gupta@bach.csg.uiuc.edu (Aloke Gupta) (05/12/89)
Could someone advise me on a good and reasonably priced 2400 baud modem. I have an ancient IBM PC and am currently using a Migent (1200 baud) external modem. 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 ? 2. Is there any advantage to getting an error correcting modem. There seems to be a substantial price difference. 3. I wonder if there is a recent survey article out there in some magazine about the current crop of modems. 4. I am told that there is a new chip set which has reduced the chip count needed to make a modem. Does someone know about the new modems which use this chip set ? Reply by e-mail to gupta@bach.csg.uiuc.edu@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu I will summarize the responses. Aloke Gupta
davidsen@sungod.steinmetz (William Davidsen) (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 may be used on another computer. If you upgrade your system you can still use it, if you upgrade your modem you have a better chance of selling it. An internal modem *may* be slightly cheaper. | | 2. Is there any advantage to getting an error correcting | modem. There seems to be a substantial price difference. If you have e.c. on the other end it's great on a noisy line. You can use screen editors and stuff without garbage on the screen. Many BBS systems use them, and when I add e.c. modes I got about 15 people who said "Hey, CONNECT RELIABLE, great!" so I guess other people are using it to call. Good modems are cheap these days. My wife sells Micon 2400 external with MNP4 for $160, and I imagine that you can get a similar price in your area with a little looking. [ other questions ] | | | Reply by e-mail to gupta@bach.csg.uiuc.edu@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu I don't know about your mailer, but mine doesn't like addresses with two @'s. Something about RFC822... hope this is of general interest. bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM) {uunet | philabs}!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me