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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: Which modem - internal or external ?
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:25:51 GMT
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- In <1993Jan12.041310.3180@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
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- >A couple other reasons I like external modems:
-
- >(1) Can be used with notebooks and laptops in a pinch.
-
- Somedays I need a modem at work. I can unplug my modem off my home machine
- and bring it in. Very easy, and I don't have to mess with installing a
- card, and setting IRQ's and other stupid things.
-
- Or if I need a modem at my parent's house. Pack it in the suitcase quite
- easily.
-
- Laptops...no problem.
-
- >(2) If you later switch machines (to a Microchannel machine, Macintosh
- >with NuBus, Sun workstation), you can still take your modem with you.
-
- I've used my 2400 baud external on everything from a Morrow MD2(old CP/M
- beast), IBM XT, Commodore 128, Commodore Amiga, Leading Edge XT, IBM PS/VP,
- DECstation 3100, IBM PS/2 Model 70, etc. It's very versatile.
-
- >(3) The speakers (for monitoring calls) are far superior, and you can
- >actually hear what's going on.
-
- My old Hayes 1200 certainly was. I'm not too happy with my current Viva
- 24fx. But yes, it's better than my friends internal.
-
-
- IMO, I'd never buy an Internal modem. It's just not a wise investment to
- lock all of your peripherals to a specific platform.
- --
- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
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