Subj : 10 net To : MAURICE KINAL From : TOM WALKER Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 08:51 am MK>Yes but not as readily available in this neck of the woods as they seem to b MK>there. The usual suppliers, where locals as a rule shop, don't supply these MK>things and are pushing the 'hardware' that is most suitable to what Microsof MK>wants their 'customers' to have. It has been this way for some time now whi MK>has forced people like myself to look elsewhere or wait for Microsoft to MK>release a new version of Windows so that their customers abandon their older MK>hardware (the good stuff) so that I can pick it up for a song, if not for MK>nothing other then to take the time to go get it. I've been operating this MK>for well over a decade now. I can even find stuff 'new' (ie unused) simply MK>because of stock that never got sold and Microsoft doesn't support or never MK>support. Wel that is where the Internet coems in handy. I see Tiger direct has the V.92 USR serial External Modems for $84.99 The USR suggested list if $119 MK>Add to this IBM selling it's PC division and I doubt very much the quality o MK>PC's and future peripherals will be of any consequence to people like myself MK>The server market looks vastly more attractive and I see lots of abandonware MK>there that can be had for a song. :-) That is an unknown. Interestingly China has been very good so far as far as Quality goes. NOW they do sel ljunk for those that want Cheep at Any Price, Like the Packard Bell Computers!!! MK> TW> I just walked into the Store and it was on the Shelf with all the MK> TW> rest MK> TW> of the Modems. Was'nt HARD at all. And incidently they had HARDWARE MK> TW> external Serial Modems from several other companies. MK>That is different situation then here then. Soprry about that. I am VERY lucky being i nSouthern California. IT is a very aware Computer Community and they provide almost anythign that is avaialble. --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ This note from El Cajon California USA * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) .