Subj : Re: dialup problems To : All From : james@nospam.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: james@nospam.com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: dialup problems Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:36:21 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 75 Message-ID: References:

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NNTP-Posting-Host: TKghX/mglWkVW1qxlGBsyg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134582 On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:25:01 -0600, ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) wrote: >james@nospam.com wrote: > >> My Sportsters (I have two of them) are both V92. External Serial cable >> types. >> I had another one that was V90, and I did not notice any difference >> beween the V90 and V92. But that V90 one died. > >> I'm looking on ebay at a NEW Supra Express 56K ITU standard. > >> Also an external serial modem. > >> The box says "Shotgun ready for speeds up to 112K >> Voicemail, Internet and Fax >> 56K ITU standard V90 and K56Flex.". > >> I dont know what ITU means.... >> It is V90, but what is K56Flex? >> Is that better than just V90? > >> And what about that "Shotgun Ready"? >> I know there are some people online who I'd like to shoot, but I'm not >> into murdering anyone online by pulling the trigger on my modem. > >> Seriously what does the shotgun ready mean? > >Shotgun is combining two dial-up modems on two different copper phone >lines. http://www.modemhelp.net/faqs/shotgun.shtml for its details. > That wont do me any good. I only have one phone line. >> Like I said, I am considering buying another brand of modem. I hear that >> Supra is one of the better brands. BUt if it's just anoither V90, isnt >> that gonna work the same as my Sportster? > >> I noted that these Supra ones sell for a lot more than the USR sportster >> modems sell for on Ebay. The cheapest one I found is $30 (but its NEW >> and still in the box). Most of the Sportsters sell for $15 to $20, but >> most are USED. > >Wow, I remember Supra. I think I had its 28.8k external modem I bought >from my college roommate, but its connection sucked with 16800 speed. :( > All the slower modems sucked. Not that the 56K always worked well either. >> Whats a real joke is that there are sellers trying to sell 1200 baud >> Supra modems for $90. Who in their right mind would even want a 1200 >> baud modem, much less pay that much for one? > >Were they brand new and unopened? I dont know. I did not open the pages. It takes 10 or 15 min to open each ebay page. I only open stuff I am real interested in. > > >> There are a lot of Supra modems selling that are USB type, but I cant >> use them on my Win98 machine, so I wont buy a USB type. > >I tried a couple winmodems at work. Dang they suck. Also, they don't >work under a Mac Mini's Mac OS X v10.9. (no driver). :( I dont want a Winmodem. As far as I understand, they are always internal modems anyhow, and I will never use another internal modem. I had far too many problems with them in the past. Also, I do have a very basic install of an old 2009 version of PcLinux, which is the only Linux I have ever liked. It's almost like Win98. (After 2009, they made it bloated and very slow). But someday I do want to try to connect a modem to it. I know I cant use a Winmodem on Linux. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .