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- From: strudeau@star.net
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Courier and High Speed Serial card...
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 20:54:35 GMT
- Organization: atbnb Special Forces
- Message-ID: <4jca67$mh4@vixc.voyager.net>
- References: <4j87b7$6ro@milliways.hartco.ca>
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- In message <4j87b7$6ro@milliways.hartco.ca>,
- ian@hartco.ca (Ian) wrote:
-
- >I'm looking to buy a USR Courier "V.Everything" modem this week. I've
- >finally set my mind on it and am upgrading from a Sportster (which served
- >me extremely well I might add). The only thing is that I've chosen to go
- >external on the Courier whereas my Sportster was Internal. UART was
- >never an issue before, but has suddenly become one. Now, here's my
- >$1000000 question:
- >
- >Should I make the investment in a Hayes ESP card or would a standard I/O
- >card with a 16550 suffice? Would the ESP make much of a difference?
-
- Forget the ESP and put the money towards more RAM or more disk space or a
- new game. Just get a serial card with 16550(s) on it.
-
- >Oh yeah, one other thing... I'm not dead-set on the Hayes ESP... It's
- >just the only High Speed Serial Comm card I know of... Any better
- >suggestions out there?
-
- I think ZyXel might have one as well.
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