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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!uw-beaver!news.u.washington.edu!news.nwra.com!dona
  3. From: dona@nwra.com (Don Altman)
  4. Subject: Re: Which modem - internal or external ?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan12.020957.20169@nwra.com>
  6. Organization: Northwest Research Associates, Inc.
  7. References: <1993Jan11.094649.20591@news.uit.no> <2se9wB1w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca>
  8. Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:09:57 GMT
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  11. In article <2se9wB1w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
  12. >It's really a matter of personal preference.  I recommend going with an
  13. >external model, for the following reasons:
  14.         (Many Reasons Deleted)
  15.  
  16. Except, of course, if you don't have a buffered UART (16550AF or
  17. equivalent) on your serial port.  In that case, the internal modem
  18. containing such a chip would be preferable due to the higher
  19. throughput you'd obtain.
  20.  
  21. -- 
  22. Don Altman                                 Northwest Research Associates, Inc.
  23. dona@nwra.com                              Bellevue, WA
  24. (206) 453-8141                             (206) 646-9123 (FAX)
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