performance in comparison to a USRobotics of the same
- speed. I have no experience with Zmodem or ARA.
-