From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 00:01:58 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 464 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 06 October 2002 Number 464 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: [os2genau] _digest] INTERNAL MODEM : nickl at arach dot net dot au **= Email 1 ==========================** 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" 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you have an outdated OS..."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 >//// The PC-Therapist, Business Computing Integration >O\_/ > OS/2 Warp, Redhat Linux, DB2 > IBM Certified Systems Expert > email: darylp at pc-therapist dot com dot au > Mob: 0425-251-300 > -- ----------------------------------------------------------- nickl at arach dot net dot au ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------