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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!news
- From: rutledge@mcs-next-11 (Geoffrey Rutledge)
- Subject: NS 3.0 fax modems : request for info - Zyxel vs Supra
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.191134.7283@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Reply-To: rutledge@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
- Organization: DSO, Stanford University
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 19:11:34 GMT
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- I would like to take the plunge and upgrade my 2400 baud modem to a 9600 V.32,
- V.42bis Fax modem. It looks like the Supra and the Zyxel faxmodems offer the
- best price/performance.
-
- I understand the NeXT fax support did not work properly under NS 2.1, and that
- B&W has just announced a program that makes the Zyxel work properly with NS 2.1
- and 3.0 (with other modem support promised)
-
- Questions for those with net.wisdom:
-
- 1. Does NS 3.0 "fix" the fax support (as NeXT seems to claim), and if so, what
- faxmodems work without 3rd party software additions?
-
- 2. Can someone tell us how well B&W solution works with Zyxel modems? I heard
- that the earlier ROM version of the Zyxel has fax-bugs (version 4.13, I think).
- Is a later ROM version required with this modem (version 5.xx)?
-
- 3. Does anyone know how the Supra modems compare with the Zyxel?
-
- Thanks.
-
- I'll summarize private mail responses.
-
- Geoff
-
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- Geoffrey Rutledge (rutledge@sumex-aim.stanford.edu)
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