Re: OEM modems

Dan:
Sorry for the name mix up.... even after I ready your post I did not see my
error......
CJG
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Bale <dbale@genfast.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: OEM modems


>
>
>Carl,
>
>By the way, the name is Dan (Bale)!  Don't worry, though, you are only the
>851,147th person to do that!  ;-)   (Hey, when I visit my Dad down south,
people
>always spell my last name "Bell".  I wonder why!)
>
>No need to apologize, I have hardly any comm skills to slight anyway!  But
I am
>surprised to read that IBM won't support the modems they recommend.
Especially
>since they helped me through several phone calls on a modem that was _not_
on
>their list of supported modems.  Hmmm.
>
>- Dan Bale
>
>__________________________ Original Message __________________________
>
>Dale:
>I see your point, but sometimes get frustrated when I see IBM soutions when
>they are not the best, because the reason is that IBM won't support them.
>Granted, IBM is GREAT in a lot of areas, especially the AS400, but I'd
>rather buy best of breed and I think the UDS (Motorola) modems are far
>superior to the IBM.  At least with the Options modems, IBM had a modem
>manufacturer make the units and the Options modems are better than previous
>IBM units.  Not to say that IBM modems did not work, they always did, but I
>just like the ease of configuration on the UDS models.  I have installed al
>lot of IBM, UDS and zillions of other modems.
>I didn't mean to slight your comm skills, if I did I apologize, and there
>are certainly comm gurus on this list server than know MUCH more than I do.
>Regards,
>Carl
>
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