Subj : LinspireLive x BitTorren To : TOM WALKER From : Roy J. Tellason Date : Tue May 03 2005 09:06 pm TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON: RJT> RT> A case in point, my newest and greatest, that I now have has no ISA RJT> RT> slot for my Modem ... RJT>Got a serial port? RJT>I far prefer external modems, anyhow. TW> I do personnaly do too. BUT there were soem very Fine Hardware ISA TW> modems out there. I don't doubt it, but those still don't have any blinkin' lights and they still don't provide the isolation you get from junk coming up the phone line that you get with an external modem... TW> It is hard to give up a good dependable friend. TW> And PCI hardware modems are disappearing from the market. Then the market is getting screwy again. Just means you gotta look a little harder. They wanna keep making that stuff that ain't what you want, ignore them, if enough people do, they won't keep making it long. --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) .