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From: james@nospam.com
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Subject: Re: dialup problems
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:36:21 -0600
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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.

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