At 02:52 PM 5/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Happy Memorial Day to all. A question for anyone: I am too cheap to go to >ISDN or DSL for a modem and so I am stuck with my 56K [recently obtained >through a great deal with Jag (thanks Jag!)] I was perusing an apple site >and saw a modem accelerator download called Mac ARA Modem Magic which makes >lofty claims about speed, ect. >Anyone have opinions about modem accelerators? Do they really work or do >they just cause more problems? I have 7300/180 160 megs and 8.6. >Thanks and happy barbecueing. <snip>
Hard to say about problems, my guess is they probably wouldn't cause any. But, they most likely won't do much if you already have your modem properly set up. The most they do is tweak init strings and maybe do some fancy caching. It may help a bit, but you can only stuff so much stuff through 56k and programs on your end can't change that. If it's a free download, can't hurt to try it, but I wouldn't pay anything for it. The most speed increase you're going to see is maybe 15-20% if you're really really really lucky. If it does anything at all you're more likely to max out at 5%. Don't listen to the "Double your speed!!" claims. Scott Holder -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
