Brent Reynolds wrote:
>> Any modern hardware-based internal modem and any good external modem
> should work just fine. Even cheap ones from brands like ArchTech are very
> good, and even formerly expensive modems like Motorola, Supra (now Diamond
> MultiMedia), US-Robotics Sportster and Courrier models, are much cheaper,
> and many of them sell for considerably under $100, even for external
> models. Internal models, even V.90 56K models, sell for under $50. For
> internal models, make sure they are true hardware modems, and don't
> require Windows software in order to operate. The field is still wide
> open, especially if you look in used computer shops, "shows" and swap
> meets, second-hand and thrift shops, and post requests on
> computer-oriented newsgroups and e-mail lists, and in the various
> "for-sale" newsgroups.
It is nearly impossible to find a true hardware internal modem these
days.
I know you CAN find them in resale shops, but most of what I have seen
are still first-run WInModems. And to get a straight answer from the
big makers is like finding chicken's teeth. They dance around the
question, and it basically comes out it the end that they are functional
and configurable ONLY in a Windows environment. I had a line on a
couple of ModemBlaster ISA 56k modems, but I could get no solid info
about using them outside of Windows. -Dean
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