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- From: harlan@netcom.com (Harlan Lau)
- Subject: Internal vs External modem peerformance
- Message-ID: <+9dm#ah.harlan@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 21:59:29 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Distribution: comp.dcom.modems
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- Is there any performance advantage for internal modems over
- external versions of the same modem?
-
- Aren't external modems in some cases limited by the speed/type
- of the uart on the serial line, which might not allow them utilize
- their full potential.
-
- I used Microsoft`s MSD utility to establish that my Gateway PC has
- 8250 uart's on it's serial ports. Rather than upgrading to the 16550
- uart's it seems easier to get the internal version of the modem.
- No lights but no external power supply and case either.
-
- Is there any reason to get an external modem other than being able
- to see the lights and being able to share the modem with other
- PCs?
-
- Thanks.
-
- Harlan Lau
- harlan@rambus.com
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