Date   : Wed, 16 May 1984 18:31:28-EDT
From   : jalbers@Bnl.ARPA
Subject: USR Password modem

       I have had the USR Password for about a year, and I think that it is the
best 300/1200 baud SmartModem compatable modem on the market today.  It has all
the commands of the SmartModem (execept some self-tests and things like number
of rings to answer on, etc), and it does have a speaker, but no volume control
(unfortunatly).  I have used it on 2 different machines (Osborne 1 and Osborne
Executive), and which had 2 different types of RS232 ports (pins 2 and 3 were
reverse on the Ozzie 1 of the Executive's port), and there are 2 jumpers that
can be moved to compensate for this, so I can use it interchangeably on my
machines.  The controls on the outside (or accessable from) are (from left to
right) power jack, phone cord jack, RS232 cable, and a 4-switch-DIP switch.
 The
DIP switches are as followes: RNG:  Makes the modem pick up the phone and
emmits
an answer tone:  8HI: clamps pin 8 high (needed for some computers,terminals):
BAL:  A line balencer (so you can hook 2 modems together back-to-back): and
DTR:, which causes the modem to ignore DTR when depressed.
       All in all, I think my money was worth it, since at the time, the
SmartModem went for $700+, and I paid $410 for the Password.  (Now you can find
it for ~$325, from some mail order houses).

                                               Good luck and have fun!

                                                       Jon Albers
                                                       jalbers@bnl