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From: davidsen@sungod.steinmetz (William Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 2400 baud modem advice
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Date: 12 May 89 19:40:54 GMT
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In article <964@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> gupta@bach.csg.uiuc.edu.UUCP (Aloke Gupta) writes:
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| 	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.
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| 		   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 ]
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| 	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)
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