Star modem

Robin Edward Trudel (rtrudel@tiac.net)
Thu, 25 Jan 1996 09:26:40 -0500

>I bought three of the SRAM cards from Surplus Technology and they worked
>just great. They did not come with any paperwork about them at all
>though. I also bought the Zoom modem for 50 bucks which I like alot. I
>personally think it may be a mistake to get the Star modem because you
>would have to remove your SRAM card in order to use it. The Zoom pocket
>moded uses the RS232 port and can run on batteries if you choose to use
>it that way making it very portable.

I'm not fond of the Zoom modem because using it means another cable
and another chunk of hardware. The cable is about 10 inches long
which is an even greater pain. I wouldn't mind switching cards
around if I could walk around with a zoomer I could plug into a phone line.

One of my primary reasons for getting the zoomer is to write an email
"unplugged" and them plug up to fire it off. My Zoomer is mot my
primary means of accessing the net, its not even my backup. But for
my use I think that the card will work best.

Thank you for your helpful information!

BTW, another primary use for my zoomer is to dial up my computer
and read the classics from text files on my workstation at work.
With the sram card, I could load them and read them wherever...

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Robin Edward Trudel 508-957-4199 rtrudel@tiac.net
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