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- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Aceex Modem ---- Any info??? Good or bad????
- Message-ID: <5NBNVB4w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 20:36:51 EST
- References: <1g6ecaINN7qm@crcnis1.unl.edu>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
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- vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
-
- > In my experience, the Aceex 14.4 modem is a very nice Taiwanese-made
- > unit which has, however, one glaring defect: it does not recognize
- > BUSY signals unless they are extremely strong (i.e., on local
- > connections only).
-
- At first I suspected that these were just repackaged GVC modems, and then I
- dismissed the thought. This suggests that I might have been right the first
- time!
-
- > My other criticism of the Aceex is that it is supposed to be a 14.4
- > Fax unit as well as a 14.4 V.32bis unit, but the Fax software that
- > comes with it is only good up to 9600 bps, and it normally defaults
- > to 2400 bps without telling you that it has done so!
-
- ... on the other hand, GVC's FM-144 only does FAX at 9600 (that I am aware
- of), so maybe it isn't a GVC after all if it really can handle 14400 FAX!
-
- <grin>
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
- geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
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