Re: Mutlitech Modems

Matthew Kaufman (matthew@scruz.net)
Thu, 21 Sep 1995 17:02:30 -0700

Original message <199509212352.QAA02737@server.livingston.com>
From: "Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz" <megazone@livingston.com>
Date: Sep 21, 4:52pm
Subject: Re: Mutlitech Modems
>
> Once upon a time Bruce Komito shaped the electrons to say...
> >We are...they're great. One problem, though...they don't connect with
> >V.FC Rockwell-based modems at speeds greater than 14.4 .
>
> Why would *anyone* still be using V.FC instead of V.34? The decent companies
> offered some form of upgrade/tradeup to V.34 when it came out.

We've been waiting 11 months for our upgrade chips to ship from Microcom
for their Deskporte Fast ES modems to make them do V.34. Every few months
they tell us "it'll just be another month or two".

-matthew kaufman
matthew@scruz.net