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- From: david@pencilnet.com (David Ehrens)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: External modems are nonsense
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 09:18:42 GMT
- Organization: PencilNet, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4cg61i$810_002@dialupS163.ici.net>
- References: <5-62TlW4YgB@quijote.in-berlin.de> <Pine.SUN.3.91.951219091250.2982D-100000@cpu3> <4bd5sf$2n1@fieldday.mn.org> <sy3fa3vbbn.fsf@tiktok.cygnus.com> <4c44p9$8sl@steel.interlog.com> <Pine.SUN.3.91.960102093642.11497C-100000@cpu3>
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- In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960102093642.11497C-100000@cpu3>,
- Dirk Ohme <dohme@cpu3> wrote:
- ..
- >Plus on external:
- > - you can reset the modem without having to reset the computer (I had
- >problems with Win 3.0: Win disabled the modem so it was dead until the
- >computer was switched off and on again!)
- > - you have lights on all operating systems (Linux, OS/2 ...)
- > - no slot is used. I've a multi I/O card with 16550As on it and
- >bi-directional parallel port, E-IDE ... why should I use an internal
- >modem because of a 16550A I've got already!
-
- Add to the plusses:
- - external modems can be easily replaced with faster models
- - external modems are the only modems supported by some OS vendors, such as
- SCO
- - external modems are more likely to come with a manual describing the AT
- commands for that model
- - external modems are less likely to transmit a power surge to the computer's
- bus, as an internal modem would
-
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