Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 464
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Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 00:01:58 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Sunday 06 October 2002
 Number  464
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re: [os2genau] _digest] INTERNAL MODEM : nickl at arach dot net dot au

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Date:  Sun, 06 Oct 2002 20:29:37 +0900
From:  nickl at arach dot net dot au
Subject:  Re: [os2genau] _digest] INTERNAL MODEM

Hi Daryl.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

In <200210051442.0000000H at tabitha>, on 10/05/02 
   at 02:39 PM, "Daryl Pilkington" <u3232 at home.dialix dot com> said:

>Hi Nick,
>Modems based on the Agere, (formerly Lucent), Venus chipset are hardware
>modems.
>This chip supports the following interfaces:
>ISA
>PCI
>PCMCIA
>USB
>serial

>So a modem manufacturer could make a modem for any of the above
>interfaces using the same chipset.

>ActionTec is a brand that uses this chipset & there are a few others. Do
>a keyword search on Google for:
>"lucent venus"

>Winmodems sell for around $40AUS on the east-coast, whereas
>Venus-chipset modems will sell for about $80AUS.

>An external serial hardware modem will sell for about $85AUS.

I've filed this, and am going to do the search. Thanks for your help, and
hope my email is virii-free :-)

Regards

NICK

>On Fri, 04 Oct 2002 13:51:07 +0900, nickl at arach dot net dot au wrote:

>>Hi All.
>>
>>I'm doing some research into the purchase of a new internal modem. My
>>external modem is starting to slow a bit and may die anytime. My son (who
>>should know better, but runs M$) uses an internal modem and blandly states
>>that "....there are no internal modem that aren't Winmodems. Face it Dad,
>>you have an outdated OS..."
>>
>SNIP
>>

>Regards,

>Daryl  Pilkington 

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