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- From: Jimmy Chen <jimmyc@ihug.co.nz>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Internal vs, External ?
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 21:59:00 +1200
- Organization: The Internet Group
- Message-ID: <315D05E4.F4F@ihug.co.nz>
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- Christopher Ostmo wrote:
-
- >
- > mfein@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Matt Feinstein) wrote:
- >
- > >jerrmoor@essex1.com (Jerry Moore) wrote:
- >
- > >>I've seen the discussions about which is the best modem, but how 'bout
- > >>arguments about Internal vs. External ?
- >
- > >>Are there any real differences of opinion about one working better
- > >>than the other?
-
- <cut..>
-
- >
- > >2.2 If the modem is a fancy one, you can tell what the bit rate is
- > >from the display
- >
- > --Or you can use a proper init string that shows DTE and DCE speed
- > upon connect
-
- Which after about 5 min retrain from DCE speed of 28800 to 14400 on
- a noisy line when the initial connection speed display is still at 28800.
-
- > In addition, internal modems take up extra real estate (desk space)
- > (something a lot of us don't have to spare). You also must purchase a
- > modem cable ($10-$15 for quality).
-
- Hmm... that's true... but what about the real estate *in* the computer ?
- which is arguably more expensive then the little space occupies outside.
- an internal one occupies an ISA slot... which many computer have only 3 or
- 4 nowdays. A sound blaster, an IDE interface (as it happens, the HDD port
- on the motherboard is SCSI for my computer.), maybe a MPEG card, or a video
- capture card..and oops I've just run out of slots....or just filled all the
- slots afer the modem comes in....
-
- >
- > I am not trying to start a fight here, but external modems are not for
- > everyone (myself included). It is true that external modems are
- > easier to setup, but you MUST have a 16550 UART (which are built in to
- If a computer hasn't got a com port with 16550 UART on the motherboard,
- (all the recent one does, they even got EIDE onboard nowdays ...:))
- its probably so old that's it good time to replace it.
-
- > internal modems) in order to utilize the speed. I find that a lot of
- > my internet customers would rather buy an internal modem (for about
- > $80 less than an external with cable) and pay us $25-$50 to install it
- > for them.
- >
-
- > Different strokes for different folkes...
-
- you're right about that.
-