Re: Modem not recognised under XP Home

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:55:24 +0100, "JoeJoe" <no@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Bob H" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:f0qk9m$epn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

PCI modems are notorious for problems one way or another.
Your best bet is to buy a separate modem, like a 3com or USRobotics if
they still do them. I have always used a 56k fax modem when on dialup, and
still use it to send and recive faxes.

Cheers, I already started to think about an external USB one...

Good God no, they're even worse than PCI ones for shoddy drivers and
actually only being a special purpose soundcard, offloading all the
processing into the CPU. You want a real 9-pin serial connected one,
those are guaranteed to be a real modem.

You can get real PCI and USB modems, but they're bloody difficult to
find.

Cheers - Jaimie
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