Brenton, at 21:17 on May 15 1996, you wrote to Paul Edwards...

BV> Who from ? In all seriousness, Banksia would be best of the local stuff.
BV> To the best of my knowledge, all the local stuff use the Rockwell
BV> chipset and Banksia are the only ones who rewrite *all* the code.

I visited the PC show yesterday, and what an eye-opener!  The low-end
Banksia V.34 is a Rockwell, but their two high-end models are both rebadges
(Motorola Lifestyle V.34, and the Microcom Deskporte Fast+ at $1097).

BV> Probably because the Vipers are fucked, as are *all* Spirit modems.

Seems the Viper is one of only two V.34 modems which use the 8-bit Rockwell
R6682-26 data pump, instead of the more common 16-bit RC288dpi.  Sure
speaks volumes for its quality.

BV> Why bother ? You know the Viper is fucked. You know that MBE are fucked.
BV> You know that Netcomm are fucked. Why are you doing this to yourself ?
BV> Are you a masochist as well as an idiot ? Just buy a Banksia. They work.

So do USRs, and Microcoms, and Motorolas, and AT&Ts, and Hayes...

Regards, Bill

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