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- From: Thomas Malcolmson <tmm@inforamp.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Good Modem for Faxing - any suggestions?
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 20:07:53 -0500
- Organization: InfoRamp Inc., Toronto, Ontario (416) 363-9100
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- Al Kozakiewicz wrote:
- >
- > In article <4ivhn5$5cn@news00.btx.dtag.de>, A.Weis@t-online.de says...
- > >
- > >I'm searching for a modem which is very reliable in sending
- > >and receiving faxes. It also must be Class 2 compatible.
- > >
- > >I'm now using an ACEEX 1414 external, but with some stations only the
- > >first page of the fax is OK, the other pages are either empty or
- > >unreadable. This modem has an UMC-chipset.
- > >Is a modem with a Rockwell chipset the better choice (exspecially for
- > >faxing?).
- >
- > I can tell you to stay away from the USR Sportster and Practical
- > Peripherals PM288MT. They both claim class 2 compliance, but neither seem
- > to work with software that wants full class 2 or 2.0 compatibility. When
- > it comes to Class 2/2,0, forget what the box says, ask the software vendor
- > what they support. It's too bad; although the Sportster has the look and
- > feel of junk, the PPI is otherwise a good modem. It certainly works
- > better in data mode than the USR product, at least on the phone lines that
- > I tried.
- >
- > The cheapo Cardinals with the Rockwell data pump (MVP288I) and the
- > MultiTech 1932ZDX do work well for FAXing. Neither are pricey.
- >
- > Regards,
- >
- > Al
- >
- > --
- > ________________________________________________________________________> Al Kozakiewicz, President phone: 518.452.9062
- > Hourglass Systems, Inc.
- > Microsoft Solution Provider
- > ________________________________________________________________________
- replaced my USR's with Supra's due to faxing problems.
-
- This solved my problems.
-
- Tom.
-