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- From: strat@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Steve Davis)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Infotel V.32bis Fax/Modem
- Date: 27 Jul 1992 14:44:28 -0500
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- bertoldi@macondo.Princeton.EDU (Frank Bertoldi) writes:
-
- >Does anyone have anything to say about the MidWest Micro
- >Infotel V.32bis Fax/Modem which sells for $269 (ext) and thus
- >appears to be the cheapest 32bis modem on the market -
- >unless someone can point to a cheaper one.
-
- >It has V32bis MNP5 V42bis etc, group 2+3 V.29 fax, 7 yrs
- >warranty.
-
- >Any comments?
-
- Sure:
- 1. The modem works just fine.
- 2. The instruction manual is VERY generic and does not include
- FAX command set, the company phone number, or even the NAMES
- of any companies!
- 3. The people at Midwest Micro are idiots and couldn't answer
- a technical question without first asking me the COLOR of
- the modem doc's cover. (!)
-
- As far as I can tell the Infotel is AT LEAST as reliable as the
- Supra, and probably a little better. It comes in a beige *PLASTIC*
- case with no internal RF shielding (but the FCC has approved the
- design), has a toggle switch in the back for power, and probably
- more LED's than you need. It is, for all intents and purposes, the
- same modem as the Zoom.
-
- As with all modems that I have seen or used with the Rockwell
- chipset, it occasionally goofs up while handshaking with other
- modems of its class. There is a page glued in the inside front
- cover of the instruction manual with alternate dial prefixes to
- limit the amount of handshaking that it does with certain modems.
- Once I applied these, I was able to connect to everything from
- Avatex 1200's to USR DST 16.8's over pretty noisy lines and lengthy
- propagation delays.
-
- On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the first wave of Gateway Telepath
- modems and 10 being the high-end ZyXEL (sp?), I'd give the Infotel
- external about an 8 or 8.5!
-
- CAVEATS: The modem speaker is a little too loud, even at L0!
-
- Stratocaster
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