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Re: 56k termination



On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Kevin Blackham wrote:

>The greatest modem ever was the Supra v.fast/v.34 modems.  They had a 
>cycling display that showed RT when it was retraining, and your current 
>carrier rate, great for seeing how much it has been dropping.  Whenever 
>your connection was being weird, just take a glance.  Couriers too, with 
>the ARQ light.  A good monitor for an internal modem similar to this would
>be a hit for geeks and newbs alike.
>
>Rant.

I remember this modem. It could be had on the Sysop Supra deal. It was
tiny for the time too, a VERY good modem. Second only to the Courier,
which is still an awesome modem, even if you have one that was made >5
years ago =)

There are modems which do this, in fact we sell a 'cheapy' (no name) USB
modem that does exactly this, in a tray icon.

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