> As far as I know the latest "Viper" is the WELL / Xtrum / Swan /
 > Xtrema sold under the Mike Bourne Spirit Viper name.
 > All made by Well Communications in Taiwan.  The Mike Bourne version
 > of the internal seems to be missing the isolating cover over the
 > phone side of the board (at least on the several I have tested -
 > obtained from stores behind the QVB building in Sydney). They also
 > don't seem to pass the new 240volt regs 6.33, but neither do the
 > Diamond / BEST / AutoMark / V.34s. So they will all have to be
 > re-designed, re-tested, or go off the market like all the Askey
 > DynaLinks.

I have an external. What occupation are you in? I mean, how do you know
¨these things, because they are very handy to know when purchasing and
¨evaluating modems.

A friend had a Diamond v.34 and it seemed to be very poor. Or maybe it
might ¨have been a software incompatibilty. His Diamond was not austel
approved, is ¨that possible? He seemed to get a lot of BBS hangs under
Remote Access.

Missing the isolating cover? I don't know what that is, but it sounds
pretty ¨important! Sounds dodgy to me. I like externals...

Jason

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