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- Subject: Re: Comments on Boca 14.4K baud modem
- Message-ID: <BttG3v.C1o@animal.gcs.co.nz>
- From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 21:38:11 GMT
- References: <amigo.714973687@milton>
- Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand
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- In article <amigo.714973687@milton> amigo@milton.u.washington.edu (The Friend) writes:
- >K
- > Anyone have any problems with a internal Boca 14.4K baud V.42 modem?
- >I'm considering the purchase of one and wondering if there's any defects with
- >their implementation of the modem standards (v32bis/V42bis/etc)... looks
- >like a reasonable modem, but as people mentioned, the cheaper, the more
- >problems that _may occur_.. and the less support you'll get typically.
- >I don't always go by that rule though - its not always the case that
- >you get defective products because of price.
- >
- >
- > --> Mike
- >
- >
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- I bought one about 2 months ago from J&R Music World for $229. Worked fine
- out of the box although I did have some problems resolving a IRQ conflict.
- I have a serial card with COM1 and COM2 but the COM2 is not socketed and
- so I thought I could use the Boca as COM2. I did have a couple of fax
- problems but these were fixed by upgrading to the latest ROMS and getting
- a beta release of WINFAX Pro.
- I think it lacks 16550A UARTS or simulations thereof and at present I
- cannot do V32bis downloads in the background under Windows without getting
- overrun errors. These may be addressed in new ROMS coming out later.
- One the whole, for the price, recommended.
-
- Laurence Chiu
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