Re: GV modems and Macs

david barnhill (barnhill@oz.sunflower.org)
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 14:05:28 -0500 (CDT)

On Sat, 23 Sep 1995, Dick St.Peters wrote:

[snip about Mac Users and GV modems]
> >
> > And Apple is reccomending GV modems as the modem of choice for Mac users!
> > So this isn't just ONE user, its going to be all of them.
>
I hate these sonsofbuggers, I've been an Apple guy since the Plus, and
I've never used anything but PPeriph's and USR's. These GV's are a
support nightmare.

However,
> I have quite a few Mac users with GV modems who are having no trouble
> talking PPP to my PM2E's. I just pick an init string for them from
> http://www.mcp.com/hayden/iskm/modems.html
> and have them configure flow control as CTS only
>
It's absolutely true, you can fix them with this string...
>
> Macs can be a bitch when they are used with ARA or FAX software, but
> this is independent of modem. Macs are different; if you fight them
> you lose, but if you set out to learn them, they work fine.

I love mine. In fact, I used to wonder if there was a subliminal message
saying, "I love my mac..." being printed ever time I used it...

::db

W. David Barnhill Barnhill@oz.sunflower.org
Director, Technical Services www.sunflower.org/~barnhill
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