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Post #71,807
by tseliot
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12/31/02 9:40:45 PM
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New Mo
dem? /thinking thinking thinking

Oh, you mean those old things that actually *dialed* to reach an ISP? Forgot about those.


















And yes, I *am* just yanking your chain. :)
Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance -
Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation.
BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
Post #71,825
by deSitter
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1/1/03 12:50:52 AM
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New One of the more significant inventions
Of course, bank transactions have been over modems for a long time - synchronous modems. (The 'frame world is really completely different than the UNIX world, all the way down to the bare idea of a global clock. I sort of miss 'frames.)
-drl
     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

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