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- From: Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: External modems are nonsense
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 96 02:11:03 GMT
- Organization: none
- Message-ID: <820807863snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>
- References: <4ci0s8$ku4@zippy.cais.net>
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- In article <4ci0s8$ku4@zippy.cais.net>
- hewho1@aol.com "Hewhocannotbenamed" writes:
-
- >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
- >
- >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?
-
- If we're talking about a 10kV spike going down the telephone line it really
- won't care whether the modem is switched on or not!
-
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- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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