Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site voder.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!hplabs!nsc!voder!gino From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Cheap 1200 baud modems Message-ID: <671@voder.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 20:17:42 EST Article-I.D.: voder.671 Posted: Mon Feb 11 20:17:42 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 13:33:30 EST References: <8115@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 21 [at 1200 baud this line can be eaten in about 50 msec] > Cermetek is advertising their 1200/300 baud modems in BYTE for the low > price of $199 (stand-alone) and $149 (IBM PC board). These are the > INFOMATE 199SA and INFOMATE 212PC respectively. > > Has anyone had any experience with these modems? Are they Hayes > compatible? (the ad says "Crosstalk software compatible"). Thanks for > your help. They are NOT Hayes-compatible. They tell you how to modify defaults in Crosstalk XVI to teach it the Cermetek commands. You can often use manual commands to accomplish your goals, of course. I just got the PC model for my Compaq. It seems to work OK (stable etc), and the terminal emulator I use lets me specify the dial command (or do it from the keyboard). If you use a S/W package that must send Hayes commands and can't be patched (is that an oxymoron?), you might be unhappy. I'm satisfied, though. BTW, their free terminal S/W is a dumb terminal (but maybe their documentation is confusing me in that regard). -- Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino) The opinions expressed above are accidents.