[comp.sys.ibm.pc] modem advice/ external advantages

jcb@loral.UUCP (Jay Bowden) (05/13/89)

In article <964@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> gupta@bach.csg.uiuc.edu.UUCP (Aloke Gupta) writes:
| 
| 	Questions: 1. What are the advantages of an internal modem apart from
| 		      the convenience of having no extra wires etc. Are they
| 		      more / less reliable than external modems ?

An external modem can be ON (to answer other modem calls) even when the
the computer is OFF.  Then a gadget like MR. MOX can turn the PC on only
when a modem call is received.  Not something a lot of people need to
do, but if you need it, you need it.

- Jay

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Currently contracted at Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
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