On Thursday 29 March 2007 11:46, Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Thu, March 29, 2007 16:48, James Knott wrote: > > My ThinkPad R31 had a modem on a daughter board, shared with WiFi. It > > was a software modem that was supported in later versions of SUSE and > > worked well. Unfortunately, I lost that modem, when I upgraded the > > WiFi. However, there are single chip hardware modems available, but I > > don't know how the cost compares. > > I have bought external (serial) hardware modems for as little as (the > equivalent of) $25 USD. This was 6 years ago. Surely the manufacturing > cost have come down by now?
You need an internal PS2 modem. It is of course the same modem it was 2 years or 4 years ago at the same price of course if you can find one. > > Agreed, still nowhere near as cheap as a winmodem, but would you be > willing to pay $15 more for a notebook if it happens to have a hardware > modem in? I've only had to use my modem once in the last year and a half, > but it would have been worth the money for that one time. > > Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
