On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:16:40 +1200 Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:40, you wrote: > > What is a reasonable price for a second hand 56k External Modem??? > > Thanks Alan > > Well, it depends on how desperate you are, and what the supply situation is > like and so on. > > A new one (trade price) from Computer Dynamics is $62 + GST. > The cheapest one listed on pricespy.co.nz is $58.72 inc. GST. > > So, a second-hand one should be less than that (although I never checked > the specs of either of these- but pretty much anything should work). > > I would hope to pay less than half of that, but really, it's whatever you > can get, for whatever price you are able to negotiate. > > There are quite a few on TradeMe, but the lowest priced one *in Canterbury* > is $20. Would be nice to get a guarantee, or try before you buy. > > Too bad about the LTModem. I'm guessing that's why this has come about. > > Now then, if the modem is plugged into the serial port, where are you going > to plug in your radio equipment? > > Andrew Most boxes that are old enough to have a serial port, have two of them - or theres often another header on the motherboard. Or is this a laptop? You can also get USB/serial converters from DSE that work in linux - basically the chips are made by a company called ftdi. Drivers are in the kernel, good to see a hardware company working with linux to the point of effectively contributing to the kernel.
