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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 1995 12:41:03 -0500 (EST)
From:      steve hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        "Mark J. Bynum" <bynum@nu.cs.fsu.edu>
Cc:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, mccrory@plk.af.mil, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: config boca modem problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.SCO.3.91.951221123859.28248B-100000@buffnet3.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199512211618.LAA00342@grep.cs.fsu.edu>

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On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Mark J. Bynum wrote:

> > Also, most people with any sense wouldn't touch an internal modem with a 
> > 40-foot pole, so none of us working on it have one to test with...
> 
> Basically, what are the reasons why people wouldn't touch an internal modem?
> I have an internal USR 14.4 Sportster (working pretty well), and am thinking
> of getting a new internal USR 28.8 Sportster. But if there is something wrong
> with them, or you can justify the $30 extra then I would reconsider ...
> 

Older internal modems would generate spurious interrupts which 
unecesarily tie up cpu time on multi-user systems likw unix.

Also - you cant see the lights when there is a problem.

I bought a cheaper modem from REVEAL that works much better than the 
sportster.

USR makes the top of the line and the bottom of the line in modems.  The 
curiers are tops in my book, the sporters are crap.  I say this only 
based on personal experience, time and money (So please save your flames)

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Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net
 	       root@buffnet.net




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