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Date:      Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:49:50 -0000
From:      "BSD Blood" <bsdblood@hotmail.com>
To:        dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Modem
Message-ID:  <F145Z2K4xDh9vXsFFsA00000fb2@hotmail.com>

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Sorry to hear that. Actually, I bought my modem in OZ too, back in 1997, 
when I was a student. That modem's grey. No fancy stuffs or what so ever on 
the modem.


>From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
>To: "BSD Blood" <bsdblood@hotmail.com>, <GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com>,        
><freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
>Subject: Re: Modem
>Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:11:38 +1000
>
>Obviously some people have infinitely more patience with pox-ridden 
>hardware
>than I have .....  the last generic modem I had was one of the silver
>colored spaceship styled "WebExcel" branded beasts .. possibly sold as
>either "Protac" or "Rockwell" in other parts of the planet than OZ. It did
>work fine ..... for maybe 6 - 8 hours. Now thats probably fair enough for
>the average 2 hour a day dialup user but it certainly is NOT on a permanent
>connection. Apparently the pretty color / design means the thing overheats
>quickly & it then needs a few hours rest to cool off before its prepared to
>do another shift.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "BSD Blood" <bsdblood@hotmail.com>
>To: <GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com>; <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:12 AM
>Subject: Re: Modem
>
>
> > I've been using a external generic modem with rockwell chipset for 
>nearly
>4
> > years now. No problems at all with my other Unix workstations.
> >
> >
> > >From: GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com
> > >To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
> > >Subject: Modem
> > >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:48:07 EST
> > >
> > >Hey guys ; what is a good externel modem to buy for FreeBSD i can be 
>sure
> > >will work without problems? I have been told U. S. Robotics is good but 
>i
> > >want some more opinions. Thanks
> > >
> > >                                     Arthur
> > >
> > >
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