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- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!utzoo!telly!elegant!rstory
- From: rstory@elegant.com (Robert Story)
- Subject: Re: Aceex Modem ---- Any info??? Good or bad????
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.200625.22441@elegant.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:06:25 GMT
- References: <1g6ecaINN7qm@crcnis1.unl.edu> <5NBNVB4w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Organization: Elegant Communications Inc.
- Lines: 35
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- In article <5NBNVB4w165w@zswamp.UUCP> geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh) writes:
- > 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
- > You're still young if your wallet is exhausted before you are.
-
-
- A friend is *not* taking my advice and buying a ZyXEL but rather is
- thinking of a GVC. i
-
- Any comments good or bad about GVC v32bis fax modems would be appreciated.
- Thanks.
-
- -Robert.
-
-