Wallpaper #02 31 мая 1998

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Letters - One family letter in our pedaktsiyu newspapers (for modems).

          4. LETTER TO THE NUMBER



 From the Editor:

  Came the first letter to the editor of our
newspaper. This remarkable fact can not
please. It should be noted that
redktsiya not responsible for the
the contents of the printed letters. All Mail
entered in the number of prints without
changes, except, of course,
abusive language and direct
offending individuals.


  Hello, dear users
Network TashZX_Net. In this article I (Max)
try to talk about what modems
we'll choose. To date,
the most extended ones model of modem
Tashkent became the device under nazyaaniem
VICOMM. Well this pretty priborchik
easy to handle and pozvoyaet somehow
link between a pair of computers.
 But its main drawback is the poor
quality of communication, which is manifested due to
soglauyuschego transformer. Result on
person to convey that or say to Kara-Suu
by Yunus-Abad becomes impossible. But
finally yours, users who come to torment
end. My friend, and just cool
guy, Sergei, still soaked
beztransformatorny modem. Collect it
wonder can anyone who has a soldering iron at home.
Teper's talk about the technical side
case. Modem that is simple to assemble and
requires virtually no adjustment. By
about what I'm willing to bet the author
Articles about the modem XTR (WP) have nothing against
move the modem to the masses is not
I have, but not in others, the same bones, so the
appeal: "Have conscience, guys!"
And several arguments in defense of the new fashion
ma:
 The author of the article asserts that the S-modem
extremely difficult to configure,
responsibly declare all this garbage,
only because of what he can not
work the way it is because of faulty
details. The article also
argued that S-modem difficult to
assembly, unlike XTR modem'a.
Sorry, but the XTR modem Yousser far as I
understand you will be buying on any assembly
talking about?! And where the author knows about
these difficulties, which, ostensibly,
are constantly arising, even if it does not
tried S-modem to collect. The disadvantage
he so-called lack of same
galvanic isolation from the line.
Q: Who needs it!? If you have
PROFI you do not give a damn about, or is it
No, this is the first. Second: no
decoupling is not a drawback at all,
because at the interchange is lost
power. Let's talk about the main -
about the price. As you Yousser, have probably
known, XTR costs 3000 soums and VICOMM
1000 sum, the three things you can get
ZX128 with a good drive (at least
If I get it) This is the kind of
pathology - the handkerchief 6x5 for these grandmothers, and
here for comparing the cost of S-modem:
Resistors 12 * 2 = 24, the condenser 30 UZS
Transistors 2 +10 13 = 25, the diodes 3 * 5 = 15
IC 30 soums getinaks 15, total:
139 som. This is despite the fact that the house you have any
No one Circuits. One hundred and fifty and
several hours of working time, and that's
all that is necessary in order to
gather S-modem and not suffer. And finally
much to ask for Mr. Moses, if you
going to sell their modems, it is not
choke at the root of promising ideas,
People should have a choice, should be
healthy competition.

P.S. This article is not intended to Oscor beat anyone or to 
belittle the dignity of 

        any particular model modem.


                   03/05/1998 Max.