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- From: Richard.Town@f235.n254.z2.fidonet.org (Richard Town)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: SupraSonic/Motorola Premier?
- Date: 11 Apr 96 13:03:04
- Organization: Barney's Rubble
- Message-ID: <abd_9604130136@fidouk.fidonet.org>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: rubble.fidouk.org
-
- -=> Quoting Clay Cowgill to All <=-
-
- CC> From: clay@supra.com (Clay Cowgill)
- > Pssst! Supra uses Rockwell
- > (but keep it quiet :)
- > If you see a modem that's cheep (often referred to as "el-cheepo" in here)
- > then it may not be very good. That's because the OEM (such as Zoom, Supra,
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > to name but two well established modem companies)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > have not invested time and research into producing firmware,
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Meaning the OEM producing the el cheepo, not Zoom or Supra
-
- CC> throughput, to the best of my knowledge. :-) Please check out
- CC> http://www.supra.com for the latest information, I'm afraid you're a
- CC> bit out of date...
-
- But I havn't slagged Supra off! Quite the reverse; I'm slagging off the
- el cheepos which just get the Rockwell basics (somehow, sometimes cloned)
- and then make a modem (for a silly price), give it a silly name, put it in
- a butch display carton and then sell it on to the unsuspecting
-
- Over here in UK, advertisers know they can't getting away with calling it
- the "Morning Glory 288EX Power Data Shafter Mk 2" so instead advertise
- this rubbish as "Rockwell"
-
- CC> Have you ever bought a Supra?
-
- V.Nice class!
-
- CC> I don't do much on the consumer modem side of things anymore, but give
- CC> us a bit more credit than "el-cheapo". *shudder* :-)
-
- Well, erm, that was my intention in my original posting: If the advertiser
- won't tell you the brand name (Rockwell don't make modems) don't buy. If
- the seller says: "It's just like a Zoom (or Supra)" ask why it's not called
- by it's proper name then (and still don't buy) If it's called Zoom (oh,
- alright then, Supra as well :) then you can buy with confidence
-
- Here's hoping there's not a modem Co out there called Morning Glory Inc...
-
- Best wishes
- Richard
-
- ... best modem I ever had? Vibroflex
-