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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcrware!kris
- From: kris@microware.com (Kris Hoffmeyer)
- Subject: Re: modem question: V.32/V.32bis
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.163323.2913@microware.com>
- Sender: news@microware.com
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- Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
- References: <1992Aug16.020619.710@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <19745@plains.NoDak.edu> <2532@news.cerf.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:33:23 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <2532@news.cerf.net> preston@nic.cerf.net (Preston L. Bannister) writes:
- >In article <19745@plains.NoDak.edu> wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken) writes:
- >>This modem uses the rockwell chipset doesnt it? If so, you probably want to
- >>stay away from it.. There have been a great number of problems with V.32bis
- >>modems based on rockwell's design....
- >
- >This is misleading.
- >
- >If you open up a modem based on the Rockwell chipset you will find two
- >large chips with Rockwell labels, and PROMs or ROMs from the modem
- >manufacturer. Most (all?) the problems have been with the board design
- >or the firmware in the P/ROMs, which does _not_ come from Rockwell.
- >
- >So the real question is whether the modem manufacturer using the
- >Rockwell chipset (i.e. Supra, Zoom, Twincom, Hayes, Lightcom, etc.)
- >has done a good job...
- >
- >--
- >Preston L. Bannister
- >Upstanding Systems
- >preston@cerf.net
-
- On a more specific note... I was shopping for modems the other day and
- saw a Zoom 9600 V.42bis and what appeared to be a Hayes 9600 V.42bis...
- Both seemed to have the same features, but the Hayes was $140 more.
- Is this typical for the Hayes brand name? Do some owners of Zoom modems
- have opinions on their experiences?
-
- Thanks for your Email replies.
- Kris.
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