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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Internal vs External Modems
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.170850.20902@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <4k77VB32w165w@dithots.Gwinnett.COM> <LVk0VB2w164w@amfent.Gwinnett.COM>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 17:08:50 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- In article <LVk0VB2w164w@amfent.Gwinnett.COM> amf@amfent.Gwinnett.COM (Andy Feibus) writes:
- >gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue) writes:
- >> Why use an external vs an internal modem? Is it power, the lights,
- >> what? I looking to upgrade my modem and am considering an internal
- >> vs external. Internals are cheaper... but what are the major factors
- >> that have been used in this decision?
- >Two factors in external modems' favor are ease and device drivers.
- >
- >The ease part is simple: you can easily change any internal switches
- >and you get to see lights on some models that indicate where in the
- >communication process your modem is at. The device driver part
- >has to do with using the internal modem with operating systems
- >like UNIX. Internal boards need their own device driver and the
- >modem manufacturer is the one to supply it; have they done the
- >work?
-
- IMHO the most important reason to use an external modem is to
- protect your expensive computer investment from lightning. Speaking
- as one who has been bitten, I'll stick with an external modem and
- a fiber optic serial link to the computer.
-
- Gary
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