On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 03:09:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. yeah, you win, next time i buy a modem it will be external. Bear in mind that i havent bought a modem yet :) -i nick them out of old machines people have a habbit of giving me when they upgrade. Also i hope i shant need aa modem, a nic for broadband would be better :D
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