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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Need 96/14K Fax/Data modem suggestions
- Message-ID: <14798@claris.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 19:57:47 GMT
- References: <21980@venera.isi.edu>
- Sender: news@claris.com
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- In article <21980@venera.isi.edu>, jas@isi.edu (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
- >
- >
- > I am looking for recommendations for a new modem. I want one that can
- > send (and probably also receive, although that's less an issue) FAX as
- > well as normal data.
- >
- > Must haves:
- >
- > 9600 baud Data and Fax(send)
- > V.32 COMPLIANT
- > V.42bis COMPLIANT
- > MNP 5
- >
- > Would like:
- >
- > 14.4K baud data/fax (send and recieve)
- > V.32bis COMPLIANT
- >
- > Don't need:
- >
- > Networkability.
- > Software (other than for FAX).
- >
- > I'd like to get a solid performer, as fast and well-built as possible.
- > Also, I'd like to keep costs down. This is a personal expense, so I'd
- > like to see it under $500.
- >
- > I just have no idea who's good and who's not in this product area. I
- > have a Pracitcal Peripherals 2400SA now, which I've had virtually no
- > problems with, but I don't think they make a 9600 or 14K FAX modem.
-
- I have a SupraFax Modem v.32bis (14400 pbs). It sells for $319 without
- cable or software from MacZone, and for $379 with cable and software.
- The software is both fax and terminal emulation; the cable is HWHS.
-
- I've been using it since early May (almost three months), and like it
- a lot.
-