From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 21 09:41:35 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA21319 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 09:41:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet1.buffnet.net (mmdf@buffnet1.buffnet.net [205.246.19.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA21313 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 09:41:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by buffnet1.buffnet.net id aa17200; 21 Dec 95 12:43 EST Received: from buffnet3.buffnet.net by buffnet1.buffnet.net id aa17043; 21 Dec 95 12:41 EST Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 12:41:03 -0500 (EST) From: steve hovey To: "Mark J. Bynum" cc: Michael Smith , mccrory@plk.af.mil, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: config boca modem problem In-Reply-To: <199512211618.LAA00342@grep.cs.fsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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) ------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Hovey -- shovey@buffnet.net root@buffnet.net