-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to TOM WALKER <=-


 ->  TW> I have both a Real Modem ISA Card and an old ISA Soundblaster 32PNP
 ->  TW> card. Althouhg I perfer External Modems myself, Like the
 ->  TW> Winkin/Blinkin lights.

 -> Me too,  and there are a couple of other reasons,  like in the past
 -> few days when I had to reach back there and cycle power on it
 -> ferinstance...

 TW>  It is hasndy doing a Hard Modem Reset that way isin't it?
 TW> But with some MB's dropping Serial Ports where are we then?

 RJT> Plugging an ISA card with a couple of 16550 chips in to an older MB...

 RJT> Some people are gonna buy that stuff,  but I won't be one of them.

I had to hard reboot about six times in the last 6 years
on my dirt cheap no-name internal. I've had to cycle the external
that many times in the last month.
Your mileage may vary.
 
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