On Tue, 09 May 2000, Steven Hildreth wrote:
> Amen, I have always voted for External modems, because of the Operating
> System non-dependence. I spend a fair amount two years or so ago and got a
> Motorola ModemSurfer External 56k modem, it was about $160 at the time,
> but it has worked great will all operating systems I have thrown at it.
>
> In Linux I get about 6.5k throughput (ftp) with it, not bad I say.
>
Just for the record -- there are now USB modems which are
external, but which (AFAIK) are not supported by linux
(yet?) These are also "WinModems." I think we need to be
specific when we recommend external modems -- we need to
say "SERIAL external modems." :-)
John
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