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- From: asd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Doug McClure)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: ZyXEL 1496 modem
- Message-ID: <BuK2s1.MnK@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 06:45:36 GMT
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- In <1992Sep14.044529.1608@news2.cis.umn.edu> burchard@horizon.math.utah.edu (Paul Burchard) writes:
-
- >> Since I'm not connected with them, (except as a satisfied customer)
- >> I don't feel bad about posting a price -
- >> it apparently changes all the time but about 2 weeks ago they were
- >> quoting $349 plus a few dollars shipping. They don't take credit
- >> cards ('yet'). It has the latest production (4.13) ROMs, including
-
- >Latest != greatest. The 4.13 version has a bug which screws up FAX receiving
- >on the NeXT (but apparently not on PC's where they presumably test it). I got
- >burned by this same thing by buying the ZyXEL hardware from a discounter,
- >rather than through Craig Goss of B&W (author of NXFax) directly. Despite
- >this, Craig was extremely helpful about getting me upgrade ROMs in short order
- >(thanks Craig!). I recommend talking to him before you do anything.
-
- Indeed! I got my ZyXEL last Friday from B&W, and I've been a VERY
- happy camper. It's worked flawlessly, and except for the super out of
- date manual that came with it, I've not much to complain about. Craig
- was great. I probably spent a half hour to 45 minutes on the phone
- with him grilling him about the modem, and various considerations I
- have to take into consideration with my particular phone setup. Sure,
- I wish I could a have gotten it cheaper, but I think the extra expense
- was well worth both the software and knowing that theirs some pretty
- cool support guys at B&W. Look for more cool stuff to come out of
- there.
-
- -dsm
-