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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: UART chips effecting modem speed
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 13:25:34 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- rcl90@ wrote:
- :
- : SUMMARY: Buy an internal 28.8 and you need not concern yourself further!
- :
- : BUT: Remember to disable your system's built-in COM port before installing the
- : new modem. For MOST people, this means disabling COM2 (as their mouse
- : is connected to COM1) and setting the jumpers on your new internal modem
- : for COM2.
-
- True, buying an internal is quite cost effective in terms of hardware.
- On the other hand, I can pick up my external and carry to work or a
- friends house without having to open my computer and without having to
- open the computer I bring it to. I also don't have to force a reset of
- the modem by rebooting my computer. I will admit that I have had to buy a
- couple of I/O port cards to upgrade the rather poor capabilities of a
- couple of computers (one wonders *why* the computer makers don't suppoly
- deep-buffered UARTs with the computers???)
-
- It's a matter of preference and particular needs, I'd say.
-
- Or, put another way....
-
- Different strokes for different folks.
-
- --
- "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."
- [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
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