Re: Modem for IBM Aptiva

James Blanding (j.blanding@edgenet.net)
Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:24:25 -0400

At 07:34 PM 7/1/97 -1000, you wrote:

>On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Gail A. Harless wrote:

>

>> Duh, I'm sorry. I have Microcom 33.6 rack modems. Does this change your

>> recommendation at all?

>

>It can... USR sportsters are kinda no-nos.... Same recommendations

>though...

>

>>

>> On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Sherwood Portmaster-List wrote:

>>

>> > On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Gail A. Harless wrote:

>> >

>> > > A customer of mine has asked my advice in purchasing a new modem. He has

>> > > an IBM Aptiva. We have a Portmaster 2e-30. What would you recommend?

>> > > Feel free to respond to me directly.

>> >

>> > What do you have on your end?

>> >

>> > USR V.everything couriers are nice.

>> >

>> > I used to really like Cardinals....

>> >

>> > Otherwise, most Taiwan clones seem to work better...*shrug*

>> >

actually, we have a couple of users w/ courier v.everything modems that dial into ISPorte racks. they constantly complain that the ARQ light on their modems constantly flashing (supposedly indicating the modem is constantly resending data). i dont know how much truth to this there is though...

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