I stand corrected, maybe it's $16-$20 . . . here's a local site (Houston),
www.ubm.com , or www.computerexpo.com , look under advertisements.
Harry
-----Original Message-----
From: Stanley Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [SaF] winmodems versus modems
>Where can you get a "regular" modem for $10? I presume you are talking
>about a new 56K modem.
>
>Stanley Wong
>
>On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:08:04 -0500 Harry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
>>I'd forget about it and pay $10.00 for a "regular" modem.
>>
>>Harry
>>Texas
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: Thursday, September 21, 2000 12:34 PM
>>Subject: [SaF] winmodems versus modems
>>
>>
>>>I'm interested in people's opinions on this topic, which comes up
>>often
>>>and is a nagging concern to those whose systems came with a winmodem.
>>
>>>
>>>Under what circumstances does the winmodem cripple performance and
>>should
>>>be replaced by another winmodem brand or another "real" modem (which,
>>as
>>>I see in ads, costs $50 and up)?
>>>
>>>[1]I hear that "winmodems" are worse than the regular ones (which
>>cost
>>>over $50) because they load down system resources doing functions
>>which
>>>happen in the regular modem's hardware.
>>>[2]Some winmodem brands are reputed to be much worse than others.
>>which
>>>are which?
>>>(I have a Conexant SoftK56 PCI Modem(M).)
>>>[3]If you get a reasonable brand, and have a pentium class machine,
>>many
>>>folks do not agree that one must "yank it out and throw it away. They
>>say
>>>that is true for a 486 class machine, but a Pentium would be able to
>>>handle the load. Where are the CPU and RAM dividing lines on this?
>>>(I use the computer to surf the Internet with free ISP's, have
>>Celeron
>>>433 and 32 MB RAM.)
>>>[4]Getting the latest driver for the modem may improve the situation.
>>>
>>>thepccat
>>>
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>>
