I am sure you know that I run both the Sportster and Supra modems. I will
have to give a slight edge to USR as far as compatability, but we do have
the rare few that need to start in the Supra part of the hunt.
>I have SupraFax 288's and love them. Will probably build a rack for them
>later, for now turn them on their side and space them a little for better
>ventilation (they *do* run warm). Hate the damn wall-wart transformers,
>though a little creativity with powerstrips creates a nice way to handle
>8 at a time.
When there is zero air circulation they get a bit warm, but the aluminium
cases help (just think if they were plastic). Just a little circulation
goes a long ways. Ever look a specs for heat sink material?
For $168 you can get 10 modem power supplies from Supra (add ~$17 per
modem). Have to remind the powers that be that I want just one... I will
make the rest that we need (or I'll just do it from scratch). Don't like
the power strip X-Mas tree effect.
>Only problem has been with a few customers with old USR's who don't
>understand that its *their* modem at fault.
Or the fact that they don't use a "good" and not generic string. Don't like
elaborate strings, but some minor additions help the Sportster's greatly.
The Supras have some additions for when/if I need to look at them on my system.
Say, what version ROM are you using on the Supra's? Sunday I will give
1.440-01 a try, which adds the origin of the retrain request and a few other
mods to the v.34 code. I expect to see more 28.8's after the upgrade from
1.440-04.
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Jeff Mountin
sysop@mixcom.com
MIX Communications
Serving the Internet since 1990
Sure my business card says "Senior Network Administrator"
They still make me do just about anything.