My Toshiba was 300 PII. The 56k software modem performance was comparible to the 56k hardware PCMCIA modem. The latter had better noise reduction technology so it tended to win by 3-6k.
In Praise of Software Modems
- (deSitter)
- (15)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 05:42:13 PM EST
And they blow chuncks even on "slow" 300 MHz x86's
- (tonytib)
- (1)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 05:49:02 PM EST
Re: And they blow chuncks even on "slow" 300 MHz x86's
- (deSitter)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 05:59:14 PM EST
In Praise of Hardware Modems
- (folkert)
- (10)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 05:59:07 PM EST
PCMCIA Modems
- (deSitter)
- (2)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 06:02:39 PM EST
Message taken ...
- (folkert)
- (1)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 06:04:10 PM EST
Always wanted..
- (deSitter)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 06:13:33 PM EST
I like to watch the pretty lights also
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 07:16:10 PM EST
For sure! That's why I like hubs/switches too. Disco lights!
-NT
- (Meerkat)
- Dec. 29, 2002, 07:17:57 PM EST
So who makes good hardware modems these days?
- (lincoln)
- (4)
- Dec. 30, 2002, 10:22:12 AM EST
USR has been trouble-free for me. Pricey though.
- (Another Scott)
- Dec. 30, 2002, 10:41:04 AM EST
USR still makes great modems...
- (folkert)
- Dec. 30, 2002, 11:30:28 AM EST
We use the ActionTech "Call Waiting" PCI modem . .
- (Andrew Grygus)
- Dec. 30, 2002, 11:40:08 AM EST
Re: So who makes good hardware modems these days?
- (orion)
- Dec. 30, 2002, 11:30:55 PM EST
Mo
- (tseliot)
- (1)
- Dec. 31, 2002, 09:40:45 PM EST
One of the more significant inventions
- (deSitter)
- Jan. 1, 2003, 12:50:52 AM EST