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From: greg@gagme.chi.il.us (Gregory Gulik)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Which is better to have?
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Date: 18 Apr 91 23:56:26 GMT
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MCARR@auvm.auvm.edu (mike carr) writes:
> Which is better to have and why?  An interior modem or external modem?

Three good reasons off the top of my head:

1) Modems are a pain to set up, and if you screw up, you can flick it
   off and on to reset it.  This is especially true of the newer
   high speed modems (Telebit, USR, etc...)

2) I like the lights to see what's going on.

3) You can still use it if you change computers.  I've used the same
   2400 baud modem since I bought my Apple //e years ago.  Since then
   I used it on a Zenith PC, and now it's on one of the dial-up lines
   on my 3B2.  Can't do that with an internal!!!!!

-greg

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