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- From: hewho1@aol.com (Hewhocannotbenamed)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: External modems are nonsense
- Date: 5 Jan 1996 02:02:48 GMT
- Organization: org1
- Message-ID: <4ci0s8$ku4@zippy.cais.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> <4cg61i$810_002@dialupS163.ici.net>
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- In article <4cg61i$810_002@dialupS163.ici.net>,
- david@pencilnet.com (David Ehrens) wrote:
- >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
- >
- >+-----------------------------+------------------------------------+
- >| David Ehrens | email: david@pencilnet.com |
- >| Pencil/NET, Inc. | phone: (508) 999-5259 |
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- >+-----------------------------+------------------------------------+
-
-
- That raises an interesting question I've had about power surges. I assume an
- external modem can convey a spike into the PC, but what if the ext. modem is
- switched OFF?
-
- Hewho
-