Any experiences with USR Sportster Vi ?

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:38:09 +0100


Hi,

Wolfgang Schelongowski wrote:
> I've recently read an advertisement about "The new Sportster Vi".
> Price is DM 298 (~ $200). After grepping via  egrep -il 'st[ae]r( |)vi' *
> in this newsgroup it seems not to have been mentioned during the last
> fortnight. My questions are:
> 
> 1. Is somebody using the Sportster Vi successfully with mgetty?

Not that I know of, but it should be easy.

> 2. Can faxes be sent / received by mgetty via the Sportster Vi?

If the fax code is similar to the other USR modems, it will work, but not
perfectly so.

> 3. Can vgetty utilize the Sportster Vi?

Not yet, but work is in progress.

gert
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