[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > as they say in the navy if it works , why shell out money for something > better! > Since you haver refered to work/navy several times, I wonder if you are using this computer on the job? Is it a laptop? If it is on the job/at work, have you no access to an ethernet port? If it is a laptop, why not get a simple, cheap, real modem pcmcia card? I understand the desire to not toss money away, but really, a real modem of 28.8 or 56k can be had for real cheap. Go second-hand (Do you have a Computer Renaissance where you live?). For crap like pcmcia cards or ethernet/modem hardware, I go to a new/used computer shop and pick up stuff like that cheap. For the pricier items (RAM, CPUs) I go to one of several specific, trusted internet retailers and order online. Some things are truly worth a minor expense (a real modem is one such item). Really. It sets you free from annoying and pointless restraints like that you have been inflicting on yourself. I speak as one on a grad student budget, so I am not fast and loose with money myself. praedor
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