On 7/11/06, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 10, 2006, at 1:09 PM, Don Head wrote: > > > I'll be picking up a batch of modems from EPC for 50¢ a piece sometime > > this week on an "as-is" basis. Don't know how many yet, and the types > > are going to be completely random, I'm sure. > > > > It should provide for hours of modem testing entertainment, > > however. =) > > > > Provided we like what we get, this relationship can go on > > indefinitely. > > > That sounds like a sweet deal. Thanks for looking in to that, Don.
I don't think "sweet" comes anywhere near describing what is now sitting on the bench at the shop. I was expecting 20, maybe 30 modems. I was completely unprepared to receive... 122 modems! Plus, 2 PCI network cards, 2 SUN network cards, and an ISA sound card that somehow made it into the box clearly labeled "MODEMS". The guy said there was a 100 modems in there, and charged me $50. I didn't bother counting before I left, trusting it was accurate. Since he was way under, it worked out to just under 41¢ a modem, plus the freebies. I sorted them all out, and it goes something like this: 1/3 ISA 2/3 PCI ISA: All kinds, but a few 3Coms that should work as good as the PCI 3Coms do. The only difficult part with these is testing for speed.. it might be easiest to put them in a Windows box, see what they detect as, and toss any that aren't at least 33.6k. PCI: There's 20+ 3Com ones (yay!), a bunch of Connexant, some Lucent/Agere, a handful of PC-Tel, a few Creative, some Intel, a bit of Rockwell. The good news is that this a nearly unlimited supply, so I should be able to check back in another couple of months and probably pick up another box. How's that? =) -- Don Head [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/zCsqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bworks_shop/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
