TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>TW> for $50 and FREE shippimng right now.
RJT>TW> that is what I have on the XP machine consistently gets better
RJT>TW> connects and File Download Speeds then my old USR Courier.

RJT>Oh really?  I've always liked the Courier,  and in fact that's
RJT>what I'm using here now.  One of the things that I liked about them 
RJT>is that they run cool, compared to that other one that I was 
RJT>using,  which generated some nontrivial heat...

TW> The Courier did run cool. But it is about three times the size of
TW> the Greatiave.

This doesn't bother me at all.

TW> The only think I don't like aobut it is that the Blinking lights 
TW> are difficult to see. They always made me feel Warm and 
TW> Fuzzy!! :-).

Yeah,  gotta have those blinking lights...   :-)

They _do_ let you know what's going on.  I've had occasion when it came in
handy more than once.

TW> I have a Serial USR Sporster 56K laying arround here somewhere.

An external that you're not using?  Let's talk about that.  :-)

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