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- From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
- Subject: Re: Why is Supra able to sell?
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- References: <17375@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:31:28 GMT
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- In article <17375@mindlink.bc.ca> David_Hunter@mindlink.bc.ca (David Hunter) writes:
- >I have a Supra v.32bis. [...many problems...]
-
- >My main question is, Why am I still reading
- >positive things about Supras in the computer mags as if they work just super?
-
- For the same reason that many articles posted to the net are positive:
- the answer is that people use modems in many different ways. I mainly
- use the Supra to dial into the same terminal server every day. About
- 25% of the time it fails to connect on the first try and hits on the
- second. While connected it performs as expected, so I'm satisfied.
-
- The people who have been complaining are typically using the Supra
- for more demanding applications like unattended uucp and dialing up
- a variety of BBSs, and it should be clear by now that the Supra is
- not the best modem in the world at negotiating connections.
-
- Another factor (IMO) is that this most recent wave of price cuts
- has brought many more novices (relatively speaking) into the
- high-speed telecomm game -- frequently with serial cards, cables,
- and computers that are poorly suited to the application. This is
- unavoidable, and we'll probably have to wait for another generation
- of hardware and software before generic v.32bis modems are really
- "plug-n-play".
-
- You pays your money and you takes your choice ...
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- -- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)
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