[aclug-L] Re: Good ISA 56K modem?

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No.  There are Win 3.x winmodems, as I mentioned in a previous e-mail.

Many winmodems also have built-in speakers.  (USR Winmodems for instance)

If it is jumpered, it __most likely__ is hardware based, or a very old
winmodem.  You're _probably_ safe.


On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, gLaNDix wrote:

> is win3.x compatable close enuf?  i'm buying it from a friend, and don't
> have quite all the specs (yet)... all he knew offhand was that it was 3.x
> compatable, and it's got a jumper for PnP...  would another hint be if it
> had a built-in speaker, rather than one that uses the PC's speaker?
> 
> jesse
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 8:39 PM
> Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Good ISA 56K modem?
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> > Not necissarily.  Jumpers is *usually* a good sign of it being a hardware
> > modem.  To tell for sure, check the box to see if it is DOS compatible.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, gLaNDix wrote:
> >
> > > > Any hardware based modem.  Try an Internal USR Sportster or Courier
> for
> > > > the best... make sure it's not a Sportster Winmodem!
> > >
> > > will pretty much any ISA 56k PnP (w/ jumpers) modems work?
> > >
> > > jesse
> > >
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