8 Dec
2003
8 Dec
'03
11:56 a.m.
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:17:37AM +0000, Graham Trott wrote:
Though I agree external is better - nice flashing lights to look at, too - if
One other main advantage of an external only modem is "when lightning attacks" I had this happen to me and it killed 2 external modems and the serial ports they were attached to but the computers still worked afterwards. (one of the modems was blown into 2 distinct bits :) I had a couple of neighbours who had internal modems and they both needed new computers (which in a way could be an advantage I guess, if you have insurance as you get a free upgrade) Adam -- jabberid = quinophex@jabber.earth.li AFFS || http://www.affs.org.uk/ || Not a filesystem