Russell, at 16:14 on Mar 06 1997, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> What a pity that USR's x2 and Rockwell's K56Flex are little more than 
BG> interim flash-in-the-pan protocols, both of which will be replaced by 
BG> considerably cheaper cable "modems" (line cards) within
the next year or 
BG> so (and with the added advantage of full duplex 64kbps or 128kbps speeds, 
BG> not this silly one-way 56k thing).

RB> Aint that the truth

Dunno, but it's certainly my considered opinion.  :)

RB> One reason I jumped in and got x2 was because one of my life-long 
RB> characteristics has been...if there is a spare slot...fill it up,

Not all that hard to do on your average Pentium board these days, with a
miserable 3 or 4 ISA slots.  Of course, PCI is a slightly different matter.

RB> If there is a socket provided for something..put something in it.

In some societies, they call that rape.  :)

RB> second reason is it may also jack up the resale  value (but then I usually 
RB> GIVE good stuff away so I AM fooling myself)

As obsolete PC equipment generally has NO resale value, you might as well
give it away (still waiting on a 20" monitor here, BTW).  :)

RB> Third reason economics...it was free.

And in the case of x2, that may be all it's worth in the long term...

Regards, Bill

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