Re: 28800 modems?

[Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@xxxxxxxx>]

Neil Palmer wrote:
> 
> Peter Klyne wrote:
> >
> > Neil Palmer wrote:
> > >
> > > Exactly.  As it was Dave's comment, I could say that the 7852-400 is to a
> > > cheap USR modem what a Saab 9000 Aero is to a Geo Metro - but Dave would
> > > think they were both the same because they both have 4 wheels and an
> > > engine !   ;-)
> > >
> >
> > Neil:
> >
> > What advantages does the "Real" IBM modem have when attached to the
> > ASCII Work Station Controller, which was the application under
> > discussion.
> 
> Well Peter, if you're going to cloud the issue with facts !  ;-)
> Seriously - in this environment the 7852-400 has no advantages if you're
> connecting to an ASCII WSC.  That WAS the original topic for this thread
> I'll admit, but it morphed into something else (which isn't necessarily
> a bad thing).  I was addressing the implication that a $100 USR modem
> had the same features as the $500 7852-400 - and Synchronous support was
> the differentiator.

And Peter, as Neil pointed out SAAB 9000 can do Sync/Async while Geo
Metro was Async only :-))

-- 
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net
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