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- From: alansar@ccs.northeastern.edu (Mohammad Al-Ansari)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: SupraFax v32bis and BUSY tone
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.014521.10153@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 01:45:21 GMT
- References: <1992Nov04.165933.135935@ipgaix.unipg.it> <JESPER.92Nov4210330@elixir.elixir.e.kth.se> <bobl.92yu@bobsbox.rent.com>
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- In article <bobl.92yu@bobsbox.rent.com> bobl@bobsbox.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdmin) writes:
- >
- >Hmm..I just received 2 SupraFAX modems which I ordered over thier BBS.
- >The order took 3 days to process and then was shipped out UPS ground and
- >arrived in 5 working days. This seems to be very good service if you
- >ask me. (for all those who are poo-pooing Supra's service).
- >
- >But to the question at hand. I checked the version of the ROM with the
- >I command and it says ROM 1.2J. I guess this is newer than the H ROM.
- >
- >I will be giving the Supra BBS a call to see what the scoop is.
- >
-
- The 1.2J ROM is the one that has Caller-ID.
-
- >Since I have hooked up the modem, I have had absolutely! no problems
- >what-so-ever with the modem. I am running UUCP with the port locked at
- >38.4k baud. I have 12 sites that poll me at rates from 2400 up and I
- >poll out to them as well. These sites include local and LD calls and I
- >have yet to see a problem. Busy detect works fine. I've faxed to a
- >couple of machines and that works fine.
- >
- >I also used the modem with a term program and had no problems with that.
- >I noticed that the modem came pre-configured for typical operation (RE:
- >&C1 &D2).
- >
- >All in all I'd say this is a pretty fine little modem. I don't know
- >what all the fuss is about.
-
- I have only been using it with a comm program and as a fax and I have been
- extremely happy with it. I'm glad to hear that it is working well with uucp
- since I intend to try that in the near future.
-
- >
- >As for BUSY detect, there are different busy signals..fast busy, slow
- >busy and probably a few more. Maybe some of them are unsupported by the
- >modem but I have yet to have a problem with that. Is it possible that
- >the busy signal was so low that the Supra couldn't detect it?
- >
- >--
- > Bob Lindabury
- >
- >InterNet: bobl@bobsbox.rent.com | Raven Enterprises
- > UUCP: ...rutgers!bobsbox!bobl | 25 Raven Avenue
- > BitNet: bobl%bobsbox.rent.com@pucc | Piscataway, NJ 08854
- > Home #: +1 908/560-7353 | +1 908/271-8878
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