Re: old interne modem (ISA)
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On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 09:39:38AM +0100, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> I agree, but if you have spare int ones, non winmodems [ie onees that
> have proper serial controllers], or lucent winmodems seem to work fine.
Even then, I say chuck it. Telephone line surge suppressors introduce
line noise making it not worth having a modem faster than 28.8kbps,
and I don't consider it terribly bright to go plugging anything
capable of being hit by lightning or a car into a component not
designed to take a surge and stopping it (as decent power supplies do)
that plugs straight into my motherboard. External modems have at
least some hope of just blowing out without passing surge voltage up
the serial line. If you have telephone poles on your circuit, this
*is* an issue. I'd rather blow a $50 modem instead of a $10 modem and
a $250 motherboard.
Another strike against internal modems, hardware and otherwise: If
it's crapping out, you have absolutely no diagnostic output. Nada.
External modems provide you with some fairly helpful LEDs.
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.''`. Baloo Ursidae <baloo@ursine.ca>
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