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I was reading a bunch of these comments thinking "winmodems were terrible". Thanks for that. I remember carefully selecting modems. Most of the PCI modems in
by asveikau 5y ago
I was reading a bunch of these comments thinking "winmodems were terrible". Thanks for that.
I remember carefully selecting modems. Most of the PCI modems in popular retail shops were winmodems so getting one that used the ISA bus was the first step. But even that was not the safest bet. Online shopping was nothing like it is today, so getting a known good model was more difficult.
- flyinghamster 5y agoBack in the day, I specifically chose an external serial (RS232, not USB) modem precisely to avoid Winmodems. I still have my V.92 Zoom somewhere, though I no longer even have a landline to use it. Somehow, I don't think anything fancier than 1200 bps would work over a VoIP connection, and even that would probably be unusable without error correction.
- bayindirh 5y agoI think the frequency filters on the VOIP stack will kill all the communication.
- int_19h 5y agoThe safest bet was to use external serial modems. Which usually meant Zyxel or USR, hence $$$. I remember having to settle on 28.8k USR Sportster (as opposed to the then already-common 33.6k - USR wouldn't fit the budget then).
- asveikau 5y agoI'm having flashbacks. Then USR merged with 3com and that was tricky because 3com sold some winmodems? Google images on those external ones from USR took me back a bit though. I didn't have one of those but I saw them.
- bayindirh 5y agoI had a USR 56K V90 non-voice external modem. That thing was reliable as a tank. Never powered off, never dropped when connected. Remember guessing the download speed by looking at the blinking speed of lights on it.