Barry:
MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
Barry:
I don't call 35.00 cheap! I understood that PCI modems were available for about 15.00.
I've not seem them that cheap. Is it possible to get a hardware modem for that price?
I didn't know that there were any PCI hardware modems.
Yes, there are some. You have to be very very careful when buying them, else you get stuck with a worse-than-useless software modem. BTW, I've seen externals down as low as 27 pounds in the past, so maybe it's possible to get them as cheaply (or an internal cheaper) from the usual suspects. (Dabs, Watford, etc)
I'll have another think! Perhaps I could try for a secondhand external.
That's another option, of course. As cable modems and DSL start to spread in the cities, there should be some unwanted old ones about.