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Don't know about ATT 28.8 but tried out Magahertz XJ2288 and returned it. The card is excellent in terms of ease of installation and throughput. My problem lies with the XJack: The phone cable connector protrudes a little too much to bend my SCSI cable connector......... ---------------------- Marshall Lai Equity Derivatives Research Goldman Sachs Asia Email: Marshall.Lai@gs.com ---------- > From: Randy Whittle <whittle@usc.edu> > To: Adam Finkelstein <adamf@vtaix.cc.vt.edu> > Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Subject: Re: pcmcia modem models: feedback please > Date: Thursday, October 10, 1996 10:26 AM > > At 09:04 PM 10/9/96 +22324924, Adam Finkelstein wrote: > >Hello. > >I've found two used pcmcia modems. One is an ATT 28.8 "Keep in Touch" > >the other is a Megahertz XJ2288. The latter is less expensive. Has anyone > >any comments concerning these modems and 755 machines? > > In the early days of the list, it seems the AT&T modem was a very > big item (lots of people had it, lots were happy with it). Later on, lots > of people reported good things about the Megahertz modem too. > > I have a Megahertz XJ2288 that I have been very happy with and would > highly recommend (specifically because, thanks to the X-Jack, you don't need > a funny little special cable to hook up to your phone line). However, I > can't imagine you're being unhappy with the AT&T. > > Basically, get whichever one you want--though I own the Megahertz, I > hold them in equal esteem (except for the fact of the XJack, which to me is > very important and why I got it). > > ------- > Randy Whittle rwhittle@usa.net > USC Graduate School of Business http://www-scf.usc.edu/~whittle > "If you've been in the game for 30 minutes and still don't know who > is the patsy...*YOU* are the patsy." - Warren Buffet >