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- Path: sparky!uunet!consult!bob
- From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Could somebody tell me the quality of Boca modems?
- Message-ID: <95@consult.UUCP>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 18:19:03 GMT
- References: <05HowB1w165w@willard.UUCP> <NlNRrAZGBh107h@carlos> <C08FLw.3J3@hyperion.wright.edu>
- Reply-To: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
- Organization: CCS Enterprises, Inc.
- Lines: 29
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- In article <C08FLw.3J3@hyperion.wright.edu> thanatos@hyperion.wright.edu (Terry Chlebek) writes:
- >It EMULATES only the 16450. I have one and it can't reliably transfer
- >at 14.4k in Windows 3.1 if you try to do anything else while the
- >transfer is occuring.
-
- This may have nothing to do with the Boca modem. Windows 3.1 is a
- TERRIBLE environment for modems. You MUST have a lot of horsepower
- to run 14.4Kbps transfers and doing something else. Is also very dependent
- on what else you are running. If you try to run something like Corel Draw
- or Pagemaker along with hispeed transfers you are asking a lot from a
- system. You really need a fast 486 to accomplish this.
-
- >>It's a quirky modem based on the Rockwell chipset. Try to purchase
- >>one with ROM version 1.27 ( or contact BOCA for a freebie upgrade)
-
- There is 1.28 out now. With the newer ROM's most of the problems
- reported here have been corrected. You have to consider that you
- are getting a lot of techology for not a lot of money. You get
- what you pay for, if you want Perfection then spend about $500 more
- and you'll be fine, otherwise the Boca modem is great for most
- people. We successfully get around 1640-1650cps transfer all the time
- and have many people call our CCS Tech Support BBS (410) 476-5098 all
- the time getting comparable transfers from a Boca modem.
-
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